If you are diagnosed with pearly penile papules, you can relax. Although pearly penile papules look like genital warts and are often mistaken for genital warts , pearly penile papules are harmless. Although nobody knows why some men get pearly penile papules and other men do not, doctors do know that pearly penile papules are not caused by indiscriminate sexual activity. In fact, even discriminate sexual activity plays no part in the formation of pearly penile papules. You can be as celibate as a monk and still be a pearly penile papules sufferer.
Pearly penile papules are small bumps that often form themselves into rows on the penis. Uncircumcised men are more likely to form pearly penile papules than are circumcised ones, and black men as more likely to grow pearly penile papules, or perhaps to notice them, than are white men. You do not need to treat pearly penile papules because they are harmless. However, if you get growths on your penis and you are sexually active with multiple partners, you may want to have them checked by a doctor to make sure they are pearly penile papules rather than something more serious.