What’s going on with the skin peeling off the top of the glans?

Peeling of skin on the glans may be caused by physiological factors such as not paying attention to personal hygiene and excessive cleaning, or it may be caused by diseases such as glansitis and genital herpes. 1. Physiological factors: usually the patient usually do not pay attention to personal hygiene, resulting in the glans cleaning unclean or excessive cleaning, may appear above the glans peeling phenomenon, is a normal physiological phenomenon. 2. Glans: usually due to microbial infections, alkaline and foreign material stimulation, trauma, allergic reaction, circumcision and other conditions, and also with low immune function, frequent use of alcohol or other stimulating lotion scrub penis and glans and other factors. Patients often appear glans skin mucosa edema, vesicles, ulcers, erythema, etc., and some patients can also be manifested as peeling skin above the glans. At the same time, some patients may also be accompanied by itching, pain and other phenomena. 3. Genital herpes: it is usually caused by herpes simplex virus infection, and it is also related to cold, low resistance, excessive stress, alcohol abuse, skin injury and other factors. Patients often appear around the genital blisters, vesicles, ulcers, etc., a small number of patients may also appear hard nodules, skin abrasions, swelling and oozing of the foreskin and other phenomena, can also be manifested in the glans above the peeling skin. It is recommended that patients appear above the glans peeling phenomenon, first ruled out physiological factors, if it is caused by other diseases, but also need to pay attention to, timely medical care.