If it's a "zit" or "whitehead"...the doc can lance it and it'll disappear. But no guarantees it'll not return.

Not all hemorrhoids (American spelling) are painful or large. There are many kinds of roids (<---gettin lazy) and some can bleed and some are just there. There are internal and external...and usually if you have the external kind you'll more than likely find some internally...but the the reverse isn't necessarily true. They are caused by strain...either during evacuation or if heavy lifting is a common event in your life. There are other causes less rare, but more dangerous. This doesn't sound like a roid...but a mere pimple. Hygiene can disuade pimples...but again, no guarantee a pore won't become clogged and irritated. If it were an ingrown hair...there might have been/should have been some pain along the life span of it.

Keep us informed hun...and good luck to your friend!

I'm a bit confused though (seems to be a regular thing with me this morning...lol!), as you said "he said he's never had sex yet as he's abstaining", yet you ask if this is a sexually transmitted disease!??? It can't be transmitted sexually unless one has had sex...ya know? So...what up wit dat? LOL!

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