Current medical status: For the past year I have been consistently experiencing a rash-like symptom on my glans (I am circumcised). It's a narrow patch that extends from the hole of the penis downwards to just about the shaft. Less than a half inch long, and less than a quarter inch wide. It does not burn, irritate, leak, bleed, or scab. Many months ago before starting OTC treatment, it would become very dry and develope flakes of skin. They would peel easily without pain and expose shiny red skin with a glass-like texture. It did not hurt.
Current medical treatment: I have used OTC Cortisone, OTC vaginal yeast cream, many moisturizing products, and prescribed 2.5% cortisone topical. My derm says its nothing to be worried about. He prescribed the cortisone but did not give me a timeframe for cure or what exactly was going on at all. Currently the treatments have stopped any flaking of the skin, and the glass-like red skin has improved to a pink "scar" like patch of skin that still has a different texture than the rest of the glans.



According to the symptoms you reported (rush-like, peeling flakes, no burning, itching or bleeding), you might be experiencing a yeast infection. The yeast infections need a longer period of treatment, sometimes even a month. There is no need to change the treatment because the symptoms disappear. 70% alcohol would not be recommended because it can dry the mucosa and further irritate the tissue.