They are common bumps which strike up to 43 per cent of the male population.

Yet, despite this, Steven Mogot had no idea that the tiny, flesh-coloured growths on his penis were both normal and harmless.

In fact, he spent years mistaking hirsuties coronae glandis - or Pearly Penile Papules - for a sexually transmitted infection and avoided physical intimacy.

Now, the 37-year-old is bravely speaking out to inform other men after being rid of the skin condition in just 30 minutes. 

Treated at London's , he's now completely free of the 'unsightly' cobblestone appearance which once blighted his confidence.

Here, he reveals his journey to treatment and urges other men to do the same.

I was 10-years-old when I first noticed the papules, but didn't pay much attention at the time.

I was too young to care. 

It was only years later, after watching a porn film in my teenage years, that I started to wonder why my penis didn't look like those of other men around me. Too embarrassed to tell anyone, I felt alone and that I was hiding a big secret.

The internet didn't exist back then and I didn't know what I was looking for, so couldn't do much research. For years I just assumed I had genital warts and was ashamed.

I lived this way for years - pretending that I didn't enjoy oral sex so that my partners would never see how I looked.

This was, of course, virectin reviews a lie.  

But when a male friend at university confided in me that he was concerned by 'spots' on his penis, we agreed to visit the local GUM clinic together.

This was good for him - he simply had a follicle issue that a cream would clear up, but I was diagnosed with PPP, or penile pearly papules.

The experience was a shock for me. On the one hand I was reassured because the doctor told me it was 'harmless' and 'relatively common', but she also said they were 'unsightly'. That word would resound in my head for years to come.

Eventually, at the age of 37 and after endless worry, I finally discovered there was a treatment which could remove the nodules. Best of all, I was assured it was safe and pain-free. 

Within weeks I was having the treatment.

First the doctor applied anaesthetic cream to numb the head of my penis, then - twenty minutes later - he used a C02 laser to remove the papules. 

There was a slight ‘burning of hair' smell and a mild tickling sensation, but no pain. And, best of all,  I could see the results immediately.

One week later and I was fully healed with a completely smooth penis.

Thankfully, there was no trace of the papules.  

These days, six months on from the procedure, I feel restored. I feel normal and my body is how it always should've been.   

My penis doesn't feel any different.
In fact, the only different in 'feeling' is my confidence, which has greatly improved.

My only regret is that I knew about the procedure sooner. I urge other concerned men to follow suit and live their lives to the fullest.