thickened/white plugs at foreskin/head of penis of a 4 m/o? . circumcised @birth & healed normally. no concerns until this a. m. diaper change. upon retraction of foreskin i noted 2 thickened areas of white debris that wouldn't wipe away. i carefully removed the waxy discharge w/clean hands. the spots left very minor empty pockets as if i'd squeezed a pimple. i cleaned the area applied sterile petroleum sent home post-circumcision care but the area is now irritated. what are signs of infection? my son does not seem bothered by the redness at this time.
this is not an infection. this is just an accumulation of smegma -- a cheesy substance formed by those cells. just keep doing what you are doing but gently removing it. it is innocent.