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Written by RJK at 19 Apr 2000 19:37:15: Re: 17yr old, with phimosis
As an answer to: 17yr old, with phimosis written by Cypher at 17 Apr 2000 08:03:26:
>This is truly a great and extremely helpful site.
>I'm 17yrs old I've also just learned today that I have phimosis. I must admit I hadn't known anything about phimosis, skinbridge, or frenulum breve for that matter until today and for a while I was becoming a bit insecure about what was wrong.
>
If as you say it's not a severe phimosis (& you don't want to cure it with circumcision), you would be well advised to try to end it by stretching, which is discussed in several recent letters on the forum and, if that fails, by dorsal slit. DS can be quite tiny and can still end the problem if the constricting band is cut. The procedure would be expected to take 10 minutes or less, and healing of the cut itself should take 10 days or less. After that, if you retract the foreskin every time you urinate & every time you bathe, the problem WILL NOT recur. Most American doctors seem to have an inordinate fondness for circumcision (The doctor who circumcised my 25-year-old brother told him ds is "not practical," whatever that means!) If you can find a sympathetic MD, you should be able to end this problem in very little time. Good luck, Bob. P.S. Once you end it, keep in touch with the forum & tell others how you managed to do it, since yours unfortunately seems to be a fairly common problem in today's up-to-date, technically savvy world. RJK.
>It's almost 2:00 here in NYC and I'm really having trouble absorbing all this new info, but I was wondering which would be better, attempting to stretch the foreskin (it's not a severe case of phimosis, imho) or to have a dorsal slit performed? Somehow after reading the info on this site and some others on the foreskin I really don't think I want to have a circumcision.
>If anybody has any info, advice or experience on either stretching or a dorsal slit procedure or for that matter on circumcisions plz feel free to contact me at cypher1234-hotmail.com
>Thanks,
>-Cypher
>And to Robin and all the people who helped to make and maintain this site, you've helped me more than words can express. Thank you.