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Written by dt at 16 Jan 2001 02:27:05:

As an answer to: confused 19 yo on betamethasone... written by dt at 02 Jan 2001 01:45:19:

thanks to everybody for the emails. it's been about 3 weeks since i started with the betamethasone. so far, i can pull back (with a little force) about 2/3 of the way. when erect, it's about 1/3. i don't want to pull back all the way in either case because i'm afraid of forcing the skin and then turning phimosis into paraphimosis. i'm really hoping this betamethasone cures my phimosis 100%. about how long did it take most of you (who've had successes)? my urologist wanted me to stop the cream after 1 month.

i'm still worried about the side effect of thinning skin...i happened to read some of the archived forum messages which talk about this. also, has anybody had their foreskin tighten back up after wheening off the betamethasone? oh...and what can i do about the dryness of the glans?


thanks again.
d

>hi,
>after a lot of disagreeing with a urologist, i got myself a 25g bottle of betamethasone .05% cream for my tight foreskin (so tight you
>cannot see the entire urethral opening). nevertheless, there are a few questions i still have. i would appreciate feedback from anybody - successful or otherwise. thanks in advance.
>
>1. how long before i start seeing SIGNIFICANT results? how long will the
>treatment take (the urologist said to discontinue after a month)?
>sometimes i see the foreskin has 'loosened' up a bit. then later on, i'll look at it again and the opening seems smaller and tighter than before. is that a problem? normal?
>2. i have noticed my foreskin and glans (what i can see of it) is very dry. for example, when pulling back it sometimes feels like it's been on a hot leather seat for a few minutes. is there anything wrong? should i be concerned? any suggestions?
>3. the urologist mentioned that betamethasone causes thinning of the skin and other severe side effects. anybody with any info on that?
>4. i also noticed (by shifting the opening of the foreskin like it was a peephole!) that part of the foreskin goes "inside" the hole and attaches to the ridge on the underside of the glans (frenelum is it called??). is
>that a problem/complication? will the betamethasone help with that?
>5. i heard that olive oil helps the process...anybody try it?
>
>i hope somebody can unconfuse me...thanks. anybody with any stories that will give me an idea of what i'm actually dealing with will be helpful.
>thanks...
>ps - please tell me you're age when you had phimosis...is there anybody else my
> age (19) with it?


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