[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Paul B. at 22 Apr 2001 15:30:23: Problem and prescription
As an answer to: Re: my problem and prescription written by Fred at 22 Apr 2001 04:45:58:
> when i get my skin to the back of my head it is really really tight ... the
> opening is still very very tight ...Let's be clear on this. You appear to be describing a tight preputial opening
which won't open fully outwards when you try to pull it back over the glans.The discussion here was rather about a tight fraenulum, where the foreskin will
open outwards, so it will pull back over the head but the fraenulum keeps pulling
the underneath part forward and the rest simply wants to follow.> when you say it's normal to tear do you mean that I should pull harder
> and harder?Well, if we're talking about the foreskin, you probably won't tear it anyway,
but I certainly don't advise you to try. The advice is to keep on persisting
with reasonable tension as you have since August, but as often and long as is
practicable and it should just slowly get looser.> On that last part you wrote.....what do you mean tearing is normal.
I meant that in regard to the fraenulum, it was one possibility, and not
catastrophic should it occur. No, I'm not suggesting you try for it, but as I
mentioned, tearing the hymen seems to be a popular expectation for the
ladies and really, this is just the male equivalent, isn't it? So it probably
shouldn't be feared excessively. If it happens, it will heal and having
torn, it will heal suitably looser.Seems to me the comparison of the fraenulum with a woman's hymen is an
excellent one. You don't have to tear it because if you're careful and gradual
enough, it will stretch itself. You may not even notice if it does tear on the
first, or a subsequent occasion. Either way if tears and relieves the tension, it
heals up and you're all right. Or some people become impatient and go see a
doctor and he cuts it for you.