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Re: Stubborn phimotic ring.

Written by Paul B. at 29 Jul 2001 14:15:57:

As an answer to: I NEED HELP WITH REALLY STUBBORN PHIMOTIC RING! written by FRUSTRATED!!!! at 29 Jul 2001 07:59:29:

> there is still a stubborn tight band of skin around my penis. ... it is only like a centimenter in width, it prevents me from cumming during sex or blowjob!!

Hmmm. How exactly does it do this?

> I first started with testosterone cream,

Useless in an adult male. You already have plenty of it in your system. :-)

> then hydrocortisone cream,

Probably rather weak.

> and now I have Lotrisone cream, which contains a small percentage of betamethasone.

Actually, it appears to be quite a substantial percentage, 0.05% or so-called "half strength" which is really the strongest generally available. This would be almost as effective as anything and is an excellent medication for the purpose, my only real suggestion being that an ointment may be more effective as it does not rinse off so readily (by the obvious means) and penetrates better.

> I stretch really hard and often, but my progress has come to a standstill!

Hard, often and for as long as possible? Quick stretches do not really count, time really does. You need to stretch for minutes at a time.

I have often contemplated what sort of device could be made to be compressed and inserted in the tight opening of the foreskin to provide continuous, 23 hour-a-day stretching.

> Is it possible I put too much of these creams on and made it worse (i.e. development of candida or scar tissue)?

Using the clotrimazole-containing combination should prevent candida, and the betamethasone softens, not causes scar formation, so that cream cannot be a problem. Some of the other things you say you have tried or contemplated could cause inflammation and potentially, scarring. I think you need more stretching, and less experimentation with skin creams.

> I was thinking of requesting the doctor to prescribe me Luxiq because it has a higher concentration of betamethasone,

. . . but in a water-based, and therefore much less effective form.

> I have used the acne cream Benzac, which contains salicylic acid, and I have also used a facial exfoliator cream.

Wrong approach. It's not the surface of the skin that is tight - it is the underlying connective tissue, which these things will not affect.

> I don't want to get circumcised or have a dorsal slit because the foreskin has nerve endings for sexual enjoyment,

Certainly a good and sensible reason to avoid circumcision, but the whole idea of a dorsal slit is that the cut is in the direction of the nerves and in the midline, so it cuts across very few nerve fibres. If therefore you do decide to go for surgery, that is the one you want (but you need to find someone who has a satisfactory track record rather than one who will tell you, before or after having done so, that he can only really get a "good result" from circumcision, so does that instead).


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