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Re: Frenuloplasty

Written by Paul B. at 06 Aug 2001 12:56:47:

As an answer to: Frenuloplasty written by Adam at 05 Aug 2001 01:14:13:

> My foreskin now retracts easily when I'm erect, but it still doesn't pull back as far as it obviously wants to go.
> At a certain point, the frenulum becomes tight and begins to pull on the glans, bending it downwards.

It is arguable that this is essentially a normal condition. What I want to know in regard to your request for surgery for this is: Why? What useful thing is it that you cannot do at present that you could if it was released?

> This isn't painful - at worst it's a bit uncomfortable

When you pull it back firmly, or actually when you have sex?

> though I'm certain sex would be better if I could get my foreskin further back - all the way back

Why?

> With mild phimosis, masturbating regularly so as to draw the foreskin back as far as possible seems to loosen
> things up fairly quickly. In my own case, it was almost as if my foreskin had been waiting for this to happen.

Indeed.

> Frenular skin, or mine at least, is strong enough to overcome penile shaft rigidity. Even with a firm erection, the
> frenulum wins easily every time, bending the head out of line. Any stretching that occurs does not affect the frenulum.

It's pretty straightforward that using the penile head as a "wedge" has far greater purchase in stretching than the soft part of the tip. The only way you could expect to stretch the fraenulum would be to hold one end (under the penile head) with two fingers, and the other end (attachment to the foreskin) in two fingers of the other hand and pull firmly for some time apart. And of course, frequently.

> Because the glans overhangs the shaft, and because the frenulum is prominently attached to an overhanging place,
> this allows it enough leverage to pull the glans out of line.

Exactly.

> (2) In frenuloplasty, is the frenulum detached from the glans so that it is no longer able to pull on it?

More or less.

> Has anyone here performed one?

No. ;-) But then I'm not in the UK either.

Again, I have to ask just what you believe you would achieve by disconnecting the fraenulum. Unless it is frankly painful, its purpose is generally believed to be to transmit force/ movement from the foreskin to the somewhat more sensitive area around the urethral meatus. Removing it is thus likely to result in less stimulation rather than more, in case that's what you thought.

> (4) Would R. Stuart have any use for before and after photos?

I doubt he'd decline. ;-)


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