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Re: Frenuloplasty

Written by Adam at 07 Aug 2001 14:06:48:

As an answer to: Re: Frenuloplasty written by Paul B. at 06 Aug 2001 12:56:47:

>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.

I've tried this - for about five minutes a day, and frequently, over several months. But without result.

>I have to ask 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 [detaching] it is thus likely to >result in less stimulation rather than more, in case that's what you thought.

I disagree. General beliefs aside, the area around the urethral meatus is not in my own case "somewhat more sensitive." The most sensitive area adjoining my frenulum is the smooth skin just beneath the place where the frenular web meets the skin on the shaft. This is an exquisitely sensitive place, but it is aft of the frenulum, and unless the nerves responsible for its sensitivity pass forward and up the frenulum before looping back - and I should certainly check this - it would not be affected if the frenulum were detached.

But why do I want to detach the thing at all? If you were in Glasgow, Scotland, the easiest thing would just be to show you. Although my foreskin pulls back easily, it doesn't stretch back as far as it "wants" to go. At its furthest comfortable stretch, just as the frenulum begins to pull the glans out of line, its ridged bands are still ridged. It is clear, however, that if it could be stretched back further still, so as to smooth out completely, this would be powerfully satisfying.

From http://members.tripod.co.uk/origins/frenulum_studies.html#start, Felix Bryk:

"The boy ... experiences a disappointment, he thought the foreskin ...would retract further and notices now that the frenulum ... stops any further retraction. The idea occurs to him to cut through the frenulum."

Yep. It certainly does.

From http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/beauge/
Michel Beaugé, Conservative Treatment of Primary Phimosis in Adolescents:

"Try an experiment: holding the tip of the erect penis of an uncircumcised boy you can as a rule move your fingers to the base of the penis without causing the slightest slippage on the skin. The foreskin unrolls; this skin slides on the penis; its length and elasticity allow it to travel the entire length of the organ. There is no other part of the body where the subcutaneous tissues allow such mobility."

Now perhaps this describes the optimal possibility here. My own situation is not optimal. But it is not a matter of wanting to be an optimal subject in a Beaugé-type experiment. It is clear that my frenulum, because of the way it is attached, prevents access to powerful sensations that would attend complete retraction. That's why I want it detached.


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