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Re: Stopped Stretching for a Few Weeks - Almost Back to Before

Written by Jim at 21 Aug 2001 20:58:09:

As an answer to: Stopped Stretching for a Few Weeks - Almost Back to Before written by Paul M. at 21 Aug 2001 16:17:02:

>Just to recap; I'm 30, had phimosis all my
>life. Lately I went through a monthly session
>of daily stretching for about 10 minutes, using
>Hydrocortisone BP 1% cream.
>Anyway, I got some results - at least enough
>so that my foreskin could move move without
>any discomfort.
>Anyway, I didn't stretch using cream for the
>past few weeks, and my foreskin seems to have
>reverted back.. perhaps not _all_ the way
>back, but definitely nowhere near as stretched
>as it was.
>So what are my options?
>(a) Stretch _all_ the time using cream. (I would have thought
>this was unsafe)
>(b) Stetch for a month with cream, and for a month without cream,
>then repeat.
>(c) Try stronger cream.
>(d) Give up and have it chopped off.
>(e) Anything else?
>P.

The cream probably is not necessary, but the continuation of stretching definently is. The way skin expands when stretched is to build new cells in the voids between existing cells that are forced apart by the stretching. They need time to build, obviously longer than you have allowed.

Do your stretching when the skin is warm and supple. Bath or showertime is ideal. A bath would allow you to get the skin warm and you could relax while doing your stretching. Do it ten minutes if you can, at least once a day. Whatever method you are using works, so you seem to have that down. Also, try pulling the skin back as far as possible when urinating.

Just don't get too impatient. We're not talking about an instant fix here, but an easy, non-invasive and proven method that many thousands have used. Have fun with it.


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