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Re: phimosis - betamethasone

Written by Paul B. at 29 Sep 2001 09:34:45:

As an answer to: Re: phimosis - betamethasone written by nikos at 29 Sep 2001 01:29:42:

> I looked 'ointment' up at my dictionary, and it is pretty much the same as 'cream'

I doubt it. In Latin, it is "unguentum" - an ointment is thick, sticky and greasy and has a predominantly oil (or rather, thick paraffin = Vaseline) base which is clear to yellowish, whilst a cream is a watery, less slippery base and usually appears opaque white. Both contain oily substances - a cream is an emulsion with water however. Look that up in your dictionary.

> (in greek of course.. I know.. it's all greek to you ... )

Of course it is! (:-)

> I believe I must purchase an ointment with 0.1% ... which kind is better? betamethasone, valerate or dipropriate?

The different forms are largely the patented products of different companies. They all work similarly, so it is probably immaterial.

> I'd like to use the best one possible.

I'm sure you are keen to do so, but I doubt you'll find any difference.

> have you or anyone you know tried anyone of these? and if not, which have you tried?

Valerate, some (children) have more success than others, the big problem is getting them to keep doing the stretching regularly.

> what about the doctor's prescription? Can that be avoided?

As these medications can cause damage to the skin if people keep using them more and longer than they should, and that is the sort of thing people will do if not professionally supervised, a prescription is required in almost all civilised countries. It is only sensible. Of course, as I have explained, you will only need a very small amount, five or ten grams.

>> or even better, continuously by the use of a device held inside the foreskin.
> A device? Which device would that be? Can you be more specific?

Jim has answered well. We do not know of any device marketed specially for this purpose, but you should be able to find things such as he suggests with some ingenuity, starting with small ones such as a ballpoint pen cap, then perhaps a marking pen cap, later a drink bottle cap or perhaps a plastic winecork. A "grommet" or device with a "waist" into which the tight foreskin would hold would be best, otherwise you need to fit the wider part of the taper inward (against your glans) so it slips in rather than out, or tape it in place.

You eventually need to make it stretch just a little larger than your penis head, and need to stretch a month or two longer than it takes to get up to that size.

It is your responsibility to make sure the object has no sharp edges which may injure you. If it is already tubular, or you can drill the centre out, you will be able to pee (urinate) without removing it, though it should be washed at least once daily and should never be painful.

Again, stretching is far more important than the steroid cream, and the use of dilators (devices) is most likely more than three times as fast as intermittent stretching.


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