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Written by RJK at 19 Oct 2001 19:28:14: Re: phimosis-underwear?
As an answer to: Re: phimosis-underwear? written by Halfclip at 13 Oct 2001 08:23:20:
>>What kind of underwear is better to wear for hygiene reason if you have phimosis: boxer shorts or tight underwear.
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>To be the devil's advocate. If you are able to retract your foreksin when soft, then tighter underwear will help sionce you would be able to keep your foreskin retracted in your underwear for a certain amount of time, and the more you do this, the faster the foreskin would loosen up and any "health" problems under the foreskin will clear up.
>Note that if your foreskin is quite tight, you shoudln't leave it retracted as it may cause paraphimosis (strangulating the glans).
You might try going without underwear altogether, as I've done for some time, but then I live in a warm, humid climate where underwear just gets in the way much of the time, and of course I have no foreskin problem; my glans hangs free & clear!