[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Paul B. at 07 Nov 2001 22:01:09: Not phimosis then!
As an answer to: phismosis written by david tennant at 07 Nov 2001 19:21:05:
Hello David.
You state clearly that your foreskin can be pulled back fully, albeit with difficulty. Unfortunately, poor old rjk doesn't seem to have read your message at all, but has gone off half-cocked suggesting circumcision. What you actually describe is a popular topic on this forum, "fraenulum breve".
You are quite correct in stating that a simple cut (very quick office, not hospital procedure using minimal local anaesthetic; for a competent doctor) should relieve the problem. If a doctor recommended circumcision, that would be an extremely bad indication of what can be described variously as profiteering or incompetence, because you obviously do not have substantial phimosis.
What puzzles me however is your comments on stretching; "every couple of days till I die" etc. I can't see how any reading of genuine help sites would suggest this, so I can only conclude you have so far encountered only circumcision "fetish" sites.
Have a good read here; there's no point me repeating things. Look particularly for a poster called "Jim". Stretching, if done frequently, many times a day, which is practical, because that's how often you pee, is likely to be effective in months. Sure, a few months looks long if you have a short attention span, but in reality, it's very short for a problem which has been around as long as you describe.