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Re: Good questions

Written by Jim at 23 Dec 2001 19:34:55:

As an answer to: Re: Good questions written by Vidyan at 23 Dec 2001 16:15:04:

>I've started using hydrocortisone 1% too. My father is a doctor, which is both a good and a bad thing. He's not aware of the frenulum operation/frenuloplasty, for example.
>You wrote about retracting the foreskin behind the glans. I can already do this -- it's retracting the skin down the shaft that provides a problem. Thanks for the help though...I'll certainly try and find an object to aid my stretching. I despair as to the frenulum stretching though. :o(
>Thanks,
>-Vid
>
>>You'd probably be a lot happier if it did retract all the way past the glans. Why not keep on stretching? You've already had success. Finish the job. The frenulum will also stretch. You can also get that opening to stretch bigger than it is presently just by continued effort. Using something as simple as a 35mm film canister with the bottom cut out of it will keep it at tension all day long and get you to the goal more quickly. If that's too big for now, use the cap from a marking pen or something similar which will keep the skin open.
>>Don't give up before you find success. Just remember the most important rule is to be gentle. Don't force anything and don't cause pain. If using a device, check periodically to make sure no undue pressure is being placed upon any given part. You'll do fine.

If you can already retract behind the glans to the point of the sulcus (groove), that is pretty much it for most guys. Frenulum breve is a term more commonly used for one that restricts movement much more than yours does.

You can try pulling the skin back to its point of resistance and holding it there for several minutes per day, preferably at bath time when the skin is supple. The betamethasone should help also in getting the frenulum to relax a bit more.


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