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Written by Richard at 08 Jan 2002 12:31:22: Re: dear god please help my foreskin!
As an answer to: dear god please help my foreskin! written by unknown at 07 Jan 2002 05:15:07:
> im 13 years old and after hearing a lot of freaky stuff about 'foreskins' i decided to check stuff out on the internet and make sure im normal for my age.
> i stumbled upon the writings of R.Stuart and i became very worried!
> i read about somthing called 'Phimosis' im still not completly sure on what it is even after reading over and over it at least a hundred times! and thats the part i didnt like..... the possibility of me having 'Phimosis'
> after i read on a bit more i came across the 'Phimotic band or ring' i compared with the pictures on screen and i have a 'Phimotic band/ring' it says this makes retracting difficult... i find it almost impossible! i can get an inche without it starting to hurt! as a child i was never told anything about my penis or foreskin (etc) so im kind of catching up from gossip from the lads.
> never spoken to my parents about this stuff would make me very embarresd to ask now. by the looks of it i have a sort of 'partial phimosis'. i didnt find a way to overcome this problem of mine and i was wondering if anyone out there could explain to me 'phimosis' and point me in the right direction of what i should do.
>thank you very much for taking the time to read my problem and a special thanks if you can help meFirst of all for goodness' sake don't panic yourself. It's very easy to do that when you read stuff on the internet, especially when you come across descriptions of medical problems for the first time.
It seems that you might have a bit of a tight foreskin which at your age is by all means perfectly normal if you haven't been used to retracting your foreskin yet. Be gentle - you could hurt yourself if you try to retract it too far, too fast. Yes, it is true that some men have foreskin tightness that needs more radical treatment. But from your description it seems that you're in the very early stages and the skin is just beginning to adapt to stretching. So BE GENTLE!
To put your mind at rest it would be best to see a doctor, or if that's too embarrassing a step to take, talk to someone you trust. Sharing a thing you're worrying about is the best way of getting it in perspective and sorting it out.
Have a read through the postings from other people here, but don't assume that you're in exactly the same boat as others!
Take care
Richard