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Written by Paul B. at 14 Jan 2002 13:03:12:

As an answer to: Re: Tight foreskin - major topic. written by halfclip at 13 Jan 2002 23:35:44:

> When retracted, the opening of the foreskin remains stretched to the diameter of the shaft skin, ...
> As such, the skin is being stretched mildly when it is left retracted.

Of course, but only "mildly". Certainly better than nothing. And indeed if left retracted during sleep when frequent erections occur, this would indeed be quite effective except that it might lead to pain.

> yes, I know about paraphimosis, but this fellow seems able to do it when soft without problem.

Actually, he doesn't seem to mention at all what he can do when soft. You asked that question, and he hasn't answered. Such is life. However, I would presume that since he has "popped" his glans out through the foreskin, and presumably on more than one occasion, that he has managed to "pop" it back again each time, whilst erect, and is thus at not too much risk of paraphimosis. Nevertheless, such a problem might develop during sleep, or during the day if it was not "decent" to rearrange things at the time. But I wasn't picking on that.

> ... pain. This *could* be due to an oversensitive glans which can be painful to the direct touch.

You've considered both this and the tightness, but focussed on it. I feel from his description, little that it is, that it's predominantly the tightness, on the basis that you don't have to touch the glans to retract it, or when you retract it, probably not to pull it forward again either. I think we've given him the essential point that he needs to pull it back, often when soft for starters and then when erect as well, simply to get it used to retraction.

It would however be nice to hear more from him.

> transform the glans from its childhood sensitivity level to one ready for adult stimulation.

I don't entirely go with this colourful proposition, although I think that having a retractile foreskin does imply some robustness of the glans to touch, certainly as much as involved in retracting to urinate, which I advise. I do think the error is to refer to the (lack of) sensitivity of the circumcised glans as "normal" when it patently is the abnormal state. And I must (again) query - if you advise that this (desensitisation) be practiced by males, must you not then advise the same for females who are almost always this sensitive, even as adults? And if so, what procedure do you advise to achieve it? "Sauce for the goose" I would say!


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