[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Paul B. at 20 Jan 2002 14:54:50: Re: Solution
As an answer to: Re: Solution written by GW at 20 Jan 2002 12:35:17:
> I said ignore untill you know what your dealing with..note UNTIL being the key word here.
Well, that is the point; he does know what he's dealing with.
> I just think its important that you know exactly what your problem is before you can fix it...
And indeed, I believe you know quite well too, because in this message, you correctly describe the condition of fraenulum breve as "before i could not retract my foreskin at all when erect and was limited to how far it would go back when flaccid".
Alej however, makes it manifestly clear, "I can retract my skin without a problem when my penis is "flat", but when it comes "hard" then I am feeling pain as the foreskin is then too tight behind the head".
> is it so wrong to dare suggest that it may not be a tight foreskin that is the problem?Well, he says it is a tight foreskin. Unlike other posters (whom you have correctly recognised as having a fraenulum breve), he makes it clear that it goes back just fine when flaccid. That is not fraenulum breve. What other problem were you proposing?
> After all i was told i had phimosis and this was a wrong diagnosis
The fact that a fraenuloplasty corrected your problem certainly demonstrates that.
> all the stretching in the world would not have helped me because it wasnt my foreskin that was the problem.
Ah, no, there we have the problem again. You imply and/ or assume that the fraenulum cannot or should not be stretched, but I cannot concur. Were you to imply that it is difficult and tedious to stretch, I have great sympathy, as those things are apparent. Nevertheless, the suggestion of using something such as a film canister to dilate the foreskin can be adapted to the purpose - if the ventral (underneath) foreskin is taped to such a mould, then the rounded lip of the canister will in fact be pressing specifically against the troublesome fraenulum - probably the best means of stretching it.
In addition, it must follow that if the fraenulum is stretched by retraction, but not by erection without retraction (which would be in itself, very improbable), then what you are saying implies that the limit is the distance between the fraenulum itself and the upper part of the foreskin. If you stretch the foreskin in general, then you must increase this distance into the bargain, and it must be possible to do this to the point where retraction becomes comfortable because the foreskin slides back but the fraenulum is not pulled.
There will however remain a tendency for the foreskin to slip itself forward more than you may wish, but this is a separate matter.