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Written by Rood at 11 Aug 2003 03:51:09: Re: phimosis and extremely painful glans - 2 questions
As an answer to: phimosis and extremely painful glans - 2 questions written by S.V.V. at 10 Aug 2003 23:03:42:
>Hi all,
>I've recently been trying to cure my phimosis by stretching and applying bethamethasone 0.05% on my foreskin. I have achieved some progress for the last three weeks I've been doing that (I didn't have pinhole phimosis when I started all that so my relative progress is even smaller than what I consider to be the average progress from reading the postings in the forums...) I've already managed to pull my foreskin all the way behind my glans when erect when I'm taking a shower (but then I use soap and it acts as a lubricant so it's a bit easier than otherwise...)... however, it hurts just a little bit after it's been in that position for more than 1-2 minutes... My question is what should I do now? Continue what I've been doing? How long will it take me to be able to overcome this? I must say I still can see my phimosis, it's not gone, my stretching exercises just helped me stretch it...SVV: You are far on your way to complete success. Just keep up the good work. And congratulations for having the common sense to try stretching. However long it takes will seem like nothing in the long run. As one who, like AJ, chose circumcision, I have spent years trying to recover from the deleterious effects of not having a foreskin. Your "problems" are nothing in comparison.
> Ok, my second question is about the hypersensistive glans many people complain from after curing phimosis... When talking about exposing the glans to air, is it just air exposure or rubbing it? Cause I can't even touch it, let along rubbing it... furthermore, when it's all dry, pulling the foreskin back and forth becomes really really difficult and painful... what should I be doing? If I try to make sex in this condition, can I deal with the problem by using a condom so that my glans is covered and nothing touches it? Any ideas??
>Thanks a lot for your responses and for the great forum!!!
>I'll keep you posted on my further progress!Well, don't touch it if it hurts. If you must touch...be sure that you use a lubricant, either your own pre-cum or an artifical variety...such as Astroglide, or some other substance. Check your local pharmacy. The foreskin was not designed to work without plenty of lubricant, except briefly, such as peeling back to urinate.
Do let us know...!