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Re: Advice needed- Cream, shower, stretch?

Written by Ralesk at 09 Feb 2004 22:03:48:

As an answer to: Advice needed- Cream, shower, stretch? written by Q at 09 Feb 2004 16:04:21:

>Hi all,
>I'm 25 and have never been able to retract my foreskin further than just below the piss-slit (apologies for the crudeness, I don't know the technical terms), either when flaccid or erect.
>Just last week I finally decided to go to my doctor and get something done.
>He prescribed Betnovate 30 grams (0.1%) and suggested that I sit in warm bath and stretch my foreskin to make it loose.

That's good. Use only as much as will vanish into the skin, not more! there should be no residue.

It's perhaps a good idea to sit in warm water for a while, get out, dry up, THEN apply cream and stretch.

>I have been applying the cream twice a day, after morning shower and before sleep. I have also tried stretching in the bath but have already ruptured a blood vessel. (Nothing serious.)

If you've ruptured a blood vessel you've most surely been rougher than you should have. The key is not FORCE, but tension. Keeping the skin in (slight) tension for a while, is the right thing to do. Don't be too rough.

>Anyway, what I want to know is, what order should I be doing this in? Do I take a bath and stretch, then apply the cream, or apply the cream, let it soak in then sit in a bath and stretch?

See above... I'm not quite sure if it's a good idea to soak stuff in water after applying any kind of creme or ointment. Think about sunscreens/sun milk/etc. Though Betnovate/Betamethasone is quite a bit different a matter, I wouldn't go into water /right/ after applying them as it might wash it away before it could really start working. See my point?

>Also, while my foreskin is tight, I don't have the "hard ring" I've heard mentioned here (the opening is simply not wide enough for my head to fit through) and my frenulum (the bit of skin connecting the end of the piss-slit to the foreskin, yeah?) is quite small and I'm wondering if this will stretch. I've been making a point of putting the cream on the frenulum.

If you pull forward (in the same direction as your shaft, that is), then it will also stretch and grow. It does do that usually slower than the rest of the foreskin, and it's a more tender bit too. Be nice to it ;)

It's not usual for a tight foreskin to be actually hard. It's either a mis-selfdiagnosis or in case it's indeed harder than it should be, there is most usually some kind of fungus to be treated first. Fungus is /not/ likely to be there in teens and preteens.

>The foreskin can retract slightly further when flaccid since starting to use this cream.

Time will most surely tell ;)

>I appreciate any help and sorry if this post is overly long!

No problem.


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