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Re: Stretching and steroids

Written by tencniv at 28 Mar 2004 05:22:02:

As an answer to: Re: Stretching and steroids written by Ivan at 26 Mar 2004 16:56:44:

>>I tried stretching for almost a year and it didn't work. I also did several months with steroid creams which thinned out the foreskin but didn't solve the problem. My doctor said less than half can be cured without surgery no matter how hard you try. Some anti-circ guys tried to make me feel bad when I went for the circ. Like I failed or something, but I did the best for me and it worked great.
>It's a shame your doctor was so discouraging - that in itself can make for a self-fulfilling prophecy. I saw a recent medical report on a study which showed over 80% of men who tried using betamethasone (you can't use just any steroid creme - you have to use the right one), had their phimosis cured even without a stretching plan. That's enough by itself to disprove your doctor's misconception. And certainly stretching often works by itself, and the two in tandem are all the better.
>the glans are very sensitive and seem painful when I pull the skin down during stretching. Will it get better?


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