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Re: Foreskin not fully retracting

Written by David R at 29 Apr 2004 17:02:45:

As an answer to: Forskin not fully retracting written by CJ at 27 Apr 2004 21:59:39:

>Hi all.
> All in all I'm so glad I'm not alone with this issue and have been reasured by the other posts on this forum.
>Cheers all,
>CJ
All foreskins initially "stick" to the glans by cells that form very thin "sheets" like the thin silvery film you see on meat. These adhesions begin to "dissolve", in many cases before birth, but in some boys, not until a year or so. In some others there will be still a few that, when the foreskin is pulled back as far as it will go, these very thin, membrane-like bands that hold the foreskin to the rim of the glans will not break or "dissolve.". These sheets contain no blood vessels and can be cut or broken down with a Q-tip for example with the only bleeding coming from the separation points on the glans or the foreskin. For most males, however, these adhesions finally break during the first few masturbation sessions but for some they do not as they are thicker and tougher than usual. It is these that are problematic for, while they contain no blood vessels to start with, once they are broken (and they should be) if the foreskin is kept covering the head, they rejoin and here is where the problem of skin bridges begis. This is a different problem but it starts with these original thin sheets of cells. The newly broken "membranes" will cause bleeding at the corona, not usually the foeskin but that, too can happen. As the foreskin lies over the glans, after there has been bleeding, the raw edges join up again. Now, because it is a little sore, the guy doesn't want to play with it any more until it is healed. Unfortunately, in the healing, skin repair by the traumatised tissues is attempted (a normal process) by the raw mucosa of the glans and foreskin. This is a normal response to the "trauma." But it doesn't serve the male in question well because the healing process generates true skin, not the original "membrane" and now thickened skin bridges form. Once these occur, every time they are broken or torn off the corona of the glans, there will be more bleeding and in the repair phase, scarring with thickened skin will result in bridges that ultimately will not break of their own accord. These are a real problem and have to be dealt with surgically- a minor thing but what follows is most important. Once they are removed, or if it is not too late and they are able to be broken by the person, then, in the healing process, the foeskin must NOT be allowed to touch the raw patches on the corona or else it all starts over again. For about a week, or certainly until there is complete healing of the patches, the foreskin must be retracted and held in place (when this happened to me at age 13 I used tape to hold the foreskin back, and yes, it's annoying and irritating but the skin must be kept well back so that NO raw areas can touch until healed. Use Bacitracin or whatever you can buy over the counter as an antibiotic cream to smear on the raw edges until they are healed. You will then have solved the problem. Then you are left with dealing with the cosmetic effects of bits of skin (the broken or cut bridges) hanging off the corona or 4skin but then deal with that if the time comes. I did not end up with any "tags'but it took over a year for the coronal bumps to flatten out and only after I undertook circumcision are the spots now not noticeable (they used to be a paler skin clor compared to a very purple glans). Hope this helps. David.


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