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Re: How far does stretching work?

Written by nick at 04 Jul 2004 02:40:19:

As an answer to: How far does stretching work? written by Joe at 03 Jul 2004 03:26:53:

I was (to some extent, still am) in your position earlier this year, and I'm of a similar age. I hadn't retracted my foreskin, and as a result it was tight, and as I was to discover, the frenulum was short also. When I first discovered the problem, the foreskin was almost too tight to retract at all when flaccid - I think I nearly gave myself paraphimosis the first time I pulled it back (took a good ten minutes of maneuvering and much panicking to return the foreskin forward!).

A few months later, it retracts comfortably when erect. I wouldn't say it retracts totally smoothly yet, as it's still a very snug fit, but nonetheless it does pass (in both directions) over the glans of the erect penis without difficulty when asked to do so. :) The frenulum, which was also extremely short (pulling the head right down when flaccid even before the glans was comlpetely uncovered), is now beginning to loosen up as well. Still some way to go with the frenulum, and progress is slow enough to make it difficult to detect any progress on a weekly basis. But when I compare how far I can retract now without the glans being pulled down, compared to how far I USED to be able to go, then there's definite improvement. :)

Moral of the story: stick with it. It can be slow and disheartening at times, to say the least, but as long as you don't tear or scar the tougher tissue that causes the tightness, then there's no reason that the skin won't continue to grow until there's no longer any tension on it.


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