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Re: foreskin is attached to penis

Written by Ivan at 29 Aug 2004 05:46:21:

As an answer to: foreskin is attached to penis written by alilnervous at 28 Aug 2004 23:31:09:

>Hi, I'm an uncircumcised 17 year old boy and I just recently found out that the foreskin is supposed to retract past the head. I had no idea. I'm not able to. If I try, it will start to hurt. I can get it maybe 1/3 down the head. If I pull it back as far as I can, I can tell that the penis is attached to the foreskin by I think what is called the frenum. I read that it is supposed to detach after a boy is about 2. How do I retract it??? I'm not sexually active yet. I can masturbate just fine, but I just slide the skin up and down the penis, I don't slide my hand up and down. Also I think the foreskin may be too tight to retract but maybe that can be fixed by stretching once I get past the frenum problem. Please reply soon!
You're just fine. The frenum is not supposed to detach. It's the rest of the foreskin, which is bonded to the glans at birth, which detaches in the years to come. It can take until well into puberty.
You seem to be a little tight. It is possible that your frenum is not as long as you will eventually want. But you are doing just the right thing to take care of both - masturbating using the foreskin as a sleeve. There is no need for an intact boy to grasp with a fist and use palm friction. The foreskin gives excellent sensations both on its own and to the glans. And, as you masturbate that way, you are giving both the foreskin and the frenulum the workout they need to achieve full mobility.

Relax and enjoy - you're coming along just fine.


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