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Written by halfclip at 24 Oct 2004 07:23:14: Re: 25 yr old makes a discovery
As an answer to: Re: 25 yr old makes a discovery written by Gary at 22 Oct 2004 08:54:53:
>Thanks for the reply. My foreskin is fairly tight. I read and diagnosed myself a
>case of pin hole phimosis. Well its not really all of the foreskin that
>constricts movement just one tiny little ring of tissue which is the problemIf the stretching fails, then only that constricting ring needs to be removed. (partial circumcision).
>I am not going to waste any time discussing what or why my family missed
>advising about my genitalia.Sorry, I hadn't meant to focus that comment on you specifically, meant to say that your problems are unfortunatly too common and will become more common as parents choose to eave sons uncut but have no guts to discuss the care and feeding of a foreskin to their son as he enters puberty.
It is also interesting the doctors wouldn't have caught cases such as yours.
>four days haven't produced any changes. However, i am going to try to keep at
>it.Be carefull not to stretch it too hard, or it can make it worse. (damaging the skin). Stretchiong from a condition such as yours will take time. Also,. whenegver you urinate or othwrwise handle your penis during day, you should just gently try to pull it back as far as it can comfortably go. Frequency of mild stretching is also important as real "stretch for a few minutes once a day" exercise.
Have you obtained some stereoid cream ? If you are starting from a very tight foreskin, the cream may make the success more realistic.