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Re: Circumcise? How much?

Written by Ivan at 23 Dec 2004 19:20:37:

As an answer to: Re: Circumcise? How much? written by Andy at 23 Dec 2004 17:20:51:

>>There are other treatments for BXO. As with any condition, surgery should be a last resort. There are a number of reasonable medically-based sites that will guide you to alternatives, such as steroid ointment therapies. If the alternatives don't work, you can try 'skinning back' - keeping the foreskin retracted all the time - to give you the drying affect of circumcision. If the BXO clears up, then great, you're cured. Give it a whiel and let the foreskin return to its normal location. If it does not clear up from skinning back, then circumcision would not do the trick either (which you know because you would have tried the functional equivalent of circumcision). Remeber the BXO is in the glans, not the foreskin, so removing the foreskin does no more than skinning back would. You might have to use surgical tape or an elastic to keep the foreskin retracted at first.
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>Thanks for the advice. When "skinning back" typically, how long would I need to do this before the BXO might respond? It sounds quite uncomfortable and probably quite difficult as my foreskin generaly wants to roll down all the time.
I really don't know how long it would take - should be the same amount of time that circumcision would take, if circumcision would do any good at all. As for the discomfort, can it be worse than having half the skin of your penis removed? Yikes - the thought makes me want to sit and rock in the corner! Yes generally, the foreskin wants to cover the glans. Others can tell you how they did it. You really need to do a rather thorough investigation of BXO and potential treatments yourself. Just remember that the sensible ordering of treatments is to balance likelihood of effectiveness against the negatives and the permanence of any measure attemtped


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