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Re: Thanks, and further advice please....

Written by English bloke at 07 Apr 2002 18:12:04:

As an answer to: Re: Thanks, and further advice please.... written by tmtanec at 07 Apr 2002 16:00:03:

>English Bloke
>That’s impressive progress you’re making. I don’t know how long it might take for the ‘excess’ sensitivity of the glans to subside, though as PaulB says, it shouldn’t be painful during sex if everything is well lubricated.
>I was in roughly your situation myself a few years ago, and my glans was definitely almost painfully sensitive. I’ve forgotten how long it took before it calmed down. Time scales for stretching programs are probably always going to be very approximate anyway, and the scales I came up with were based on what I remembered of my own stretching progress, and on the article by Beaugé.
>If you get a cut or a blister, how long does it usually take to heal? If you play tennis, but stop playing for a few months, the calluses on your hands often wear off. Then you start playing again. The first week or so is often pretty annoying, because you get blisters. During a long game these can really get raw, and you think, “isn’t it a great idea that sweat is so f-ing salty.” But it seems that a week or two of regular play usually does the trick.
>So a week or two perhaps? The skin on the glans probably needs to form a dryish superficial layer.
>It would be good to know how long this takes.
>Cheers
>Ad

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Thanks for that Ad, and to the others that have replied -its a great help knowing there are others that are going through or have been through this. I still can't believe I've been so naive all these years in not knowing about whether to pull the foreskin back or not. I've seen a few porn films over the years and noticed the lack of foreskin around the glan when someone is doing a "money shot" as they call it here, but always throught that was because they were circumcised !

Still, the main thing is I'm dealing with it I suppose, and so far so good. First of all I thought that I would have to have major surgery, but from what I've been reading this is not necessary.

I hope you're right about the sensitivity. I've had the foreskin pulled back all day to day (and pushed forwards whenever I go to the toilet in order to keep the skin elasticated) and I don't mind confessing that its been very painful at times when its rubbed against my shorts. Is it a good idea to keep the glan exposed for long periods in order to reduce its hyper-sensitivity ? My (uneducated) view is that the more I expose it, the quicker the sensitivity (or a "dryish superficial layer" as you said Ad) will form.

Either way, I'll keep you posted, and once again thanks to all of you for your help and advice.


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