[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by RJK at 02 May 2002 00:02:23: Re: My lack of stretching progress
As an answer to: Re: My lack of stretching progress written by Jim at 10 Apr 2002 00:06:06:
>>What? Bottom line is, they are not supposed to be there. They are not supplied by doctors and nurses nor recommended by these professionals in most countries for the simple reason they aren't healthy for you.
>>If we all took medical advice like this from people off of discussion forums for various ailments then we'd be in very poor health in deed. Granted it may improve the elasticity of the foreskin, I can see that...it's obvious; but it can also do it a lot more damage than good.
>>Foreskins are not supposed to rip...they do so sometimes but they are not supposed to unlike women who's do so during intercourse. Besides...by inserting stoppers, ballons, bungs, erasers, bottle tops, 35mm cannisters, floppy discs, deodrant cans, alarm clocks etc...it is not doing the penis any good what so ever and could cause serious problems...can you not see this?
>>You seem way to kean to answer everyones doubts with advice that is nor healthy, nor proven to work.
>>~ Jake Booth
>You are obviously not aware that doctors in China do indeed insert devices into the foreskin cavities of young boys in order to stretch them. They use baloons and inflate them to the point necessary to get the job done.
>You are overreacting. Had this young man taken the advice and used caution, he would not have the problem he does. He could easily have done the same damage by stretching with his fingers.
'could easily have': conjecture to support an armchair discussion well removed from direct observation of the problem.Impatience is the culprit here, not the devices he used.
But you say this, Jim, without the personal knowledge that would qualify you to speak thusly had you actually been there and observed the problem.
>That doctors or nurses have not supplied the advice is only indicative of their ignorance and lack of ingenuity. Those in China have had no problem figuring a solution, and they get results using it. Are you suggesting that little Chinese boys are different from little Aussies, English or Americans? How about considering that the Chinese have no financial gain by suggesting surgery rather than stretching? Their goal seems to be solving the problem rather than eliminating it.
They've done their share of dorsal slits there in the past, judging from a photo-essay that appeared some years ago in the French journal Realites.
>Don't knock ideas whose time may not yet have arrived.
One idea whose time recently arrived in Malaysia resulted in development of the the TARAKLAMP, now being promoted in the Third World as a way to do circumcisions in a non-hospital setting without blood loss or the risk of infection.
Every innovation in history has had to begin with one person trying it. A track record cannot be achieved without someone being the first to do it.
>If you are suggesting that Paul and I are not professionals, that's OK, think what you wish, but with Paul's medical background and my fourteen years experience, I think we know what we're talking about. How much experience do you have?