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Written by Jim at 14 May 2002 01:11:19: Re: connected foreskin
As an answer to: connected foreskin written by Justin at 13 May 2002 21:10:15:
>I am 19 years old and have a tight foresking. I cannot pull it back over the glans, the end opens a small bit, but it doesn't retract. I think my problem is that it is still connected to glans. I have read on here about stretching and betamethasone creme, but will anything help with making the foreskin disconnect? If it will disconnect, I think I can do the stretching thing, if its necessary. It is connected all the way around. Please give me any information you have. I've been puting up with it, but it's getting old. I'm considering seeing a doctor, but it's kind of embarassing). Thank you for any help you might have.
The exercise that Ralesk has suggested is one that is used regularly by boys in his native country and surrounding countries to relieve foreskins which are fused to the glans, if this indeed what your situation is.
Pulling your foreskin out away from your body is also a good exercise to employ. It helps the skin to stretch and may free some the adhesions.
Another way you can determine if the skin is fixed is by using the method any doctor would use. Take a BLUNT probe, such as a dowel which is smooth on the end, and stick into between the skin and the head. Move it around in there to see if adhesions exist. If they do, they do the exercises mentioned above. The alternative is to have the doctor do this without much regard for how it may feel to you. At least you know when to quit if it hurts, they don't often care. It's up to you. What you have is not fatal.