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Hypospadias

Written by Paul B. at 20 Jun 2002 00:26:08:

As an answer to: Re: No, click *here*! written by bruno at 19 Jun 2002 20:59:32:

> I used an epson 1250 scanner (it works in any position) to do the pics, a very good scanner, by the way!

Well, Epson gets a free ad, eh? You're right - they are good pictures, except perhaps that you have pressed just a little too hard against the faceplate, but that is probably unavoidable.

> It makes me feel a bit better and it's also a comfort to see that I'm not alone with this kind of embarassing problem.

Well, there are plenty of men like you, even given the hypospadias.

> I'll try the stretching method.

Look, as Jim says, you have a "glandular hypospadias" - the urethra has not closed fully underneath when it formed (before you were born), but fortunately the defect is not bad - your foreskin is complete. The only problem you have is that if you pull the foreskin back to pee, you will "spray" or "splatter" a bit - you probably know this quite well already and prefer to pee with the foreskin forward. Other than that, when you pee is a good time to pull it back and stretch.

You do not have phimosis in the normal sense - whatever tightness you describe is due to the (slight) abnormality in your meatus (pee opening); what most people have as a fraenulum is in your case, split in two and attached differently.

Any tightness that troubles you can best be approached by stretching as Jim says. The last thing on earth you would want, would be any form of surgery to try and "fix" anything because that would only cause further damage to the deformed area. And if you don't need surgery, you don't really need to see a doctor! (And I don't think you need betamethasone either.)

You will however be absolutely fine for sexual intercourse, oral sex (the underneath of your glans, where it is open, will be unusually sensitive for this) and I am sure you have no problem masturbating anyway. Just stretch things as part of your usual sexual activities and it should work almost as you would want (there may well be some tendency for the foreskin to spring forward, but that is part of the oddity and I repeat - it is a common oddity and in your case, very mild).

> One can see on the pics some tiny white spots around the rim of the glans.

Yes, I noticed those before. They are called "pearly penile papules" (PPPs), and are very sensitive little bulges or "fingers" on the skin. It appears circumcised men do not usually have them as they "wear off" and are therefore, not as sensitive!

> I think it's some sort of fungus and I'd like to know how to get rid of it!

Believe me, as they are sensitive, you do not want to get rid of them. Wanting to "get rid of it" is a common problem which means people have a bad attitude to their penis - why should you want to get rid of part of it, or change it around? It works, and works fine - just enjoy it.

> But as I browsed this site and others, I now begin to worry about my frenulum because mine is not in any way the same as the others I've seen ...

Correct - it is not, but it will work just fine, and that is all that matters. Incidentally, the raised "line" visible along the underneath of the outside of your foreskin, is the join line from when the foreskin is formed (before birth) - people sometimes mistake it for the fraenulum when it is described without a picture.

> You will find a pic there : http://pageperso.aol.fr/wsoudure/6.jpg

> By the way, why is there no-one posting pictures? I think that many men who are in trouble could use their scanner and scan their penis just like I did! It's quite simple and very helpful for diagnosis, I think ...

Of course you are right. It's a matter of anonymity, you have to figure out how to put your pictures on a site that doesn't identify who you are, as people might start annoying you with indecent communications if they do. Please don't remove those pictures now, though, as they form part of this page to help people in future!

> My best wishes to all the men who are suffering, hope they'll get better!

The big problem is that many like yourself, suffer from worry, but have nothing to worry about - except the worry itself! And some have difficulty "getting better" even with the right advice.


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