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Written by Rood at 06 Sep 2002 11:23:48: Re: worried about phimosis
As an answer to: worried about phimosis written by teen at 03 Sep 2002 21:51:31:
Your Doctor may know something about routine physicals, but he shows profound ignorance when he counsels circumcision as a solution to a tight foreskin. If you check the posts on this site from men and boys who have stretched after reporting non-retractable foreskins, you will know that surgery for a non-surgical 'problem' is no solution. And compared to some, your foreskin is really not very 'tight'. So don't be scared. With simple stretching exercises you can be fully functional in a matter of months. That's infinitely better than possessing a nonfunctional penis, which is what circumcision provides. The foreskin is meant to gently and smoothly glide back and forth. Can you wait for the day when your efforts will be rewarded? Imagine the thrill!
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>i recently got a physical and my doctor says that i need to be circumscised. i am 16 years old. my foreskin has always been over my penis as long as i can remember. it is very tight when limp and cannot be pulled back very much. when i have an erection i am able to pull it back far enough to see the glans (maybe 1/4 - 1/2 in). i've done some research, but it all scares me because they talk about complications and infections. i asked my doctor about non surgical alternatives before i went to the internet and he said that there aren't any. what should i do? will simple stretching solve the problem, or will that complicate the problem?