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Written by Paul B. at 20 Dec 2002 13:00:50: Things inobvious
As an answer to: It's not from anything obvious to me. written by michael at 19 Dec 2002 22:46:21:
> The only cause I can determine is that when I occasionally pull back to clean, which I do now less frequently because it hurts.
I would be a bit anxious as to your meaning of "clean". While some people have no problem with soap, I can only advise that if you have any problem such as this, that you must not be using soap at all - in the area of the problem. Specifically, don't use it on the foreskin or try and get it underneath.
> I know the more I scar,the less my skin will be able to repair itself nicely(or so I assume).
Be cautious what you believe. These small fissures do not automatically scar, and indeed the behaviour of this area is that it heals well. The smaller the break in the skin surface, the less likely it is to scar, although the longer it remains ineffectively treated is some risk for scarring.
The most significant untruth however, is the assertion that scars can not and do not stretch. They will and must, otherwise anywhere you had even a tiny scar as a child would be horribly disfigured. As you know, whilst scars can be bad, they do soften and fade with time - and with regular usage anyway.