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Written by Paul B. at 12 Jan 2003 23:11:37: Fraenulum pulled aside.
As an answer to: Frenelum is being pulled to one side... Help! written by John at 12 Jan 2003 21:37:30:
To be honest, this enquiry is a bit puzzling. Perhaps if you could give some details, it might be possible to advise.
> My frenelum is being pulled over to one side. Soft or hard, it's always being puled over to the left.
So what?
> Is this frenelum breve?
Could be, but what does it matter? You see, at this point you have described a perhaps interesting novelty, but not explained any sort of problem.
> I have an appointment with a urologist later this month.
Why?
And for that matter, why not just see a doctor? One who has a wide breadth of experience. "Urologists" are surgeons who make a living cutting things (i.e., performing operations) - generally going to one is a request to have something cut.
> Should I ask for a circumcision?
If that's what you want, but why would someone want a circumcision? What started your interest in circumcision (which is irrelevant to the fraenulum - circumcision is the removal of the foreskin)?
> I am reasonably sure it's supposed to be straight when soft/ hard.
Most likely. Take a look at these pictures (if you want more detail, access them from this page). From that, you can make comparisons and talk here about what you discern.
Funny that you mention "have an appointment with a urologist" - the habit of choosing at random what sort of specialist you fancy seeing for a medical problem is (largely) an American peccadillo, but if you are American, (and your company address suggests you might be) you would have a substantial probability of being circumcised already. This is interesting because circumcision itself is the main cause of peculiar distortions of the fraenulum!
> Also, the raphe along the bottom of my penis curves off near the top of the penis.
You really had better explain what you mean by reference to the pictures to which I refer. Or any others you may have found.
I may be sounding rather off-putting here, but from time to time we get these questions that imply someone is troubled by something, but their post details nothing that is particularly abnormal, nor that would require any sort of alteration, let alone surgery. People who focus excess attention on some trivial detail of their appearance (particularly on an area which many never really look at in the first place) may indeed have a problem, but not a physical one.