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Re: Slight misunderstanding

Written by Ivan at 16 Mar 2003 17:30:42:

As an answer to: Slight misunderstanding written by Paul B. at 16 Mar 2003 04:34:41:

>> As Jim is the expert on stretching, and AJ on recovery from the surgeries, Rood is the expert on restoration.
>You misunderstand. Jim's expertise is actually exactly the same as Rood's - foreskin restoration. Stretching a tight foreskin is no more than an extrapolation - if you can stretch remaining skin to create a "fauxskin", then by comparison, dilating a phimosis is trivial.
>The principal difference, is that Jim's a bit "noisier"!

Okay. I knew both types of self-help involved skin growth, but they seemed to focus on different needs. That is, that stretching what exists requires a different sort of effort than does making the skin grow outward. Of course, both are making skin grow. I guess it also seems different because restoration generally involves guys with more years on 'em than the usual candidate for stretching to relieve phimosis. You'd expect the restorers to be more informed, at least as to the need. And of course, Jim seems to step up on stretching, while Rood seems to step up on restoration, what with his NORM work. Sorry if I stepped on any toes.


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