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Have a safe journey.
As an answer to: Re: Well on the road written by Franky T. at 25 Apr 2003 05:11:22:
> It wasn't so much the thought of being "crippled" than the thought of maybe experiencing complications later in life.
There are complications to everything - a little fact of life that I am sure you are realising more each day. A foreskin that does not retract may represent an increased risk of nuisance infection (or more simply, irritation), and elderly men that fail to clean underneath are particularly at risk, and thence at some risk of penile cancer.
Then again, bad hygiene in that area is frequently connected - in both directions - with lack of sexual opportunity and lack of sexual ability, so it is somewhat of a "you get what you pay for" situation - you would hope to keep on looking after yourself properly for a lifetime, and enjoying sex. But there are many complexities to doing that, of which this is a quite minor one.
> Up until recently, I wasn't well informed on the subject at all, so I was indeed a little scared.
Understandable.
> Well, I only learned about phimosis and paraphimosis the day before I made that post, and the example of paraphimosis given was basically a guy with the foreskin stuck behind the glans and threatening to damage nerve endings quite fast if unresolved.
But however scary it may be, (care to quote the site?) the context of this is most unlikely to be anything to do with careful and deliberate stretching of your own foreskin.
> For a while, I wasn't so sure about there being no possible tearing, since when the initial erection occurs with the foreskin retracted, it's very hard
Nevertheless, pain to the extent that would precede tearing, is generally an effective disincentive to (further or continued) erection.
> and the tightness seems to make it even stronger
It may certainly produce some "novel" feelings. You may be aware of the potential use of "cock-rings" around the base of the penis, and sometimes around the scrotum as well (a very bad idea!) to facilitate erection. Mind you, they tend to result in an erection of only the penis beyond the ring, still soft at the base so it waves around all over the place. Not really a good result!
> Afterward, like you said, the skin probably adapts since the pain subsides.
Which I doubt it would do if it was near tearing. I think you can feel free to do this as a means of stretching, though as follows, it is probably not a good way of masturbation.
> Absolutely right. My glans, when exposed, is quite sensitive. ... It is that pain which makes it difficult to build up to a climax while there's no such pain with the foreskin over the glans.
And as you note, it is not the discomfort of the tightness in the foreskin as such, but the fact that the glans is being stroked in a less than satisfactory manner. I'd consider it an interesting experiment, but not worth repeating, as I do believe you should treasure your glans sensitivity.
> Thanks for giving me an actual exercise to do.
Apart from getting an erection as you describe whilst retracted (and perhaps letting it subside without stroking), that's pretty much it - the "exercise" is indeed that straightforward.
> I'm the kind of guy who'd be most likely to just forget about the whole tight foreskin thing and do as I always did before if it became too complicated an issue to resolve.
And as I say, there are many, many men, who may realise (and others who don't) that their foreskin doesn't retract as it should, but it (the penis overall) works and they have sex, have children and so on without seeing it as a major limitation. Just as do those men who are circumcised, who are also short on sensitivity.
> Believe me, I never considered circumcision seriously.
And neither should you - or anyone. It just doesn't make sense unless someone has a cognitive problem (that is, a problem in how they see the world).
> I'd only really consider it IF I was engaged in a serious relationship with a woman AND I was having serious problems during intercourse.
And there is indeed no reason you would, other than the difficulties always involved in making it (that is, the whole sexual relationship including intercourse) "work" smoothly, which some people fail to cope with, then have a need to blame it on something.
> I'm rather attached to that little piece of skin :)
And vice versa! 