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Re: To PaulB nr2: That sensitivity study

Written by Ralesk at 01 May 2003 21:16:17:

As an answer to: To PaulB nr2: That sensitivity study written by chImp at 01 May 2003 20:37:05:

>This is important. This is science. You can't ignore things like that. I want to know just exactly WHAT they measured. I still don't understand how glans sensitivity works. If rubbing the glans reduces sensitivity, how come it's possible to regain it to some extent (that's the purpose of "restoration", isn't it?). Is the glans actually damaged, or does the "adjustment" work in some other fashion?

Well, to some extent it can be restored by practically leaving the glans alone finally --- that is, covering it and not rubbing. Grow a long nail on your thumb, and have it for long months, I'm sure you'll find that after you trim the fingernail, the skin area beneath it (that hasn't been in direct contact with the 'outer world') will be more sensitive. I have accidentally found this one out. I guess it's similar with any surface of the human body.

What is destroyed, obviously, is the nerve routes. If there is any unrecoverable loss of glans sensitivity, that's because of that.

I don't know what they tested, I'm also wondering about that. Does it really seem so that they haven't measured anything about the foreskin's sensitivity? It was just a glans comparison --- as if the foreskin would just be a dead flap of skin hanging off one's cock.

I personally don't think there would be NO difference in sensitivity. I know for one that my ex-bf's glans was a lot more sensitive than mine, and the major difference between us was that he had severe phimosis that later he resolved with stretching, and I never had phimosis, but I did use to expose my glans often and I'm sort of used to it being in contact with dry things like clothes.


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