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Re: This is NOT merely a case of "skin"

Written by Rood at 02 May 2003 03:33:09:

As an answer to: Re: This is NOT merely a case of "skin" written by chImp at 02 May 2003 03:05:51:

>Otherwise he'll develope a tight foreskin. That's where the rush comes in. It's a bitch stretching a tight foreskin at a late age. Better start when one is young.

Retraction is fine, as long as they don't obsess about it. It's separation that seems to be the problem, however. They are two distinct circumstances, and as we don't quite know the truth of the matter, a bit of caution seems advisable.


>>What's the rush? Prepuce separation from the glans is a normal and natural occurrence which occasionally doesn't occur until the teens.
>>At the very least, a caution must be added regarding the rather too insistent emphasis by everyone on retraction. Boys of 3-5 easily become fixated with glans exposure when adults obsess on the subject, often with disastrous results down the line, if one considers multiple circumcisions as catastrophic. I can imagine what the poor boy thinks already, with three baths a day and adults tugging on his foreskin at all hours.
>>As he grows older the child must gradually be educated to the purpose and function of the foreskin. Otherwise he may believe that it should always be retracted or learn to despise his foreskin and crave circumcision. This is NOT merely a case of skin. His entire sexual self-image is at stake.
>>>> My son is not circumcized and was able to pull back his foreskin completely at around one.


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