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Re: constriction of skin on penis

Written by Ivan at 07 May 2003 23:22:57:

As an answer to: constriction of skin on penis written by pierce in kentucky at 07 May 2003 20:35:49:

>I am a 46 year old male,(un-circumcised) aprox. one year ago having sex began to become painfull for me. I was dating two girls with very tight vaginas,(no joke, I am very serious), so I thought that might be causing my problem. my penis was actually tearing and scarring as it healed. we tried lubricants to no avail. I finally went to the local m.d. and he said I would probably have to be circumcised. he reccomended a specialist who I saw and who also said the same thing. I am quite fond of my foreskin and quite afraid to have it removed. there is a band of skin completely circling my penis just forward of the head when soft that is gradually constricting. this poses no problem when soft but when hard, the head swells making it near impossible for normal pulling back of the foreskin and thus, very painfull to have sex and causing new tearing and scarring. does anyone have any ideas about this other than the knife? is there any type of cream or softening agent or any way to prevent further constriction? Can anyone help me with this? Thank you very much for your time!

First things firstc - find the cause. I don't have first-hand experience with this, but from what I have read, this sounds like you have an active infection causing tightening. The most likely candidate is yeast. It is kind of tempting to suggest you picked it up fom one of your recent female friends, since women get yeast infections so frequently, but in fact yeast is quite ubiquitous and will take advantage of any opportunity to grow.

So why did your doctor not say so? A lot of guys who have had similar problems report the same sort of advice, particularly in the US where circumcision is so common. Those that have tried treating the cause, rather than just cutting it away, seem to have pretty good results, so they say. Perhaps you should see a dermatologist instead of a urologist, since what you have is a skin problem, not a plumbing problem. Once you stop the infection (assuming that is what is found, which reportedly is most often the case for tightening of the foreskin), then you will be in a position to do stretching exercises, perhaps with the assistance of a steroidal cream known as betamethasone, to make the foreskin grow back to where you have good mobility.

There is nothing in what you have written that even suggests a need for cutting. Resist the simplistic approach.

By the way, interesting spelling of your first name. I thought as a given name, it was generally spelled "Pearce." But then so many parents want to be a little different, or use a family name as a given name. Or maybe you have just chosen a Net Name. Whatever.


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