This site discusses phimosis in its specific forms of phimotic ring, frenulum breve, adhesions or skinbridges. During erection these conditions inhibit the relationship between foreskin and glans. This functionally restricts the erection, and thus has an effect on the sexuality. With our culture's attitudes on health care, it would be appropriate to monitor boys before puberty and encourage early prevention.

FRENULUM RESEARCH

Please help us establish the "normal" boundaries of the frenulums anatomy - how short does a frenulum have to be, to be diagnosed frenulum breve?

At present even those boys with a frenulum which could be diagnosed before puberty as being painful during erection, will not get treatment until after the youth starts to complain of pain, which may be as late as adulthood.

Unfortunately there are neither comparative nor statistical studies on the frenulum and its relationship with the foreskin. Thus there is currently no true medical knowledge neither about the anatomical norm nor about the anatomic boundaries within which the interplay of frenulum and foreskin is a normal and unproblematic one.

There are a lot of important questions still unanswered:
We would like to distinguish which lengths and structures have which effects

The practical problem is that pain is experienced on the erect penis, however doctors can only monitor the flaccid penis. We need to know which effects on the erect penis are caused by which degrees of brevity on the flaccid penis.

Most valuable - and even essential - for diagnosis and research about which frenulum types, result in which erectile deformities, we need a basic description of the erectile effects, and a picture sidewards of the flaccid penis with the foreskin retracted (ie. what a doctor sees) and also a picture sidewards of the erect penis. (all pictures with foreskin retracted).

Frenulum Breve depends on the interplay between frenulum and foreskin while the penis is erect. The structure of the frenulum is also important as this influences whether it may rip.

A picture from underneath is necessary to see how thick the frenulum is and how far forward the frenulum is attached or if it branches out.

Doctors would then be able to advise parents and children of the potential problems, whether the frenulum will inevitably be painful or rip; or whether it is a borderline case; or indeed if this is safe and normal; or maybe even one of those lucky lengths which will provide extra pleasure.

Please help provide information which will serve as guidelines for further scientific enquiry.

Simply:- please send me photos and fill in the questionnaire