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 encourage early prevention. Jan 2021 : Please read the new summary.

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Extracts From sci.med Newsgroup (Jan 1997) to ZADOZ (an anti circer) My Mum would cry her eyes out, if she thought, she'd done something wrong in my upbringing, but it wasn't her fault, she acted on the best medical advice, which is still being given : "[American Academy of Pediatrics]: "Care of the uncircumcised boy is quite easy. "Leave it alone" is good advice." Didn't your mother also act on the best medical advice at the time? : "cut it off"...Maybe your Mum did other things to you which make you angry with her, but RIC is surely a cultural ignorance, (call it abuse if you want) not your Mum's fault. I feel our experiences are poles apart, and yet they were both caused by the same cultural ignorance. AND STILL this ignorance continues, leave it alone, or cut it off, ... does it not seem ridiculous to you that people adopt these fanatical extremes, instead of simply checking boys in good time, so that there is ample opportunity to consider the possibilities of correction, before puberty and before any emergency decision is required. Robin Stuart Welcome to a Third Perspective on Male Circumcision I hope you enjoy your visit. to SID (a pro circer) When you refer to the diseased foreskin, are you not referring to the ignored foreskin, the one's which parents are told to leave alone, and so the adhesions stick and lots of ugly skin malformations can establish themselves, and then the urine and smegma collects and UGH. Wouldn't you agree - its the same as anything else, if you don't ignore it, it may turn into something beautiful... . Robin Stuart Welcome to a Third Perspective on Male Circumcision I hope you enjoy your visit.