> # Re: Extra Sensitive Head

> Written by Robin at 22 Jan 2000 19:12:53:

> As an answer to: Re: Extra Sensitive Head written by Bob at 22 Jan 2000 16:31:45:

> Letter Exchange between me and Bob -
> - Posted under the understanding that its all pure speculation

> >Another idea, which Robin Stuart suggested
> >some time back, is to soak the penis (with glans
> >uncovered)in a Nescafe jar that contains warm water
> >for some minutes. He also was looking for a magic
> >ingredient to add to the water to promote
> >keritanisation (development of protective covering
> >tissue): I suggest strong tea which contains tannins
> >& thus may promote thickening of the glans's covering
> >membrane. If you do this, however, it is important to
> >rinse all the tea away and dry the glans carefully
> >before you return the foreskin to its forward
> >position. I don't think you would want to trap any
> >chemical substance, including tannin-containing tea,
> >under the foreskin next to the glans.

> Hey this is excellant news, ... only too pleased as a Brit to support the medicinal values of tea, ...

> Now - ? - penile hypersensitivity is not really an important theme for me, BUT how to speed up keratinization is THE BIG PROBLEM with releasing adhesions in kids.
> https://www.male-initiation.net/dissolve.html
> Adhesions release as the result of "keratinization" ... like are you suggesting this could be the big break through ... ???

> Tea is rich in tannins with this I agree; but could you argue why tannins could be expected to promote keritinisation ...?

> >I do remember from somewhere that
> >tannins were promoted at one time as an ingredient in
> >burn ointments (which of course makes the connection
> >to keratinisation tenuous at best!).

> Tannin is used to cure leather, (so is urine) - (is it used to colour leather or to harden it up?) ... the leather tanning process may well provide a few keratinization methods ...

> >I don't think it would be a good idea for
> >kids to put raw penile tissue in warm tea for any
> >length of time. My thought was that in
> >post-adolescent males with a hypersensitive glans, tea
> >should be exactly the magic ingredient you sought. But
> >unless it works fairly rapidly (ie in less than a
> >week), I'd cease using it. (Other people have used
> >ascorbic acid [= Vitamin C] to promote tissue growth;
> >don't know whether it would help but I believe
> >ointments containing Vitamin C are fairly widely
> >available.) In the Philippines, chewed-up guava
> >leaves, also rich in Vitamin C (as well as saliva and,
> >doubtless, bacteria), have long been applied to newly
> >circumcised adolescent penises for their supposed
> >antibiotic effect.

> well I reckon we need to get Joe to do a bit of experimenting (at his own risk) because whatever wroks for adults has a chance of working with kids

> >Btw, has anybody tried a warm solution of
> >Epsom salts for the soak? It's helped many
> >conditions, including boils and even snake bite! Just
> >a thought, but it might help.

> I feel sure there must be some very simple substance which would help release infant adhesions -> allow kids to stretch the potential tightness out of their own foreskins before it started being a problem . ................. maybe we can hope that someone with an extra sensitive glans can do a bit of experimenting and give us some ideas

> Robin

> Answers:

> - Extra Sensitive Head Anonymous 9/24/2000 19:44 (0)

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