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# Re: Doubts on diagnosis Written by Irwan at 02 Nov 2005 18:59:44: As an answer to: Re: Doubts on diagnosis written by Robin at 26 Oct 2005 19:25:15: HEy! Thanks very much for your reply! Don't worry about how long it took, I know this is voluntary work! The truth is that I was a Greek God at one point, but I fell from mount Olympus , cursed by Zeus! And the curse was to have foreskin problems!!! If i still was a god, I would blow all the problems away and give myself a few "extras"! Oh, and the word phimosis (or fimosi as it's pronounced in Greek) is a modern Greek word. It comes from the word fimono which means to gag or to choke or to trap someone's mouth (muzzle) not to speak (fimotro is the word for the muzzle used for dogs for example). Actually a huge percentage of medical (and generally scientific) terminology is Greek! (that's very good for me!). So more or less the doctor says the same thing as you, that what's left where the frenulum was is just scar tissue, and doesn't need removing (actually he said it's not possible, which I think isn't true). The problem is that he cannot see the erect state to understand my point. So I've attached some pictures in the erect state (not very good quality, from a mobile phone!) to maybe help my description. My main concern is the feeling I have that a full erection isn't being allowed by the remaining frenulum - so neither the full length or hardness of a normal erection are reached. Also I do really want a folding back foreskin, maybe not totally evenly , but - as you can see in the pictures - it doesn't unfold almost at all! There is also this web-page which I found very helpful that shows the result after a frenuloplasty without a circumcision. You can see that his foreskin unfolds evenly , which is what I was hoping for. Here is a link : https://home.zonnet.nl/harmen55/frenuloplasty.html. He had done it by "tying up" as he calls it. It seems that the old method was much more effective than the super-scientific laser method...! The only difference with the laser is that for the frenulum you need no stiches, and no antiseptic precautions during the operation - because the laser automatically closes up the cut it opens. Also it does the least possible damage to the sensitive nerves of the area, because it's the most precise incision you can get. My main clue that something more needs to be done is the way the glans gets bent down when I pull the foreskin back . You can see that clearly in the side pictures. Even when I slightly unfold the foreskin by pulling it back , it immediately pulls the glans downwards. There is no real problem as in pain or using condoms. The only problem , which I think is serious , is the not very hard erections.Tell me what you think, I would really appreciate your help, and hope the pictures make things clear. Thanks again for your time and energy, hope all is well! Cheers, Irwan. Answers: Re: Doubts on diagnosis Robin 11/02/2005 19:11 (1) Re: Doubts on diagnosis Rob 11/09/2005 21:43 (0)