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# Re: phimosis: my story and questions Written by Gustavo at 29 Jun 2005 18:51:21: As an answer to: Re: phimosis: my story and questions written by Nick at 26 Jun 2005 21:30:31: > I'm not really sure what the significance of this topic is for you but I > hope you now have clear in your mind your own understanding of phimosis and > the related conditions. I think I have a pretty good understanding now. Thanks. > I imagine that obtaining skin from a phimotic ring to perform analysis would > be difficult although I would be interested to hear what this may discover > about the nature of a phimotic ring. I imagine it shouldn't be too hard to put a circumcised foreskin under a microscope. They already collect baby foreskins for growing skin to be used in grafts, but I don't know if it's possible to diagnose a phimotic ring in a newborn's foreskin. > Picture 4 looks like a very short frenulum. Does your penis bend forwards in > that way when you are erect. I'm trying to remember, since I don't have many retracted erections. Mostly the glans is higher than the shaft, in order to squeeze through the phimotic ring. But I think that it does bend forward a little. I just noticed that when I perform a retraction (soft), my corona (lips) bends down and changes shape a bit. Does this indicate frenulum breve? How long is a normal frenulum? > It is difficult to ascertain whether you > retracted erections are causing you pain because you are placing pressure on > your penis from the tight foreskin or whether you have a short frenulum. Indeed. But I think it's primarily the phimosis. Though it's hard to tell whether the pain is coming from skin or from the shaft. As I said, my frenulum can turn white from being pulled really tight (a full erection), but doesn't seem to hurt. > This springing forward is not > natural, a normal foreskin should quite happily remain retracted until its > owner returns it to the forward position. This is quite an insight. Is a normal frenulum never under pressure? (It's surprising that my doctors never mentioned mentioned the frenulum) So it's yet another mystery... why are some people born this way? Actually, I have to wonder why there is a frenulum at all. >You may discover that once > stretching has improved your phimosis, a new problem presents itself in the > form of a short frenulum. If this is the case you will require minor > surgery, a frenuloplasty to be precise. It's good to know. I'm think I'm not going to stretch or operate for now. If sex without a condom or lubrication hurts, then I'll consider it when the time comes. > Surely your penis is put under more pressure during > intercourse that whilst gently stretching your foreskin. As I always use condoms, this is not the case. Since there is no friction to pull my skin, it simply stays covered, and I have no problems this way. > I sense a > reluctance to even touch your penis? Not at all! > As far as I am aware the most common and successful > practise for stretching is by hand with steroid cream. How is the stretching performed? Is it not against the glans? Inserting my finger seems like reasonable stretch. This is why I was wondering if there were any artificial "fingers", possibly inflatable, so that one doesn't have to buy a set of 10 fingers. Answers: Re: phimosis: my story and questions Nick 7/07/2005 17:51 (0)