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# phimosis: my story and questions Written by Gustavo at 21 Jun 2005 15:43:32: Hi Thanks for your informative website. I am 26, and I've always had phimosis. It was a pinhole phimosis until I was 20, when I decided to do betamethasone. After one month of applying the cream twice daily, I surprised myself in an urinoir by a large part of the glans popping out. After some more time on the cream, I bravely decided to try to retract all the way. It was quite shocking to see my whole glans at once and, needless to say, it was *extremely* sensitive. I noticed that pulling underneath was more productive for retraction. I was also scared when, after a partial retraction, the skin refolded in an unusual way, leaving me with less "flap" and making my piss uncontrollable, and stayed that way for days: I later figured out that partial retractions cause the skin to fold inwards, and that the only way to reverse this is by retracting all the way letting my foreskin unfold to its natural (retracted) position *before* letting it slide back: if I don't unfold it, it won't "slide back", but "roll back", leaving me in that unnatural and sometimes uncomfortable (though not in the least painful) state. >This phimotic band at its thickest, is about one tenth of an inch (2 to 3 mms.) >across and by retracting quite firmly, to spread out the white area as wide as >possible, it is possible, (particularly with the help of a magnifying glass), to >see a series of around ten ridges; closer inspection with for example a finger nail >quite distinctly reveals an totally insensitive gristly ridged band of "dead" white >coloured skin. Despite your warning, I performed a self-examination, by performing a more-than-full retraction and directly pulling-stretched the phimotic ring skin with my hands. I did *not* see a white band, although I did notice that the skin of the phimotic ring was relatively insensitive. I have taken several pictures that I would not mind sharing. I am wondering if my phimosis is really the inborn kind. I did have one episode of balanitis when I was 7, but never before or since. What could cause this abnormal development? Are male babies born with phimotic rings? If so, what causes some not to stretch? If not, what causes it to develop? I will try to look up Satya Parkash, F.R.C.S. (Eng), M.A.M.S., and B Raghurma Rao, M.S. Preputial Stenosis - Its Site and Correction 1980; ibid Thanks. Answers: more information Gustavo 6/29/2005 20:45 (0) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Nick 6/21/2005 15:44 (15) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Gustavo 6/23/2005 21:45 (14) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Nick 6/23/2005 21:46 (13) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Gustavo 6/25/2005 15:14 (11) deleted letter - Dear Gustavo Robin 6/27/2005 17:47 (4) Re: deleted letter - Dear Gustavo Gustavo 6/29/2005 20:03 (3) Re: deleted letter - Dear Gustavo Robin 7/20/2005 18:46 (2) Re: deleted letter - Dear Gustavo Gustavo 8/09/2005 20:06 (1) brutal honesty Robin 8/10/2005 16:35 (0) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Nick 6/25/2005 15:15 (4) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Gustavo 6/26/2005 21:29 (3) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Nick 6/26/2005 21:30 (2) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Gustavo 6/29/2005 18:51 (1) Re: phimosis: my story and questions Nick 7/07/2005 17:51 (0)