> # Re: Phimosis and Penile Growth

> Written by Roxane at 15 Jan 2000 05:55:33:

> As an answer to: Re: Phimosis and Penile Growth written by Jack at 14 Jan 2000 13:20:27:

> Jack:
> I can well understand why you no longer choose to raise the issue with any doctor - after all most of them aren't circ'd. They all thought nothing of suggesting I painfully force my son's foreskin back (the last thing that should be done) and they didn't seem to think sbjecting my 6 year old to painfull surgery was a big deal either, so I don't have much use for them either.
> When I finally went to a doctor that I had been assured was foreskin friendly, I went armed with a wack of info about steroid cream that I had found on the internet and a determination that I was not leaving his office until I had the prescription that was going to save my son from circumcission (you'd have to be a mother to understand the stength of this conviction)
> I can tell you from a female perspective that I don't care whether a man's foreskin retracts or not, but you have said that, " Ideally you would like your
> foreskin to retract", so, get the steroid cream and try it. I hope I'm not being pushy here, but if you hadn't made the comment about ideally wanting your foresin to retract, I wouldn't be saying anything. It's not like circumcission (I never have been able to get the spelling right on that word. Have I this time?) after all. If you don't like it, it is reversible. I hope I haven't been offensive or insensitive about this. Being a woman, this is not really my forte.
> Thanks again for responding to my posting. It has done something to ease my worry. I do wish you hadn't been the only one though.
> Roxane

> >Roxane- I have twice seen doctors about this complaint once at 13 and once at 19. The immediate advice I received was that a complete circumcision was required - after several agonising attempts were made to force the foreskin back.
> >Since then I have avoided raising the issue with them.
> >I suppose that ideally I would like to have complete retraction of the foreskin. But I have grown used to the phimosis. I explain to the ladies in my life that this is something they must take into account and I have had no adverse reaction to it by them. For the rest it causes me no bother.
> >
> >Jack:
> >>Thank you for responding to my posting. I'd like to say that I am totally reassured now, but I've had so many doctors tell me that my son needs to be
> >>cir'd, that I don't know if I'll be able to stop worrying until he's grown and
> >>he tells me everything's OK. Only then will I be certain I made the right decision for him.
> >>It sounds like you are happy with the way you are, but have you ever tried or considered trying the topical steroid cream? It has a 90+% success rate.
> >>Again, thank you for you reassurance.
> >>>> I have a complete phimosis and have had since birth. I don't believe that this stunted growth of my penis at all. It just means that I cannot pull back my foreskin which is also very long. It causes no pain or discomfort to me. However, I do agree that the glandes of uncircumcised men do generally remain smaller than those of circumcised ones. Most men, circumcised as adults report an increase in the size of the glans.
> >>>Chances are that your boy will find the foreskin releasing itself soo

> Answers:

> - Re: Phimosis and Penile Growth Robin 1/15/2000 22:50 (7)
>   - Re: Phimosis and Penile Growth Roxane 1/16/2000 23:05 (6)
>     - Re: Your son`s phimosis RS 2/06/2000 07:09 (0)
>     - Re: Phimosis and Penile Growth Dave 1/18/2000 22:24 (4)
>       - Re: Phimosis and Penile Growth Roxane 1/19/2000 20:35 (3)
>         - Re: Phimosis and Penile Growth Dave 1/22/2000 15:20 (2)
>           - Thank You Roxane 1/31/2000 01:58 (1)
>             - Dave Told My Story - Battle With The Foreskin Charles II 8/25/2000 20:32 (0)

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