I can't pull back the foreskin

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I can't pull back the foreskin completely.. Will this become a big problem in my sex life?? Am healthy and I masturbate too....

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    Post photos if you will...one when not pulled back, and one when pulled back as far as it will go. I think I'm the same.

    • Posted

      Get me ur mail Id...I can't find the option for uploading image...

    • Posted

      Ahh... now I've seen it. Thank you.

      Yes, you have phimosis. But in my case it was even tighter. I could not even expose the tip of my glans. However, during sexual intercourse with my wife one night my foreskin did retract - and became stuck behind the coronal rim of my glans. This stopped the flow of blood to my penis and became an emergency. The consequent oedema meant a slit was made in my foreskin to make it slide back. I then had to be circumcised.

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      Phimosis is bad news, and I'd get straight to A&E if it happened to me.  The "Phimosis and Paraphimosis" link (written for doctors) at the right hand side of this page describes it as a "urological emergency".  For anyone that has phimosis, it's worth finding out about, just in case it ever happens.

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      There would be a slight difference in if this suddenly happened to you. Phimosis might happen to elderly men all of a sudden and represent a problem, but for somebody who's stayed this way ftom the day that he was born and doesn't feel any discomfort there's really no reason to make it into a problem which it isn't is. I know several adults or young men who's got the same and functions fine sexually aswell as in other terms even with a tight foreskin. If it will represent a problem later on, then address it then instead of worrying unneccesarily before anything has happened, is my point of view.

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      Sorry, I meant to say "Paraphimosis is bad news".

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      Is it alright now? Am having the same problem as u had, please suggest me what to do as I don't want to go to a doctor too

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    It's not a problem unless it's causing you pain. If it becomes a problem gentle stretching of the skin along with short term use of a steroid cream can usually permit the foreskin to fully retract without resorting to surgery. To find out more about this look for info on non-surgical phimosis treatment.

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    For the most part I agree with with Mathew.

    If you can still ejaculate, which I think you probably can, there's no immediate problem at all. I was able to have all three of my chidren with a phimotic foreskin like yours. It doesn't offer the most pleasurable experience for you or your partner in sexual intercourse, but it's a good 'second best'. Please believe me because I was in the same position as you.

    Christopher

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      I can't see the photo. If you send it via a private message it might work,

      Christopher

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    Yep...I'm the same way. Partner never complained, but tight insertions, and getting really 'into' intercourse or oral, has left me sore and even a bit torn at the frenulum ( the tissue that keeps the foreskin from pulling past the head.) I've looked into adult circumcision, but the healing process in that part of our anatomy is just too 'ouchy burny' for me!...if a steroid cream helped, it's worth a try.

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      What's your condition now...have you seen any doctor and any difficulty for intercourse ?

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      I have to be careful now. Circumcision would help, but I choose to not do elective surgeries like that or a nose straightening, etc. I'm not a youngster, and married 20 years, different things are more important at 60 than 16.

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