Hi, I'm 24 and I've had a pretty quite sex life, I'm pretty sure I have phimosis. I can retract the foreskin when flacid but I have to do it slowly otherwise there is discomfort. If it is retracted then I get an erection there is discomfort and pain on the underside of the penis, this obviously causes problems with intercourse. And when erect I can't retract. So my symptoms seem to be somewhere in the middle of everything I've read!
Can someone please advise me as this is really starting to worry me, I have booked an appointment to see the doctor in 3 days and am worried he's going to reccommend drastic measures.
Any help or advice would be massively appreciated.
Thanks.
2006-12-01 11:19:25 · 4 answers · asked by Eric R 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
Hi, I'm 24 and I've had a pretty quite sex life, I'm pretty sure I have phimosis. I can retract the foreskin when flacid but I have to do it slowly otherwise there is discomfort. If it is retracted then I get an erection there is discomfort and pain on the underside of the penis, this obviously causes problems with intercourse. And when erect I can't retract. So my symptoms seem to be somewhere in the middle of everything I've read!
Can someone please advise me as this is really starting to worry me, I have booked an appointment to see the doctor in 3 days and am worried he's going to reccommend drastic measures.
Any help or advice would be massively appreciated.
Thanks.
Having done more research I may have Frenulum breve, is there any conservative treatment for this?
Cheers
2006-12-01 11:39:05 · update #1
Yeah, what you have sounds like either phimosis or frenulum breve. With frenulum breve sometimes it rips during sex, and that hurts. But if it heals up properly it usually doesn't cause further trouble. There is something a doctor can do to remedy the problem too, but I'm not exactly sure what that entails.
If it's phimosis then it doesn't sound too severe in your case. Thus stretching exercises should work. Take two fingers and stretch the opening of the foreskin as far as it'll go without pain or major discomfort (like increasing its radius) by hooking a finger on either side of the opening. It may take a few tries to get right. Once you get the hang of it, do the exercise for a few minutes each day for a few weeks to a month. That should suffice to make it loose enough to allow you to retract comfortably.
If this doesn't work there are prescription creams that work well with the exercises. I believe there are also prescription creams that'll help with the frenulum breve by making it more elastic or something over time. Avoid surgery if possible as that's rather extreme for something that should be easily remedied otherwise.
2006-12-01 16:56:39 · answer #1 · answered by trebla_5 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to avoid circumcision. There are enough less drastic treatments available that if a doctor does recommend whacking your foreskin off, you should get a second opinion! There are various creams, stretching exercises and MINOR (foreskin retaining) snips, but I certainly can't tell which you would need without actually examining you.
2006-12-01 22:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by Maple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure they can fix that with a small incision or gradual skin stretching if you do not want to get circumcised. It really doesn't sound like you need to be circumcised, so don't let the doctor bully you into it. Good luck!
2006-12-02 06:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by anonymous 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what the doctor might suggest strongly is circumcision. the doc may also recommend steroidal creams or nonsteroidal ointments. good luck!
2006-12-01 19:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by claria 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋