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At what age are the glans of the penis supposed to be easily exposed by retracting the foreskin?
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∙ 12y ago
The glans and the foreskin are fused at birth, ( like your finger nails are fused to your fingers) so attempting to pull the foreskin back can result in trauma and scarring to the glans penis and can lead to infection and a need for surgical intervention. Never force the foreskin back on a child. let nature take its course. The fist person to fully retract the foreskin should be the person that owns the penis.
The age varies greatly, in general, the foreskin can not be retracted until age 3, in some cases not until early puberty. Don't force anything. And, yes, stop circumcising. What ever exists under the unretracted foreskin is clean and sterile the body does a good job of looking after itself.
Every man should have a foreskin even men who are cut get smegma the smegma is a mixture of dead skin cells and the secretions of lubricant and moisturisers made naturally by the body and it is not dirty. It is right to let your child pull back naturally when he is ready. don't force him to push the skin back it will retract when its ready.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y ago90% of boys can retract their foreskin by 4 years of age. Once the foreskin can be retracted, the foreskin will usually cover the head of the penis except if it is pulled back or during an erection.
If the foreskin can not be pulled back by that age, your doctor can prescribe a corticosteroid cream (for example betamethasone cream 0.05%), which is applied to the foreskin three times daily for 1 month. Older boys and adolescents can be instructed to gently stretch the foreskin after applying the cream. This treatment is successful in about 85% of cases.
Parents should never attempt to force back the foreskin during diaper changes or in the bath. When a child is born the foreskin is still fused to the glans and the only way to loosen it is to tear it of. This causes scaring damage to bothr the mucosal membrane that covers the glans and the mucosal membrane that covers the iner foreskin. There is no need to wash under the foreskin until the boy can retract the foreskin himself. At this point he should be taught to pull back the foreskin and wash the head of the penis just like any other part of the body in the bath or shower.
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During sex is it supposed to hurt when you are not circumcised?
No, sex should not hurt. Sex may hurt if your foreskin is too tight and can not slide up and down over the head easily. For information on how to fix this with gradual stretching exercises, search on Wikianswers for "How do you stretch your foreskin?"
Where would one find the frenulum?
If it is doing what it is supposed to do. which is cause the foreskin to move back over the glans of the penis when it is flaccid. it is easily distinguishable when puling the foreskin right back as a separate chord like entity that reaches from the glans to the foreskin for about 15mm until it seems to blend back into the foreskin. so it is not actually tight at all it only becomes tight when the foreskin is pulled back. the tightens of the frenulum may well be associated with the tightness of the foreskin round the penis itself. loosen the foreskin and you loosen the frenulum.
Does the foreskins supose to go behind the nob?
Normally the foreskin is supposed to lay on top of the glans (nob), but it should be easily retractable. It is retracted in order to clean under it, and to have sex, but otherwise it should remain over the glans. If a foreskin remains retracted too long, it can cause reduced blood flow to the tip of the penis which may cause tissue damage or even tissue death.
Does it hurt when the foreskin goes back?
When you consider the sensitivity of the glans and of the foreskin you will have to treat it gently for a while while it gets used to and loose enough to move back and forth easily. The heightening of the new sensations involved can at first be confused with pain.
Is puberty embarrassing?
I do not think you have anything to worry about. If you were asking these questions at age of 18 or 20 years, then I could understand your concerns. Just give yourself a few years and you should be ok. As for the foreskin not retracting, you know, it is so silly to think that you have to do things to hurt yourself or to be like somebody else. Just because someone says you have to retract your foreskin why do you think you have to do it? The reasoning is not correct that if a foreskin isn't retractable it can cause problems with cleaning and sex, and if it doesn't retract it's not functioning properly. There actually are millions of men in the world at any one time, myself included, who do not retract their foreskin. I have a number of current patients in a similar condition and have, in the past, treated men in Europe, Asia and other countries with the condition of tight foreskin. Not one that I have personally met and not one that I have ever read about has a problem with cleaning. Nor do they have problems with masturbation or sex. And I have to join with them in saying that it is ridiculous to suggest that our penises are not functioning properly. Your penis and your foreskin are a unique team. They work together almost always in perfect harmony. Some guys have a foreskin that retracts, so they retract it. Some guys have a foreskin that does not retract, so they leave it alone. Some guys have had their foreskin removed and no longer have a choice. If you are watching videos, then the guys are probably porn stars and they do so much drugs and other stuff that their sexuality is no longer normal in any case. I would not worry about them. If your foreskin does not easily retract, do not try to force it to. It does not have to. You do not have to pull the foreskin back to put a condom on, to masturbate, or to have sex. It is an absolute nonsense to think so. Only fools will tell you this is necessary. Some people label a tight foreskin as phimosis. Generally people with a tight foreskin do not have phimosis, they just have a tight foreskin. There are millions of guys in the world with this condition which is quite normal. The only abnormal thing is when you try to stretch a foreskin that does not need to be stretched or try to use medications that rarely have any beneficial result. The unfortunate thing is that retraction has been taught, mainly in USA, because personal hygiene was not taught. Washing a penis with the foreskin covered (not retracted) is very easily achieved and very efficient. Any boy or man can be shown how to do it if they are having a problem. The same goes for masturbation or sex. Many will argue that it is much more effective and it certainly feels great. I cant compare it to an open foreskin, because I have never done it that way. Just leave your foreskin as it was intended to be. Anything you do to yourself that hurts is normally not a good thing to do, so don't do it.
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Beacause it is the place that is most exposed to the sun :-)
You have been reading up on stretching your foreskinand want to know whether it should be done while penis is erect or soft your foreskin is easily pulled back when soft?
There are a lot of scams selling products for "stretching" the foreskin. There is no scientific evidence that stretching is possible. If it were, problems like phymosis (or phimosis) (narrowing of the foreskin that prevents full retraction) would never happen.
What should you do if you are 16 and not circumcised and it makes sex hurt because the tip gets red and the foreskin doesn't go back and you feel cheated because of your parents' decision?
A tight foreskin is somewhat common in uncircumcised men. It is a problem that can easily be fixed without circumcision. The opening of the foreskin can be gradually stretched using a combination of stretching exercises and a topical medication. You can learn about how to stretch your foreskin by searching on Wikianswers for "How do you stretch your foreskin?" Gradual stretching works in about 95% of cases and allows you to avoid circumcision, which has a painful two to three week recovery period.
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At time of sex pennies skin is not going backward it is good or bad?
There is a medical condition where the opening at the end of the foreskin is not large enough for the head of the penis to fully emerge. It can be treated relatively easily by a doctor. If the foreskin does not fully retract, infection may occur, so thoroughly clean the area daily.
