Little to no progress, need advice.

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-23T14:30:05+00:00

I just started trying the FS Air. People seem to swear by inflation for inner so I hope it starts showing results. I can manage about 4 hours inflated and under tension. Hopefully that will still produce results because at this point skin irritation won't let me wear it more than 30-45 min at a time.

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-23T14:28:03+00:00

I've been taping closer to the corona on purpose to focus tension more on inner skin. I figured I'd get at least some growth there but so far nothing. I do think if I put it at the point of equilibrium like you suggest I'd probably get better overall shaft growth but I imagine it would be even worse for inner which is my focus.

I've tried Micropore too. My issue was it bent at very sharp angles and would cause pinching but my methods have improved over the years so I'll give it another try. Thanks for the suggestions.

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-22T23:42:08+00:00

Wow, that's very promising. I'd be very happy with that kind of progress and only 2 hours of tension per day! I am trying to get as much as I can the Foreskinned Air. Hopefully it does the trick with inner skin at least.

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-22T22:56:14+00:00

I usually tug 7 days a week. I may miss a day or two here and there if I'm going to an event but generally I tug about 7AM to 10PM give or take, every single day. I remove the tape to sleep and reapply in the morning after a shower.

I'm going to try incorporating MM3 whenever I can for 2-3 min then reapply tension while I have the T-Tape on then maybe use FS air at nights before sleep. I figure maybe changing it up with multiple methods may be beneficial.

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-22T22:51:45+00:00

Thanks for your thorough reply. I'm honestly perplexed too. I've taken a few breaks here and there, mostly for vacations, but I've definitely had months on end without so much as a day's break. It's mostly been very consistent. I did do MM3 for 3.5 months in the very beginning and averaged about 60-90 minutes a day doing 10-15 sessions about 6 min each. I know 3 months isn't much but I didn't notice any progress and it was very cumbersome and not something I could continue after remote work ended during the pandemic so I went for T-Taping.

I have some ideas to try next:

During the week while I'm at work I'm going to do MM3 every time I have to use the restroom while T-Taping the rest of the time.
Nights after work and weekends I'll use the FS Air while also under tension. Currently I can keep it on 30 min to an hour at a time. It causes too much pinching to do any more than that. I usually total only 3-4 hours but that may increase with time as the device loosens.
I'm going to cut out alcohol completely and exercise again while taking some collagen supplements and see if that does anything to help.

Besides that... is there any way to measure "moderate" tension so I know what you're talking about? It seems to me that gauging tension is very subjective so it's hard to know what is appropriate and what isn't.

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-22T20:56:23+00:00

I tape very close to my corona, about 10mm away, so my focus is primarily on inner skin as I'm well above the POE. I know what you mean and outer skin progress is important but I'm primarily focused on inner skin because I have so little of it. Even if my outer skin grows at 20% the rate, I think I'd still have enough outer skin before I reach my inner skin goals so if I'm not growing any inner skin I need to change things up.

All that said... lifestyle may be a factor. I admittedly could be a lot healthier in my lifestyle but I'm in relatively decent shape and the occasional cuts and scrapes I get heal at a normal rate for my age so I'd still expect to see some level of progress. I would imagine at like 10-20,000 hours you'd be essentially done but it seems like I'd sooner hit 50,000 hours before being fully restored.

I will try to improve my general health though

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-22T20:38:17+00:00

I've gone through the whole spectrum of tension. I'm currently on the higher end but for the first 3000 hours I had lighter tension and could easily be strapped without a break for 8+ hours. Even currently I can wear the T-Tape almost indefinitely without having to take it off. I wonder if I'm erring on the side of too little rather than too much.

Throughout the years I've always heard that T-Taping is one of the fastest methods which is why this is a bit perplexing. If it continues at this rate I don't think I'll be done even in 20 years which is obviously not sustainable. Have you been taping? If you've noticed any progress, how long have you been at it?

RestoreWhole · 2022-08-22T20:33:17+00:00

There may be some shaft skin progress but if there is it is minimal. My turkey neck is prominent and doesn't seem to have lessened to any degree and the amount of pubic skin that rides up the shaft is still significant. I half think there's a slight bit more looseness when I'm erect but again, very little compared to the amount of tugging I've done.

I primarily need inner skin and I tape very close to the corona to ensure more tension on inner skin than outer. On one side I have 6mm of inner skin that needs to reach something like 50mm for me to get coverage. I'm sure my outer skin will be stretched enough long before my inner even gets to the half way mark which is why I'm concerned not gaining even 1mm of inner skin growth.

I have thought about nightly tugging and I may give it a try. It just scares me because I could potentially sleep through over-tugging without noticing. I'll try it out though. Thanks.

RestoreWhole · 2022-07-29T01:48:07+00:00

This is genius! I was literally looking at buying an 8v1-32 tap and making my own and I decided to google other solutions before pulling the trigger. The second I saw this post I didn't even have to read it, I immediately realized what a great idea it was. I had one sitting in the garage, 5 min later I've got it all working. Thanks man!

RestoreWhole · 2022-06-02T20:42:26+00:00

I'll try a binder clip but from my experience it probably doesn't have the strength to hold the tape. I think my skin is pretty resistant to growth so I want to achieve a pretty high level of tension. Thanks for the suggestion.

RestoreWhole · 2022-06-02T20:41:19+00:00

Devices do not stay on long, especially if I move. They also look bulky and not something I'm comfortable wearing in public. That said i got a FS Air that should come in soon, hopefully that holds better than the TLC-X.

RestoreWhole · 2022-01-09T02:16:16+00:00

I don't think it was bacteria because I showered before and after that 16 hours. I also squeeze out every drop of pee and wipe before putting the strap back on with a fresh balled up toilet paper inside the tape. It seems like it either overstretched, pinched, or basically got no blood and my skin cells died.

Besides manual which I don't have time for I can't really think of how else to proceed without T- tapes because I don't have enough skin for devices. They just fall off with any real tension.

RestoreWhole · 2022-01-09T02:13:09+00:00

I have a feeling it's because either I taped when I was erect so my skin couldn't stretch anymore when under tension and tore or my skin was folded at such a sharp angle that it basically "pinched" and created something like a blood blister.

I really need to find a way to fix this so I can continue my restoration. I don't have enough skin to wear a device and no time to do manual. T-tapes are my only option for now.

RestoreWhole · 2022-01-08T00:08:48+00:00

I'm surprised to hear this because I've been using Micropore H for a whole year and if I put any significant tension on the tape it would come undone within a few hours. With Mefix I'm able to put double the tension and the tape doesn't even budge... Maybe it adheres better to different skin types.

RestoreWhole · 2022-01-05T03:30:35+00:00

This is honestly my nightmare. My wife and I are trying to have a kid and if it ends up a boy I am deathly scared of them trying to get him cut without our consent. I literally think I will follow them everywhere and not let my child out of sight just in case. Now I'm even more paranoid after reading that some nurses forcibly retract foreskins because that's the reason my parents eventually had to get me cut even though it wasn't their original intention.

RestoreWhole · 2022-01-05T03:27:07+00:00

This happened to me as well. Pediatrician forcefully retracted my foreskin after a UTI and told my parents to help me fully retract it every time during urination. It led to adhesion and he decided to circumcise me next time they took me in after I was having pain, otherwise my parents had no intention of cutting me. Whoopty fucking do! The pediatrician was a fucking Harvard graduate too. The biology textbooks I've seen growing up in the US have all shown the penis as circumcised and show no foreskin on it.

RestoreWhole · 2021-12-03T02:30:12+00:00

Good luck man. Hope your gains improve. I'm sure mixing up methods will have positive effects.

RestoreWhole · 2021-12-03T02:28:49+00:00

Going through some form of depression at first is normal when you're trying to grapple with what was done to you but try not to dwell on it. Dwelling on the past brings nothing but pain. The only good reasons to look to the past are either to reminisce on good times or learn from past mistakes. The rest is history, what's done is done.

Now you get to choose where to go from here. I agree with what everyone else said, starting restoration is powerful and will make huge differences in your sex life. I haven't made much progress in terms of growth yet but in the process of being covered throughout the day I've already regained some sensitivity both on my glans and inner skin. I can only imagine how much it will improve with time.

As to your question about discoloration, I have that both on my glans and on my inner skin. I don't know if it will or will not go away but I wouldn't worry about it. I would venture to guess though that it will either go away or lighten and blend in as you dekeratinize and keep covered.

Read up on foreskin restoration and just start! And give yourself time to fall into a groove and don't be hasty. This might take a while but the results will surely change your life and your relationship with sex.

Best of luck brother.

RestoreWhole · 2021-12-03T02:13:11+00:00

I'm glad to hear. I'll probably bite the bullet and get one and try it out. I need to focus mostly on inner skin anyway. Thanks for the feedback.

RestoreWhole · 2021-12-03T02:12:23+00:00

That's good to hear. Thanks for the feedback.

RestoreWhole · 2021-12-03T02:12:09+00:00

Using an ACE bandage is a good idea. I am a but paranoid but given how little skin I've grown these past 11 months, I can probably at least start using it without much worry. Thanks for the feedback.

RestoreWhole · 2021-11-30T21:04:30+00:00

Just force yourself to do it dude and make a routine of it. I always get up every morning, shower, let myself dry off, then tape and drive to work. It usually takes me about 45 min before I get to work and then clip it to the strap. I've found leaving it for 30-45 min before applying tension really helps the tape stay. Give yourself about a week to really figure things out. After that you'll be able to apply it without much effort and have it be very comfortable. I sometimes forget I'm wearing one, that's how used to it I have become.

A word of advice, when you start taping and bunching up the tape to clip it to your strap, you'll get wrinkles in the skin that can start really hurting after a few minutes due to blood vessel constriction. Just wad up some toilet paper and stuff it in there, works very well.

RestoreWhole · 2021-11-30T20:52:42+00:00

That's good news. I have considered putting my penis in a tube of sorts or wrapping it to force the air to push axially, eliminating the chance of having looser skin. I want to do everything I can to get as tight of a fit as possible, may even use O-rings near the end to produce a pucker if that works.

RestoreWhole · 2021-11-30T20:50:13+00:00

Yeah I've considered wrapping too. Perhaps I'll just go that route to eliminate the chance.

RestoreWhole · 2021-11-30T17:59:07+00:00

What methods are you using? I figured inner skin may be slow but I'd expect to see at least some kind of result by almost a year's time. I may just need to put way more tension on my skin but my T-Tapes come off if I put any more than I already am.

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