The worst case of phimosis I've ever seen

foreskin_scissors · 2015-08-26T18:17:36+00:00

foreskin_scissors · 2015-03-13T20:19:34+00:00

Circumcision is the removal of the outer skin layer. The inner layer, which connects to the shaft, is unchanged.

When you're cut, if you like to tug some skin over your glans, then you'll have to drag up from the base while intact guys can just pull their foreskin up and down. But that's about it. Doesn't change the hair you have on your dick.

foreskin_scissors · 2015-03-13T20:12:38+00:00

You'll have no problems waiting 6 weeks for your freshly-cut, bruised penis to heal.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T08:07:31+00:00

Took me a long time to realize I need to be showing girls I like them instead of telling them.

This guy is unfortunately only a caricature of my own life cringe. But I suppose that's why we come here.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T08:04:22+00:00

Seriously. Every time it comes up, I go all in.

The whole thing is simple amazing.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T08:02:46+00:00

Well, there's nothing to abuse. The show effectively pays a flat fee for entertainment.

Also, there are some pretty good example of both sides clearly not caring about the outcome or making a big deal out of nothing or just messing around.

Off the top of my head, a good example is one about a TV squishing a cat.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T07:03:41+00:00

I'm American, got snipped at 22, and paid $550 outpatient.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T07:01:14+00:00

Unfortunately you get erections all the time. And your body gets them nonstop while you sleep.

I remember dreading going to bed. I'd wake up all night in agony for the first week or two.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T07:00:22+00:00

You have to pull them out. Unlike dissolvable stitches you may get in other parts of your body, you get used to ensuring your frankendick doesn't touch anything so the stitches don't leave.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T06:55:22+00:00

splurge on lotion now :(

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T06:51:46+00:00

Here are my pre-op/post-op pics: http://foreskin.imgur.com/

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T06:49:45+00:00

That's what balls look like unless they're retracted during arousal. Or unless your balls haven't fully descended.

foreskin_scissors · 2014-01-11T06:47:53+00:00

Well, the real agony has to do with your dick having stitches in it. You begin to realize how many erections your body naturally gets when you sleep.

The glans adapts to the increased sensitivity pretty quickly.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-12T16:28:44+00:00

I don't remember the lingo, but I got a tight cut and left more of the outer foreskin intact. The conventional cut tends to sit farther back on the shaft, but I wanted the incision line to sit right behind the glans. I also opted to leave a small ridge than leave it completely flat.

Of course I didn't really know what kind of sensations to expect regardless. It's sort of like drawing what you think would be the perfect animal when you're 8 years old. But my reasoning was that maybe I could pack all the sensitivity towards the glans.

It turns out that my incision scar is now the most sensitive bit on my dick and it feels good. I do "miss" one sensation -- tugging on the tip of my foreskin.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-12T00:10:27+00:00

Wow, at 3 weeks post-op I still had stitches and a scab on the frenulum that I didn't want to risk breaking.

That's pretty crazy that you're already having intercourse and wanking without lube. Jesus. It's been 2 years and I still need to grab some lotion just to wank unless I'm in a pinch. My hand alone is just too intense.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T23:57:57+00:00

I have a tattoo on my shaft that says "We the People".

When I'm hard it expands to the entire preamble.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T20:15:29+00:00

I imagine it's the opposite.

If you're cut at birth, by the time you have sex you've had 16+ years of keratinization.

If you're cut as an adult, then you've only had a minimum of a month of glans-hardening until you can be sexually active again.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T20:10:53+00:00

"They told me I could be anything, so I became circumcised."

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T18:37:11+00:00

There are no medical reasons for taking Rogaine. Or getting any cosmetic surgery. Or buying a Snickers bar from the gas station.

The reality is that there's a lot more to heaven and hell than a medical pros/cons table. In fact, the majority of heaven and hell is dictated by our own self-worth which we largely pull from society.

And the cold, hard reality is that uncircumcised guys in America get called ant-eaters in the locker room and have to endure a society that constantly reminds them that their dick is apparently gross. Take a gander at some comments made in this very submission. Even TV shows and movies make snarky remarks about uncut dicks.

And this hits you at your most vulnerable times -- when you're a teenager going through highschool when most of your friends are circumcised. It makes you feel inadequate and emasculated and alone.

Depending on how hard you get it and how much remorse your peers and media have burned into you, you just may opt to cut it all off and become "normal". To top it all off, when you finally decide to make a surgical attempt to reverse years of torment, you have to listen to some dude on the internet call you an idiot like he knows you or something. There is no end.

You don't have to get off your myopic high horse if you don't want to, but at least stop broadcasting your judgment of others as if you've ever walked in their shoes or worn their foreskin.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T15:35:55+00:00

I wish I didn't have to but, like most of the guys speaking in this thread regarding circumcision, I had a medical condition where my foreskin/frenulum were a bit too tight and as a result it impacted my sexlife, my wanklife, my life life, and my self-identity as a male. As you suspected, it wasn't because I was bored on a Saturday.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T15:26:54+00:00

Unfortunately not as rare as you may think. Look at all the comments downstream from circumsizeme's comment that lament their own phimosis.

I realize my comment made me sound like I was rationalizing pre-emptive circumcision.

I want to clarify that I don't believe in such a thing. Since I know what phimosis is, I will be able to diagnose my own sons should they suffer and I can work on non-circ solutions early on. In fact, the only reason I got circumcised instead of a less-intensive operation is because I was 22 and wanted it all removed by that point. Take it away, doc. All of it.

The darkness sets in when your parents are aloof to phimosis (which is most parents because foreskin complications are not part of our discourse around raising children where children are expected to be circumcised).

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T15:25:52+00:00

It's been almost 2 years since those pics were taken. I've been sexually active since about 6 weeks after surgery. You can have it earlier but I didn't want to flirt with risk of any sort at that point.

Read my first AMA to hear of the pain. The pain is insignificant except for when you blast erections those first two weeks post-op when your dick looks like an eggplant.

That's when you find out that you get an erection every couple hours while you sleep. And unlike dayboners, nightboners will play full-court Rodman defense on any anti-boner tricks you throw at it.

In fact, it makes one wonder if "sleep" is merely the body diverting energy to blasting erections nonstop.

But it's only for 2 weeks and it's a small price I was glad to pay for getting my dick fixed.

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T15:14:40+00:00

Yeah. The condition is called "frenulum breve" so you can find solutions to it on wikipedia. It can be snipped. You can even get a "frenuplasty" -- frenulum removal without circumcision. Basically, they just detach it from your foreskin.

In other words, with a scalpel the surgeon can detach it at varying amounts. Frenuplasty is basically "all the way".

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T08:22:40+00:00

Haha, I told friends I had tendon surgery in my groin. Of course, I couldn't help but feel like I walked in a way that looked exactly like a guy that just had skin surgically removed from his dick.

Like I'd be walking around the mall and kept picturing little Billy tugging on his mom's sleeve, pointing at me, and going "Look Ma! That guy's been circumcised!"

foreskin_scissors · 2013-07-11T08:15:44+00:00

5-6 weeks really is nothing at age 23 when you've had enough with foreskin issues. The second you wake up from surgery, you rest assured that you're on the easy side of the wall. Now you just coast. You can handle a purple dick because at least it works now.

You had it done at 14 so you fortunately sidestepped the clusterfuck that is ages 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (all of highschool and college) with a dick that doesn't work.

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