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'''Foreballs''' consisted of two stainless steel bearings joined by a 1/4" diameter x 3/4" long stainless steel rod used as [[weights]] for [[foreskin restoration]]. The rod and welding added a bit to the overall weight. Foreballs required some loose skin or a foreskin in which to insert the smaller ball and to tape the tissue between them. Foreballs had to be removed to urinate. | '''Foreballs''' consisted of two stainless steel bearings joined by a 1/4" diameter x 3/4" long stainless steel rod used as [[weights]] for [[foreskin restoration]]. The rod and welding added a bit to the overall weight. Foreballs required some loose [[skin]] or a foreskin in which to insert the smaller ball and to tape the tissue between them. Foreballs had to be removed to urinate. | ||
The standard Foreballs set weighted about 7.5 oz (a 1" diameter ball and a 1-1/4" diameter ball). Some other popularly requested sets weighted about 10 oz (two 1-1/4" diameter balls); and another at about 12.5 oz (a 1-1/4" ball and a 1-1/2" ball). | The standard Foreballs set weighted about 7.5 oz (a 1" diameter ball and a 1-1/4" diameter ball). Some other popularly requested sets weighted about 10 oz (two 1-1/4" diameter balls); and another at about 12.5 oz (a 1-1/4" ball and a 1-1/2" ball). | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
The foreballs device was invented in 1987 by [[R. Wayne Griffiths]]. The first version was made by “barrel” taping two balls together as is shown in [[The joy of uncircumcising]], by [[Jim Bigelow]], PhD, as a homemade device. With ideas from fellow restorers at [[NORM]] meetings in San Francisco in the early 1990s, the tape was replaced by a rod welded between the two balls. At one of the meetings, someone suggested the name “foreballs.” | The foreballs device was invented in 1987 by the late [[R. Wayne Griffiths]]. The first version was made by “barrel” taping two balls together as is shown in [[The joy of uncircumcising]], by [[Jim Bigelow]], {{PhD}}, as a homemade device. With ideas from fellow restorers at [[NORM]] meetings in San Francisco in the early 1990s, the tape was replaced by a rod welded between the two balls. At one of the meetings, someone suggested the name “foreballs.” | ||
On an interview for [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-foreskin-flap/Content?oid=886868 Chicago Reader] ([[File:Fs09.pdf|PDF]]), Wayne Griffiths describes the invention of the foreballs: "I'm a practical guy. I work as a construction inspector, so I brought a practical methodology that may have been lacking. There was a book written in the early 80s called Foreskin Restoration by a man named Mark Waring, which I'm sure is a pseudonym. He'd recommended marbles." | On an interview for [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-foreskin-flap/Content?oid=886868 Chicago Reader] ([[File:Fs09.pdf|PDF]]), Wayne Griffiths describes the invention of the foreballs: "I'm a practical guy. I work as a construction inspector, so I brought a practical methodology that may have been lacking. There was a book written in the early 80s called [[Foreskin Restoration: Uncircumcision]] by a man named [[Mark Waring]], which I'm sure is a pseudonym. He'd recommended marbles." | ||
Griffiths went to a supply house and bought some one-inch and one-and-a-quarter-inch stainless-steel ball bearings. Using two together, he made a barrel hitch out of tape, cut a hole in the end, and attached the device to the end of his penis every day. | Griffiths went to a supply house and bought some one-inch and one-and-a-quarter-inch stainless-steel ball bearings. Using two together, he made a barrel hitch out of tape, cut a hole in the end, and attached the device to the end of his [[penis]] every day. | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Basics of foreskin restoration]] | |||
* [[Foreskin restoration]] | |||
* [[Surgical foreskin restoration]] | |||
* [[:Category:Film about foreskin restoration]] | |||
* [[Literature about foreskin restoration]] | |||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
* http://www.foreskinrestoration.info/foreballs.htm | * [http://www.foreskinrestoration.info/foreballs.htm Foreballs] | ||
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