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'''Stretching''' of the tight [[foreskin]] is a well-known and the recommended treatment of [[phimosis]] and [[paraphimosis]]. Dunn (1989) reported successful treating of phimosis by manual stretching.<ref name="dunn1989">{{REFjournal
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'''Stretching''' of the tight foreskin is a well-known and the recommended treatment of [[phimosis]] and [[paraphimosis]].
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Foreskin stretchers should take care to avoid [[paraphimosis]].
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=== A word to intact teens ===
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Boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that is non-retractable for reasons of [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| protection]]. The inner surface is fused with the [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]] (similar to a fingernail that is glued to the nail bed of the finger). Also the tip of the foreskin is too narrow to retract. As a boy gets older, the synechia disintegrates and releases the foreskin and the foreskin gets wider, so the foreskin gradually becomes [[Retraction of the foreskin| retractable]]. A survey carried out in [[Denmark]] found that the mean age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years.<ref name="Thorvaldsen">{{REFjournal
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|title=Patologisk eller fysiologisk fimose?
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|trans-title=Pathological or physiological phimosis?
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|language=Danish
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|journal=Ugeskr Læger
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|volume=167
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|issue=17
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|pages=1858-1862
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}}</ref> This means that 1/2 of boys become retractable earlier and 1/2 of boys become retractable later. a few [[intact]] boys go through puberty but find that their [[foreskin]] is still too narrow to permit retraction.
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Beaugé (1997) reported that boys, who [[masturbation| masturbate]] by pulling their [[foreskin]] away from the body, will not stretch the tight part of the foreskin so non-retractile foreskin will persist. He advised changing the method of [[masturbation]] to the more conventional method of pulling the foreskin toward the body so that the narrow orifice gets stretched.<ref name="beauge1997">{{REFjournal
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/beauge2/
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|title=The causes of adolescent phimosis
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|journal=Br J Sex Med
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|date=1997
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|issue=September/October
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The traditional way of addressing this issue was to consult a [[Issues_with_American_urologists_and_the_practice_of_male_circumcision#Issues_with_care_of_adult_intact_males| urologist]] and get a [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]], however we now understand that in the vast majority of cases, manual [[stretching]] over a few months will widen the narrow [[foreskin]] by [[tissue expansion]], make the foreskin retractable and eliminate the need for a destructive and harmful [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]].
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One should continue to stretch until one gets satisfactory [[gliding action]].
  
 
== Methods ==
 
== Methods ==
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Human skin can be stretched and normally returns to its normal size and position. But when stretching is done over a longer period of time, chances are that this stretching causes new skin cells to grow. We all know this from the skin which covers e.g. the human stomach or the breast area.
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Human [[skin]] can be stretched and normally returns to its normal size and position. But when stretching is done over a longer period of time, chances are that this stretching causes new [[skin]] cells to grow ([[mitosis]]) and [[tissue expansion]] to occur. We all know this from the [[skin]] which covers e.g. the human stomach or the breast area.
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=== Topical steroid cream for stretching ===
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Basically, all curative or constructive stretching of human skin should be accompanied by applicating a cream or lotion to the skin. Betamethasone<ref>{{REFweb
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Basically, all curative or constructive stretching of human [[skin]] should be accompanied by applying a steroid cream to the [[skin]]. The steroid thins the skin and makes stretching easier.  Topical steroid treatment is also useful to hasten foreskin retraction in boys with nonretractile foreskins. A number of steroid preparations have been used, including [https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-4897-722/betamethasone-valerate-topical/betamethasone-valerate-topical/details Betamethasone Valerate] 0.05% to 0.1%, triamcinolone 0.1% and mometasone furoate 0.1%.<ref name="cps2015">{{REFjournal
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|title=Newborn male circumcision
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|date=2015-08
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|volume=20
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|issue=6
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}}</ref> It does not work without stretching. Betamethasone valerate<ref>{{REFweb
 
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}}</ref> is the most commonly recommended active ingredient. A cream with 0.05% betamethasone appears effective in treating phimosis in boys,<ref>{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> is the most commonly recommended active ingredient. A cream with 0.05% betamethasone appears effective in treating [[phimosis]] in boys,<ref>{{REFjournal
 
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  |title=Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys
 
  |title=Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys
 
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}}</ref> and often averts the need for [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
 
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  |title=Topical steroid application versus circumcision in pediatric patients with phimosis: a prospective randomized placebo controlled clinical trial
 
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|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00345-007-0231-2
 
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  |title=Phimosis and topical steroids: new clinical findings
 
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  |title=Cost-effectiveness analysis of treatments for phimosis: a comparison of surgical and medicinal approaches and their economic effect
 
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Manual stretching should continue until the [[foreskin]] will [[Gliding action| glide smoothly]] back and forth while the [[penis]] is erect.
  
 
=== Fingers ===
 
=== Fingers ===
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Where the phimosis is very mild it may be possible to stretch the [[foreskin]] by pulling it back tightly against the head of the penis. Or the fingers can be inserted into the opening and used to stretch the foreskin. If the foreskin is only slightly tight, a minor case of phimosis, then the stretching can be accomplished using fingers inserted into the opening in the foreskin and applying outward pressure.<ref>{{REFweb
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It is possible to stretch the [[foreskin]] by pulling it back tightly against the [[glans]] of the erect [[penis]]. One should pull the [[foreskin]] back until one feels non-painful tension in the tight part of the foreskin and hold that for perhaps five minutes. Do that two or more times a day. <u>'''Do not force retraction and do not cause yourself pain'''</u>. One should gradually see the narrow tip widen and become more retractable.
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Or the fingers can be inserted into the opening and used to stretch the foreskin. If the foreskin is only slightly tight, a minor case of phimosis, then the stretching can be accomplished using fingers inserted into the opening in the foreskin and applying outward pressure.<ref name="glansie">{{REFweb
 
  |url=https://www.glansie.com/en/about.htm
 
  |url=https://www.glansie.com/en/about.htm
 
  |title=How can I cure phimosis?
 
  |title=How can I cure phimosis?
 
  |accessdate=2020-12-21
 
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}}</ref> <ref name="guide2021">{{REFweb
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|url=https://www.phimostretch.com/blogs/news/phimosis-stretching-guide
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|title=Phimosis Stretching: Helpful illustrated guide (with examples)
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==Video==
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===Tips for a tight foreskin===
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<youtube>v=LoyZ_ur1IqI</youtube>
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===Essential guide to foreskin stretching===
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<youtube>v=8K7qPuxROBo</youtube>
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===4 common treatments for phimosis===
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<youtube>v=NPwFMSZjiII</youtube>
  
 
{{SEEALSO}}
 
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* [[Acroposthion]]
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* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
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* [[Frenulum breve]]
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* [[Gliding action]]
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* [[American urologists and the practice of male circumcision]]
 
* [[Mitosis]]
 
* [[Mitosis]]
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* [[Paraphimosis]]
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* [[Preputial sac]]
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* [[Preputioplasty]]
 
* [[Tissue expansion]]
 
* [[Tissue expansion]]
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{{LINKS}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=http://phimosisjourney.com/
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|title=Guide to Treating Phimosis
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|website=A Phimosis Journey
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|accessdate=2020-12-23
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}}
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* {{REFweb
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|url=https://www.wikihow.fitness/Do-Phimosis-Stretching?amp=1
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|title=Three Ways to do Phimosis Stretching
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|title=Everything about phimosis
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|url=https://foreskinstretching.com/
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|title=The tight foreskin stretching guide
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|accessdate=2021-04-18
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* {{REFweb
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|title=Phimosis Stretching: Helpful illustrated guide (with examples)
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|url=https://www.phimostretch.com/blogs/news/phimosis-stretching-guide
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|quote=The goal of phimosis stretching is to get to a stage where you can move your foreskin, back and forth, freely over the glans while the penis is erect.
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[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]
 
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]
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Stretching of the tight foreskin is a well-known and the recommended treatment of phimosis and paraphimosis. Dunn (1989) reported successful treating of phimosis by manual stretching.[1]

Foreskin stretchers should take care to avoid paraphimosis.

A word to intact teens

Boys are born with a foreskin that is non-retractable for reasons of protection. The inner surface is fused with the glans penis by a synechia (similar to a fingernail that is glued to the nail bed of the finger). Also the tip of the foreskin is too narrow to retract. As a boy gets older, the synechia disintegrates and releases the foreskin and the foreskin gets wider, so the foreskin gradually becomes retractable. A survey carried out in Denmark found that the mean age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years.[2] This means that 1/2 of boys become retractable earlier and 1/2 of boys become retractable later. a few intact boys go through puberty but find that their foreskin is still too narrow to permit retraction.

Beaugé (1997) reported that boys, who masturbate by pulling their foreskin away from the body, will not stretch the tight part of the foreskin so non-retractile foreskin will persist. He advised changing the method of masturbation to the more conventional method of pulling the foreskin toward the body so that the narrow orifice gets stretched.[3]

The traditional way of addressing this issue was to consult a urologist and get a circumcision, however we now understand that in the vast majority of cases, manual stretching over a few months will widen the narrow foreskin by tissue expansion, make the foreskin retractable and eliminate the need for a destructive and harmful circumcision.

One should continue to stretch until one gets satisfactory gliding action.

Methods

Human skin can be stretched and normally returns to its normal size and position. But when stretching is done over a longer period of time, chances are that this stretching causes new skin cells to grow (mitosis) and tissue expansion to occur. We all know this from the skin which covers e.g. the human stomach or the breast area.

Topical steroid cream for stretching

Basically, all curative or constructive stretching of human skin should be accompanied by applying a steroid cream to the skin. The steroid thins the skin and makes stretching easier. Topical steroid treatment is also useful to hasten foreskin retraction in boys with nonretractile foreskins. A number of steroid preparations have been used, including Betamethasone Valerate 0.05% to 0.1%, triamcinolone 0.1% and mometasone furoate 0.1%.[4] It does not work without stretching. Betamethasone valerate[5] is the most commonly recommended active ingredient. A cream with 0.05% betamethasone appears effective in treating phimosis in boys,[6] and often averts the need for circumcision.[7][8][9] It has replaced circumcision as the preferred treatment method for some physicians in the British National Health Service.[10][11]

Other recommended ingredients include Mometasone furoate 0.1%,[12] and Clobetasone 0,05%.[13]

Manual stretching should continue until the foreskin will glide smoothly back and forth while the penis is erect.

Fingers

It is possible to stretch the foreskin by pulling it back tightly against the glans of the erect penis. One should pull the foreskin back until one feels non-painful tension in the tight part of the foreskin and hold that for perhaps five minutes. Do that two or more times a day. Do not force retraction and do not cause yourself pain. One should gradually see the narrow tip widen and become more retractable.

Or the fingers can be inserted into the opening and used to stretch the foreskin. If the foreskin is only slightly tight, a minor case of phimosis, then the stretching can be accomplished using fingers inserted into the opening in the foreskin and applying outward pressure.[14] [15]

Devices

There are various medical devices available on the market which promise to help stretching the tight foreskin.

Video


Tips for a tight foreskin


Essential guide to foreskin stretching

4 common treatments for phimosis

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ REFjournal Dunn HP. Non-surgical management of phimosis.. Aust N Z J Surg. December 1989; 59(12): 963. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ↑ REFjournal Thorvaldsen MA, Meyhoff H. Patologisk eller fysiologisk fimose? [Pathological or physiological phimosis?] (Danish). Ugeskr Læger. 2005; 167(17): 1858-1862. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ↑ REFjournal Beaugé Michel. The causes of adolescent phimosis. Br J Sex Med. 1997; (September/October): 26. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ↑ REFjournal Sorokin ST, Finlay, JC, Jeffries, AL, et al. Newborn male circumcision. Paediatr Child Health. August 2015; 20(6): 311-20. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  5. ↑ REFweb Betamethasone, Wikipedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. ↑ REFjournal Moreno G, Corbalán J, Peñaloza B, Pantoja T. Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2 September 2014; 9(9): [CD008973]. PMID.
  7. ↑ REFjournal Van Howe RS. Cost-effective treatment of phimosis PDF. Pediatrics. 1998; 102(4): [E43]. PMID. DOI.
  8. ↑ REFjournal Esposito C, Centonze A, Alicchio F, Savanelli A, Settimi A. Topical steroid application versus circumcision in pediatric patients with phimosis: a prospective randomized placebo controlled clinical trial. World Journal of Urology. April 2008; 26(2): 187–90. PMID. DOI.
  9. ↑ REFjournal Zampieri N, Corroppolo M, Zuin V, Bianchi S, Camoglio FS. Phimosis and topical steroids: new clinical findings PDF. Pediatr Surg Int. April 2007; 23(4): 331–5. PMID. DOI.
  10. ↑ REFjournal Berdeu D, Sauze L, Ha-Vinh P, Blum-Boisgard C. Cost-effectiveness analysis of treatments for phimosis: a comparison of surgical and medicinal approaches and their economic effect. BJU Int. 2001; 87(3): 239–44. PMID. DOI.
  11. ↑ REFjournal Chu CC, Chen KC, Diau GY. Topical steroid treatment of phimosis in boys. J Urol. 1999; 162(3 Pt 1): 861–3. PMID. DOI.
  12. ↑ REFweb Mometasone, Wikipedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  13. ↑ REFweb Clobetasone, Wikipedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  14. ↑ REFweb How can I cure phimosis?. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  15. ↑ REFweb (2021). Phimosis Stretching: Helpful illustrated guide (with examples). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  16. ↑ REFweb Foreskin Stretching with Phimosis Rings. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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