Frenulum breve: Difference between revisions

'''Frenulum breve''' or a short frenulum, is a condition in which the [[frenulum]], which is an elastic band of tissue under the [[glans penis]] that connects to the [[foreskin|prepuce]] (foreskin) and helps contract the [[foreskin| prepuce]] over the glans, is short and restricts the movement of the prepuce. The [[frenulum]] should normally be sufficiently long and supple to allow for the full retraction of the prepuce so that retracts behind the [[glans penis]] of the erect [[penis]].  

Stretching exercises and steroid creams may also be helpful. The [[frenulum]], like other tissues, can be enlarged through [[tissue expansion]]. These pages list a manual exercise to stretch the frenulum.<ref>{{REFweb

The condition may be treated with surgery.  There are several different techniques to treat this condition.  Threading a suture through the lower membrane, and then tying a tight knot around the frenulum itself is a procedure that minimizes invasive action. After a few days the [[frenulum]] will weaken and eventually break apart to allow the [[prepuce]] to fully retract.  Other procedures involve the cutting of the [[skin]] and require the use of sutures to help in the healing process. Alternatively, it may be treated by a reparative [[plastic surgery]] operation called a [[frenuloplasty]]., or resection of the frenulum ([[frenectomy]]).

[[Adolescent and adult circumcision| Circumcision]] of adolescent and adult males provides a substantial fee for surgery to the surgeon. Circumcision is ''not'' necessary to treat simple frenulum breve, however some rapacious doctors will be quick to recommend circumcision. Let the patient beware of such practices and protect his multi-functional, protective, erogenous [[foreskin]]. [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| Circumcision]] should be the last option — to be used only after all conservative treatments fail.