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'''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]].

== Treatment Non-surgical conservative treatment ==

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 by complete [[circumcision]] including resection of the frenulum ([[frenectomy]]). The negative aspect of surgical treatment is the damage or loss of the frenulum, which some men consider a highly erogenous area of their genitals. == Non-surgical treatment == Stretching exercises and steroid creams may also be helpful. The frenulum, like other tissues, can be enlarged through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_expansion [tissue expansion]]. This page lists a manual exercise to stretch the frenulum.<ref>{{REFweb