Phimosis Blog | Using a Foreskin Stretcher to Resolve my Phimosis
How I Tried Foreskin Stretching to Avoid Circumcision
Week 7-9 and Phimosis Resolved
Slight Setback with the Foreskin Stretching Kit
Firstly, I feel the need to apologise for my sporadic blog posting. It seems that I have become a machine dedicated to my employer and have neglected non employment related interaction in return for my pitiful wage.
To recap on my progress of resolving my phimosis following my previous post, I am really pleased with how it’s gone. There have been times of frustration when I feel like I haven’t been progressing, but thankfully I remained persistent (largely due to the fact that I am so afraid of being circumcised).
In week 7-8, I seemed to reach a plateau with the phimocure kit. It felt as though I could not move up a size no matter how much I tried. The 9th ring seemed to grip the skin so would not expand when I tried to fit it. This led to more and more frustration. Surely I would not need to go ahead with circumcision after such positive results so far…
I had previously read about using olive oil with skin stretching, so thought I’d give it a go. Phew what a relief, just a drop on the phimosis ring was all that was needed. It takes a bit more practice to fit due to being slippery but they expand easily and feel more comfortable with it.
So I was back on track and three days later was ready to try number 10. Here we go…owww!!! it was not to be, I settled for ring 9 for a couple more days to ensure that it was completely loose before making the same mistake again. Thankfully progress continued and I was able to move up through the final sizes without too many issues. See ring size 10 fitted!
And phimosis ring size 11 was enough for me to retract without pain
So time has ticked by, and I can sense the question you are thinking ‘did you manage to resolve it!!?’ My answer is absolutely ‘YES’ and I am so relieved that I did so without having to go for surgery.
I couldn’t bear the idea of going for circumcision, never mind having to sit in front of a hundred and one nurses (an exaggeration perhaps but still very embarrassing). Thankfully, the prospect of needing to go to the doctors about it is now in the past, as I am now able to completely retract my foreskin without pain, as you can see in the following image.
Continue to see the phimosis rings beginning to end result