Ive been having issues with my foreskin and I have read some posts on this site that could actually help. Yay. So, My problem is thus. I can pull my foreskin back behind the head of my penis when flaccid, or even half into an erection, if that makes sense. It doesnt roll back, but I can pull it down past the head with very little pain. However, with an erection, its nearly impossible, I can get it almost halfway down but there it stops because of either pain, or the skin is waaay too tight. So, Ive started stretching both my frenulum and my foreskin by placing two fingers inside and stretching them to either side. Ive been at this for about 6 days now and Im seeing some progress, however im nervous Im doing something wrong. I read somewhere that when I retract it I should wipe the exposed head? Any help would be appreciated.

Wipe what? Are you now cleaning under the skin when you shower? That's all that is usually done, and with just plain water.

Just keep doing what you're doing and everything should be sorted out shortly.

I think if you can tell us where you might have read this, we might be in a position to comment on it.

Other that that, it makes no sense.

I dont exactly remember, but I remember somewhere that says to like, dry the head when you pull back the foreskin or something along those lines.

If you pull it back daily and rinse, you'll be fine. In fact, if you don't clean, it won't rot off.

There is a tendency for people - no doubt including a number of doctors wishing to justify their own unfortunate condition - to glorify the circumcised state and claim that there are "hygiene" benefits to having a dry penis, less "infections" and such. And to a very minor extent, that may be true, though of course, it makes much more sense to take more definite measures to avoid such infections, particularly the sexually-transmitted ones (STDs).

One variant of these "enthusiasts" are those who enjoy the appearance and supposed "benefits" of being circumcised, by a practice of keeping their foreskin permanently retracted - it is possible with due persistence.

To the contrary, it can be pointed out that the underneath of the foreskin and glans is essentially mucous membrane - like the inside of the mouth and of course, the corresponding area within a woman's vulva - which is entirely adapted for remaining moist and indeed, is actually "washed" by the urine (and other secretions) which as it comes out, is in fact perfectly clean and sterile under normal circumstances.

If you read far enough through my contributions (here and elsewhere), you will note that I generally recommend the practice of retraction of the foreskin to urinate, teaching this to young boys as soon as they are able to do it themselves, and point out that this frequency of retraction will in itself, even without great attempts at wiping and drying, tend to clear the accumulation of smegma sometimes noted at puberty (though in fact, the practice of masturbation will no doubt be even more effective).

Speaking of smegma, an excess appearance of this is quite likely due to excessively zealous attempts at "cleaning", particularly using soap or even worse, "disinfectants" which greatly irritate and inflame the mucous membrane and cause it to grow and shed (desquamate) faster.

So, whilst I may suggest that frequent "airing" of the glans may have its advantages, I would not say that further attempts to "dry" it, or "treat" it in any specific way, are at all appropriate.