Hi, I have Frenulum breve and Phimosis. I have noticed this condition for years now, because I was unable to pull back the foreskin (it was painful when flaccid, and nearly impossible when erect).

However, I have tried once to pull back the foreskin just before sleep (while still flaccid), and then allowing the tight foreskin to "block" around the gland. This caused the foreskin to lay there half-way pulled overnight. I did for 2-3 days, there was some minor bleeding and a little irritation, but I now have a significantly looser foreskin and frenulum. Although I still have moderate Frenulum Breve and Phimosis (retraction still not possible when erect).

I would like to continue using this technique, except that now the foreskin is not tight enough anymore to lay "blocked back" on the gland. I am considering using an elastic band, or tape, or something else, but just want to know your feedback on this. The reason why I prefer this is that I find it much more effective than the "stretch-it many times a day" technique.

Thanks

PS: In which post can I find more information on the "Tying Up the Frenulum" technique? Is it safe to do that on my own?

I don't recommend that you try tying things up at night. You need to be fully aware of any problems that could crop up from having something too tight. Nocturnal erections complicate the matter. While you may find it the easy way out, you could be sorry.

Regarding the tying up method, let's just not go there. This is not a site for learning how to cut yourself. Stretching works; it works well, and that is the reason this site exists. Fair enough?

This a rather interesting method I`ve never thought of. Assuming the foreskin is wide enaugh not to cause paraphimosis, what other dangers can occur? I`m thinking of doing this with a condom left on overnight, because I don`t want to lose too much of the glans sensitivity. Would that be ok?

I was reading an implication that you wish to employ some kind of device in your nocturnal stretching attempts. Did you mean just skinning back and leaving the foreskin back all night? I'm against your using a device at night because of erections. Erection can cause the tension increased to a point of creating damage. Leaving the skin back will probably not result in much progress. You're greatest gains are going to come from concentrated effort during exercise periods. I don't think you'll be at any risk by leaving the foreskin back overnight.

Well, it seems to me you have summed up your little method fairly well. I would rather like to know a little more about the bleeding matter - where the bleeding occurred and when; I presume you may be saying it was noticed as a consequence when you woke up in the morning.

A few observations on this, which may differ somewhat from what Jim says: Clearly you realise that you have erections during the night; as a teenager these are most likely quite strong and persistent, possibly totalling a couple of hours erect, which certainly sounds like a potentially attractive way of stretching without "effort".

The risk of "paraphimosis" in your circumstance is relatively trivial as clearly you would wake (though people under the influence of drugs, prescribed or otherwise and of course including alcohol, might not) if there was any substantial discomfort as a result of this practice during the night, and would promptly pull your foreskin forward again, by grasping the skin on each side behind the narrow part and simply pulling it forward over the glans with whatever persistence and force necessary.

Now clearly you have stretched your foreskin open to some degree, as it now slips itself back over your glans when you have no erection. If you want to hold it back, use sticky tape - preferably the "surgical" tape with the appearance of paper - three small pieces spaced out around the foreskin rather than a continuous ring, to allow comfortable movement and expansion.

This method will work to a degree but will not be sufficient as you need to stretch significantly beyond the dimension you need and you will need a much more effective method to properly stretch the frænulum. But yes, it will improve things somewhat.

I am sure that you can find a perfectly adequate description of stretching methods by reading back through the forum here. Don't just read a few threads here, read a few dozen - the whole contents of at least three or four index pages.

What you may find useful if you want a really "minimal effort" approach, is the use of "flesh tunnels" - have a read of those links too.

Finally, frænulum tying. Well, that is one way of dealing with a short frænulum. I'm not totally against it, because I don't strictly believe all the "hype" about how sensitive the frænulum is. Clearly that area is sensitive and important, but it is also true that tearing the frænulum - as often happens - causes little (if any?) loss of function (after it heals). It would be irresponsible of us however to encourage people to attempt any form of surgery on themselves without a degree of skill which is hardly practical to convey over the Internet - let alone assuming we could somehow evaluate their potential competence.

If you already had that skill, then perhaps you could do this; otherwise it is better to advise that if you really, really wished to have this done, then a General Practitioner or "Family Physician" - not a "specialist" or "urologist" - could do it for you as a "rooms" procedure - no hospital or "operating theatre" involved.

In the meantime, I do suggest you "knuckle down" to stretching and if you are that impatient (hey, you did specify that you are a "teenager" ) then research the "flesh tunnels".