Hello,

I'd first of all like to thank all of you for the help I got by simply reading all these threads, and for anyone reading (and possibly replying to) this post.

Anyhow, here's my story:

When I was around 12-13 years old, my frenulum breve got torn during masturbation (oh the pain!) and I didn't touch my penis for weeks until it had healed. I never really paid much attention to it afterwards, because I found a way to masturbate without it hurting (not pulling the foreskin all the way back).

I can pull the foreskin back, even in erection, but if I got a bit further it hurts like hell. I recently had two painful experiences while having sex where the foreskin would suddenly slide backwards and the short frenulum would cause a terrible snapping pain.

After browsing on the internet, I found the problem I had was frenulum breve resulting in frenular chordee (the glans is pulled toward the vernal body of the penis):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenulum_preputii_penis#Pathology (second picture)

As well as having a slight "waist" when the foreskin is pulled back:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preputioplasty (picture on the right)

These two are probably related to each other.

Now, I wonder if these stretching exercises that are advised on this board help with my condition? Is there anything else you need except your finger, time and dedication? Or is an operation needed?

Thanks!

I think you'll greatly benefit from the stretching. Work first on the tightness of the ring. Also, I believe you could do wonders by trying this several times per day:

Do I need certain cream, lotion, or something else for that?

Is it also helpful to lengthen the frenulum?

Lubricants and emollients are not necessary. You need a strong will and determination to get this done. You also need a little time set aside each day to do it. You then need to put action into the plan. Other than that, nothing much else is necessary.

If the frenulum is restricted retraction, it is helpful to work on lengthening it. Get the tight ring loosened up and you'll know what conditions are regarding the frenulum.

Let me be clear - you have described that you have a short frænulum. The "exercise" Jim has illustrated is the one to lengthen the frænulum and since you have described it as being short, you absolutely need to do that exercise as a priority, starting right now.

Will it have the desired effect? Yes, it will, but it may be a slow process, which is why I say - start on it now, do it as Jim says, diligently, and persist with it as long as necessary. You may think at any given time that it is "not working" but you just keep going. Some things are like that!

Let me first state that I understand the need for stretching the foreskin, I've already been doing so since I got that advice.

My problem concerning the frenulum is almost exactly like the one in the following thread:http://www.network54.com/Forum/244184/thread/1210012262/last-1210596017/Frenelum+breve-+-+Scar+Tissue

I also got scar tissue at the exact same spot and two points of the frenulum that seemed to have been connected at some point in the past (torn at the year of 12-13 where I talked earlier off?), but unfortunately he never stated in that thread how he solved his problem. He talked about tying up the frenulum, and to be honest, I'm considering a lot of things at the moment (no circumcision though).

Scars actually do expand. My son had an operation for pyloric stenosis when he was a month old. He weighed perhaps 7-8 pounds then. He is now about 180, and the area of the scar has naturally grown. Guess what. The scar grew with it.

Work the exercises as if you had no idea of any prior damage. Tell us what happens.

You may be right in having a similar problem to "Houseplant". Certainly, you give the same story, of having torn your frænulum some years ago. I do point out however, that consequent to his previous tear, he did not any longer have a short frænulum - if you look at the pictures, you will see that his foreskin was pulled back quite evenly; that there was plenty of "space" around the frænulum while the retracted foreskin behind the frænulum was still quite loose and indeed, his glans was quite clearly pointing away from the frænulum.

What he was complaining about, was excess sensitivity of the frænulum, in association with a perceptible scar. Now of course, the scar was the result of the previous tear. I would point out that a scar will of necessity be the consequence of any injury, whether a tear, cutting with a scalpel or indeed - tying. There really is no (surgical) way of avoiding a scar if you break the skin, and that is part of the reason we "bend" toward stretching as the preferred approach.

It turns out that if you have not already discovered this, we do know what "Houseplant" actually did about his problem. He came back in a new thread some six weeks later describing his adventures - and problems. What he did not subsequently come back and tell us (as far as I can determine), is whether this effort actually made any difference to his problem, since the problem was not length of the frænulum per se, but annoying tenderness of the previous scar, and simply creating a new albeit longer scar may not have actually been entirely helpful.

There is however a technique which can reduce the tendency to a "hypertrophic" (that is, excessively thick) and tender scar after skin injury, which is the use of the steroid (such as the ointment) which we frequently discuss here. If your problem is, as it apparently was for "Houseplant", not so much a short frænulum but a tender one, and as his "before" pictures clearly illustrate, the remaining frænulum is quite substantial and clearly at no actual risk of tearing further, then not simply to facilitate stretching, but to remedy the actual problem of a tender scar (and as Jim reminds, as we always have to, scars certainly can be and are quite commonly stretched where they are subject to persistent tension), use of the (correct) steroid is going to be the most essential approach.