I have read about steroids and I'm now sure that I want to go forward with steroid cream to improve the process. I've seen a few doctors and they all suggest circumcision which I'm definitely not willing to try even if it means being stuck with phimosis for the rest of my life, so now I want to know exactly what I need and how to get it without going to another doctor.

thanks.

You'll need a doctor to prescribe it. You really don't need it for sucess.

... is a competent doctor.

Yes, I do know, hard to find and especially in the US, sad to say.

Please do the heavy reading here - back through at least dozens of discussions. I have frequently described which ointment you need (and which are useless), why it is an ointment and not a cream, how and where to apply it, and perhaps more importantly, just how to do the stretching which is the more important part in the majority of cases.

Nice to see that you are sufficiently observant (unlike said "doctors") to comprehend what your foreskin actually does for you. Well, I hope you are not merely frightened of the pain and short-term disability of surgery, not that this would not be bad enough in itself.