Hey guys, I have a quick question:

I was diognosed with Balanitis 2 days ago.
-Itching
-red spots
-Tight foreskin
-Gland sensitivity

This basically screwed up my strecting progress, as you know from previous post.

My question is:

I Was PRESCRIBED:
CLOTRIMAZOLE AND BETAMETHASONE DIPIONATE CREAM 1%/.05%
its apparently Lotrisone

???? **was I prescribed the correct type of medicine to rid myself of this fungal infection??

(after 2 days use I no longer have itch, but foreskin is EVEN TIGHTER then B4 I was given medication)

Responses are much appreciated

If the itch is gone, it's working.

Thank you for the quick response. It settled me down a bit..

I know you might not be a doctor, idk, but you are atleast well educated in the matter. So please understand why I am asking. You seem to know just as much as the Doctors, definitly. But I will try to contact my physician soon anyways.

BUT why is the foreskin TIGHTER than before, is it part of the healing process?

... is that very few are trained in sexual medicine - as distinct from urology, routine gynaecology or Sexually Transmitted Diseases. It is an entirely different area of competence, and probably not in the general medical curricula.

Back in the "swinging seventies", there was a flicker of interest, with it being offered as an optional topic discussed over a week or two as a "summer school", voluntarily by a group of lecturers who considered it sufficiently important, but to what extent this was integrated into the mainstream medical curriculum I am not sure, and speak only for one university.

The consequence is that while they may be aware of the general mechanics of sex - penis gets erect, penis goes in vagina, semen comes out, etc. - doctors are generally no more cognisant of the finer functional details than the "man in the street", and share similar preconceptions. One of these assumptions is for example, that masturbation is an unimportant, "loser" activity practiced only by pubescent boys and older men unsuccessful in finding a partner. They are thus unsympathetic to the importance of the foreskin in an activity which generally constitutes the majority of sexual experience.

I suppose this answer is overkill, but it reflects on other discussions here.

The combination cream you were prescribed is quite appropriate but as it is a hybrid, my instructions for its use are necessarily a combination of those for the individual elements. Use it generally under the foreskin while the irritation is present, once that is well controlled for a few days, restrict its application to the tight area of the foreskin and you may then continue its use while you stretch (so as long as you are applying it only to that tight area and in minimal amount, there is no restriction on how long you use it).

The tightness is part of the inflammatory process, which takes some time to settle. It is the same process which repairs wounds and pulls them closed again. The betamethasone component will minimise this as you continue to stretch, which it is important to do now.

Thank you Paul B !! helped me greatly, but your response has only reassured. I thought I was going to need to take drastic measures. Your example with normal cuts has clearified everything for me!

Thank you very much !!

I was told to apply for 2 weeks, I guess to make sure infection is gone. But I will resume stretching in a few days, when I am sure the infection is in submission !

Once again, THANK YOU!

You two have just prevented a 19 year old from considering circumcision.

Thank you!

(I will return once all is well, I want to be able to post a success story soon. Haha)

It seems to me that when any doctor (or anyone else, now that I come to consider it,) proposes circumcision, it indicate one of two alternatives. Either that person does not have a foreskin and therefore has no concept of its function, or there is some singularly adverse event or series of events in their life story which influences - impairs - their ability to make reasoned judgements. A third possibility, which it would be most alarming to consider if the proposal was from a doctor, is that they have no idea what circumcision actually involves.

I suspect that to the extent that you would actually consider circumcision, you have not actually thought through the implications. Circumcision means no less than surgically cutting off the whole of your foreskin!

That is at the very least half (and more usually, two thirds) of the skin on your penis; all the skin that covers your glans which comprises both the outside layer that you see from the outline of the "corona" - the ridge forming the rearmost part of the glans - to the tip and the inside layer corresponding to this which becomes visible only when you are able to retract. If assessed when flaccid (as is usual), the length from corona to tip is generally about the same as from corona to the base of the penis, so two layers of this make two thirds of the skin. If you asses it when erect, it might be a lesser amount.

And one would expect you to consider just how much sexual sensation you experience from that foreskin in question - have you done that? Have you really thought about it?

I can only emphasise my comments above regarding the cream, how to apply it and for how long it is appropriate. Take my advice or leave it. If you have been using it for two or three days already, then the time to resume stretching - is now.

I considered the consequences of it, but I suppose I was in somewhat of a depressed state. I was frightened that this infection would damage me permanently. In a matter of a few days, my coofidence took a serious beating, I can be somewhat of a pessimist at times..

But now that I know that its only temporary, I feel foolish for ever giving it a second thought.
*One shouldn't be so easily swayed or influenced*

Also, if the foreskin is still inflammed/swollen, is it wise to resume stretching now..

It might be uncomfortable, but I have full confidence in your knowledge. I will take your advice and begin stretching immediatly !

Resuming stretching tonight, hopefully stretching while the skin is healing would give me an advantage so that the skin will heal in an stretched fashion(more so then its original state)

Thank you for taking your time to assist me in this matter

I'm really grateful..

If it's inflamed, hold off. Generally, yeast medicine calms things down in about two days.

Well its been about 3 days since I started treatment. It finally began decreasing inflammation today actually. I guess waiting would be the healthiest choice, as to prevent furthur swelling. I believe it'll be healthy again in a few day

Right when it decreases significantly I will hit the stretches

Thanks Jim!

The skin is simply reacting to the presence of the yeast. Get rid of it and you can stretch.