When I'm really erect, my foreskin goes down by itself. I don't even have to pull it down. It doesn't even hurt. Does this mean everything okay?

My only problem is when it's flaccid, it bunches up behind the skin. Is that okay too?

Also, the frenulum is suppose to help it not go back very far. is it okay when i pull my foreskin very far that it tugs the head down. That's it's job right? Also, when i'm erect and I pull it further behind the glans, it stings a little bit. Is that a problem.

I don't feel no pain with retracting whatsoever. It retracts fine behind the head of the penis. It just stings a little when retracted further behind the glans.

Do you mean it bunches up behind the glans? That's normal.

The pulling down is also normal. However, you can change that if you wish to have more range of motion on retraction. That can be accomplished by working on the frenulum.

If your foreskin spontaneously retracts as you get an erection, then it certainly suggests you have no problem with tightness of the foreskin opening.

Not sure what your concern regarding when you lose the erection is - do you mean the foreskin tends to stay retracted rather than flipping forward over the glans by itself? Or are you just concerned about the appearance when flaccid and you pull it back?

Clearly, it is perfectly easy to pull your glans (penis head) down - or any other way - when it is soft, so that counts for nothing. If when erect, you feel the frænulum becomes uncomfortable to pull the foreskin back to whatever degree you think you want to, then you will want to undertake the frænulum stretching exercise we describe here (just look in the discussion immediately before this one) on a regular, frequent basis (a few times a day, for five or ten minutes at a time - you can sit and do it whenever no-one is going to notice one hand down the front of your pants) and over some weeks or a couple of months, you can stretch it to your satisfaction. Note - it is not at all necessary to have an erection while you are doing this; it does not matter either way.

yes Paul. Im concerned about the foreskin's tendency to stay retracted rather than flipping forward over the glans by itself. I haven't masturbated like ever lol. Might sound weird saying that. But it's just a personal choice. Anyway, not really the point. When I tried doing the motion of "masturbation" (up and down movement), the foreskin didn't really want to go up. It had a easier time going down, then going back up. Is that an issue?


Thanks.

If it hasn't prevented a problem with your way of masturbating, it should not be an issue.

your foreskin retracts (by itself) as you get an erection, is "reluctant" to be moved forward again while you have the erection, and stays retracted when the erection subsides so that you have to pull it forward again.

For whatever reason then, that's the way it works in your case. That's it! Nothing to be concerned about really, it will work just fine for sexual use. While we do refer to the "gliding" motion of the foreskin in intercourse, which reduces any tendency for uncomfortable (for the woman) friction in intercourse if lubrication is or becomes insufficient, you are by no means worse off than the thousand(s?) of millions of circumcised men in this world and indeed immeasurably better off because whatever else, you have a foreskin protecting your glans by default.

It might be that stretching your foreskin opening would allow the foreskin to go forward a little easier. Also, stretching your frænulum would help if the foreskin tends to "bunch" behind the glans rather than flattening out. It's up to you to determine whether either of these matters is or would be so uncomfortable as to pursue the stretching.

If it suits you not to masturbate, well that is actually unusual, but not a problem. I am a trifle curious as to your age.

So does that mean i won't benefit from the "gliding motion?" That would suck. What other methods can I use to see if my foreskin will glide back and forth easily?


Lol, yes, "not masturbating" is very unusual especially for my age. (I am 16 yrs old)to answer Paul's question.

I would really like to have that gliding motion every time i have sex, that's one of the reasons why I've stayed uncircumcised. So what can i do?


Thank you.

Until you experience sex in your present state, you really cannot say it won't be great. Perhaps half of the world's intact men have no gliding action, and none complain about it.

If the gliding effect is that important, work on loosening your opening and lengthening the frenulum to allow it to happen. The gliding action is not the only benefit of having foreskin.

I just explained the situation, above.

If you want to have your foreskin move freely forward and back where it does not now, then it occurs to me that you need to stretch both your foreskin opening and your frænulum. On deeper consideration, it occurs to me that it is perhaps your frænulum itself that is pulling the foreskin back when you have an erection and causing it to then "bunch" behind the glans. But it is a minor degree of tightness to the foreskin opening - and the shape of the "corona"; the rearmost part of the glans - that causes it not to come forward again easily when you lose the erection.

Now there are no "other methods" that we need to explain to "see if my foreskin will glide back and forth easily". The stretching methods are all thoroughly explained here in other discussions, all you need to do is to read (many of) those discussions and learn what is involved. The frænulum stretching is in fact slow and tedious and will thus take quite a while longer, but also is very practical to do as you do not even need to take your penis out of your pants, so you can do it in all sorts of places. (Since once you have a grip on it, no movement is involved, no-one is particularly likely to imagine you are masturbating if they happen to drop in unexpectedly. )

It's good that you have read elsewhere of the "gliding action" concept. Trouble is, you have no doubt also read a lot of complete nonsense into the bargain along the way - you do have to be careful "researching" this topic anywhere on the Internet - or elsewhere (wherever that might be). While the "gliding action" is beneficial for sexual function (of all sorts), and is a clear advantage of having a foreskin, it is probably not particularly important most of the time but rather where things are not working out too well - it is more a "fall-back" advantage of sorts, and I do not think you should be putting too much importance on it.

Curious that you refer to circumcision. The "reason why you have stayed intact" is nothing more than that there simply is no advantage whatsoever of circumcision. It's really not a consideration. If you ever thought there was some advantage, then you would implicitly have been ignorant in some way or another, of how sex really works.

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