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Phimosis?

Boulivar

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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:03 pm

I have a younger step brother that apprached me with a question today, after he came home from the doctors. He asked me what Phimosis was and how he could get rid of this problem without getting circumcised like the doctor had recommended. With me being cut and all, I do not know how to explain this to hin.

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:03 am

Phimosis is when the foreskin cannot fully retract.

The foreskin is not meant to retract as soon as a boy is born. It is meant to stay in place for a little while and protect his p***s. When it does retract varies a bit from boy to boy. For some boys, it will retract when they're 1. For other boys, it won't retract until they're in their mid-teens. So phimosis cannot be diagnosed until adulthood.

Sadly most doctors don't know that.

Circumcision rates in the US are on decline. But a few years ago circumcision was far more common than not. As a result, a lot of doctors don't know much about the care or development of an uncircumcised p***s. Many doctors will try to forcefully retract a baby's foreskin (this can cause damage and is such a common problem that many parents are buying onesies or T-shirts that say "intact, don't retract" for when they take their child to the doctor) or diagnose a child with phimosis and recommend circumcision.

So if your brother is still a child, he is too young for a phimosis diagnosis because his foreskin still might retract on its own. If he is an adult and genuinely does have phimosis, the safest and cheapest treatment is usually a steroid cream applied to the foreskin. This helps loosen it up and stretch it out enough to retract.

If that doctor diagnosed him with phimosis as a child and recommended circumcision right off the bat, I would probably look for a new doctor - one who knows more about the care and normal development of an intact p***s.

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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:08 pm

I've always thought there was something wrong with his doctor.

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