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Foreskin Restoration
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Foreskin Restoration

by arcsterminus, Nov 06, 2008 10:46PM
I'm not sure how familiar anyone is with this subject but I'm currently in the process of manual foreskin restoration using a TLC device.
My main concern is end result look will be too loose and not tapered and drawn up over the glans like a normal foreskin due to the lack of a frenar band.

Is there some method I could pursue to restore that type of look/function?  And cosmetic is only a secondary concern, more important is that it functions correctly.

Is anyone familiar with anything relevant to this?
Member Comments (5)

by tlh777, Dec 02, 2008 05:05AM
To: arcsterminus
There is a way to tighten it.A doctor can make 3 or 4 small transverse incisions and close them vertically near the opening of your new foreskin.

by arcsterminus, Dec 03, 2008 04:34AM
Ah, and how does that tighten it?  How does the method work?

by tlh777, Dec 04, 2008 02:16PM
I'm pretty sure that by pulling the skin in the opposite direction it becomes tighter.Another technique I have heard of removes a v-shaped section of skin and then that is pulled together and sutured.This would also tighten it but would remove a piece of what you restored.One more is called a  circumferential purse-string suture but I do not know how that works or is done.

by arcsterminus, Dec 05, 2008 05:24AM
What would be the best way to find out everything I can about all this?  I imagine it's not something the average doctor, or surgeon for that matter would be knowledgeable on.

by tlh777, Dec 06, 2008 03:56AM
Probably by contacting one of these groups.

http://www.cirp.org/

http://www.nocirc.org/

http://www.norm.org/

http://www.noharmm.org/



This article is a mans experience with the procedure.

http://www.norm-socal.org/MeetingNotes/1999-11.html


Q: Did he put you under?

No, he used local anesthesia, about 20 shots. I wanted to be conscious. And he was very good; he discussed what he was doing. He made a comment right before he made the first cut; he said, "This is the hardest part for me." I said, "Why?" He said, "Because it took you so long to get this new skin."

He didn't cut any of the length, he took a little "V" part out of the new frenar band I created, and closed it up.


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