Male anatomy questions

LegacyUser

Im 19 years old, never had sex and before I go to any doctor with any problem I might have or not have I thought I’d do a full background check first.

I have a couple of questions about the penis that I have to ask... and dont know of anywhere else to ask them... (I'm cringing writing this by the way)

When a male gets an erection is the foreskin supposed to retract naturally and fully. Even without using hands act as an aid.

When not erect how it the penis supposed to be.

I ask because my foreskin has never gone back. I noticed the problem awhile back and googled it a bit and discovered there are stretching exercises that can be done to help.
So I set doing these exercises and they worked to an extent. The foreskin does retract but only on the top section/half. It only seems to retract to a degree on the bottom half where the "slit" you could say or "opening" is still half covered by the skin

This has me thinking that the foreskin is still attached to the penis underneath the skin.

I also ask this because I don’t know how this is supposed to look how or what is supposed to happen

Im paranoid that there might be a problem here and also paranoid about me own body in comparison to other and I DREAD gong to the doctor about anything like this

LegacyUser

I'd suggest you visit your GP, I had the same issue when I was 17.. It turned out I had phimosis and the quickest course of action was to get a circumcision. I know it's really cringe-worthy, but you should try and ask your father about it. I managed to go to mine, and while it was awkward, it turned out my father had the same problem when he was younger, and was able to talk about it without it getting too awkward hehe.There are other options than getting circ'd, that's merely the way I went about correcting it. If you think you can, you should talk to your dad about it, if not then I strongly suggest going to the GP and at least talking to him about it, he will have seen it all before and be able to help you out.

banquo

It also might need a bit of "practice" at stretching back that far if it doesn't go most of the way back already. This is fairly common and usually helped along by, um, a little self-attention.

If it's more constructed then that then circumscision is the most common solution. Yes, it seems drastic, but it's actually extremely common. Brother had to get it done.

Setun

Embarassed or not, you'll have to go to your Doctor. Remind yourself that your doctor is a professional, and has given advice to people in your situation many times before, and will continue to do so long in to the future. It's not worth putting up with the discomfort and body-image anxiety to avoid a few minutes of discussion with your GP.

If it happens that you are advised to get a circumcision, there is a very lengthy thread here about boards users detailing their own experiences.

selfobsessed

If it ain't broken, then don't fix it. Why on earth would someone suggest get circumsised?!

banquo

That would be the risk of extremely painful sex, a torn foreskin and blood gushing out of your man bits.

@OP Your doctor - SEE THEM - will provide you with the soundest advice. Just remember that if he advises the snip - and he may well not - that it's pretty common and not actually as embarassing or extreme as it might feel

tbh

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70620521#post70620521

Join the conversation here op, you are far from alone

Ickle Magoo

Thanks for the link tbh.

Folks, no-one bar the medical professional the OP sees should be advising exercises or operations.

OP,

If you are concerned then you should make an appointment with your GP asap.

All the best.