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  • 26-06-2014 1:58pm
    #1
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    Hi

    I am 19 years old with a very tight foreskin. I have read on the web that this can be caused by unusual masturbation techniques. Since the age of 11/12 I have masturbated daily using an unusual technique (with my left hand). In an atrempt to resolve my tight foreskin issue, I have started masturbating the "normal" way but this doesn't work with my left hand and I have to use my right. This is a very slow process and it takes me a long long time to reach climax, sometimes an hour or longer compared to 10 mins or so using my usual way..

    Has anyone else experience this or has anyone any advice?

    Thanks guys

    :)


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    EvanCornwallis
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    How far can you pull it back ?


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    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,586 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    I think you'd be best asking a GP.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #4
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    EvanCornwallis wrote: »
    How far can you pull it back ?

    Not very. If I stretch it for a while it goes back a little further but then after a while its back to usual


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    EvanCornwallis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭EvanCornwallis


    how to put this wrote: »
    Not very. If I stretch it for a while it goes back a little further but then after a while its back to usual

    It retracts fully past the tip though ? Have you had sex yet ?

    Mine is tight and I worried about it been painful during sex but it was fine.


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    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    Go and ask your Doctor is the only advice here really

    21/25



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    EvanCornwallis wrote: »
    It retracts fully past the tip though ? Have you had sex yet ?

    Mine is tight and I worried about it been painful during sex but it was fine.

    No it doesn't go fully past the tip. If you dont mind me asking, what age are you? Did you always/do you use the "normal" masturbation technique?


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    EvanCornwallis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭EvanCornwallis


    how to put this wrote: »
    No it doesn't go fully past the tip. If you dont mind me asking, what age are you? Did you always/do you use the "normal" masturbation technique?

    Okay, that's a little tighter than me. I would think you would be more than okay, if engaging in sex. A visit to the GP would be the best though.

    How are you defining normal masturbation ?


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    Jonny Blaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Jonny Blaze


    A friend of mine had this exact same issue and ended up going and getting circumcised as a result.

    Said it was the best decision he ever made as sex had been problematic for him before hand.

    As others have mentioned though the gp visit is essential.

    Try not to be embarrassed about it if that's what's holding you back.

    Any GP will have seen about everything under the sun at some stage!


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    nc19
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭nc19


    EvanCornwallis wrote: »

    How are you defining normal masturbation ?

    Yes, I would like to know too.....intrigued!


    through my own exp and from watching porn I have seen a number of ways to do it. Some people just use 2 fingers and a thumb, some grip with the whole hand and some people need 2 hands >clears throat<


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    awec
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    nc19 wrote: »
    Yes, I would like to know too.....intrigued!


    through my own exp and from watching porn I have seen a number of ways to do it. Some people just use 2 fingers and a thumb, some grip with the whole hand and some people need 2 hands >clears throat<


    "The most common male masturbation technique is simply to hold the penis with a loose fist and then to move the hand up and down the shaft" from wikipedia is probably the best way to describe it

    Awec I appreciate that you cant give medical advice. I was just wondering has anyone else noticed a change in foreskin stretchibility from changing masturbation methods


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    nc19
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    how to put this wrote: »
    "The most common male masturbation technique is simply to hold the penis with a loose fist and then to move the hand up and down the shaft" from wikipedia is probably the best way to describe it

    Awec I appreciate that you cant give medical advice. I was just wondering has anyone else noticed a change in foreskin stretchibility from changing masturbation methods

    nothing else to say?.........


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    nc19 wrote: »
    nothing else to say?.........

    what do you mean?


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    Amirani
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    This does tend to become less of an issue as you get older, it loosens up naturally. Still, as others suggested, you're probably best discussing it with your GP.


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    Sir Arthur Daley
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    Op i would seek advice on this, also its very unhygenic.


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    Pepe LeFrits
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    I highly doubt it's anything to do with masturbation, OP.

    Get yourself checked out by a GP. For what it's worth, I got the procedure done when I was 20 as it was very tight. It was an uncomfortable month or two but it was grand after that.


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    CM24
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭CM24


    I had the same problem until I was 20. I didn't even realise the foreskin was supposed to be pulled back. Here's a forum dedicated to the problem with instructions on how to stretch it properly. Mine's fine now but you do have to put some time and effort into fixing it. Hypersensitivity of the glans will be an issue too as it's never really been exposed before. That takes a long time to get better too.

    http://www.network54.com/Forum/244184/thread/1402709832/last-1402709832/%2A%2A%2A%2AHOW+TO+STRETCH%2A%2A%2A%2A


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    Privileged White Male
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    Watch out for death grip too op.


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    nc19
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    how to put this wrote: »
    what do you mean?

    Whats your feckin weird way of doing it?


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    P_1
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    Actually that's something that I'd hope is now covered in sex-ed. I know it wasn't touched on during my time and it really is something you need to know. Not looking after yourself down there can lead to quite a bit of nastiness


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    Santa Cruz
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    uch wrote: »
    Go and ask your Doctor is the only advice here really

    That is the best advice. I'm sure she will help you as much as possible


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    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,091 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    A visit to your GP is absolutely needed.
    As the saying goes they will have seen it all before too, and no one will know about it unless you want them to if thats worrying you.


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    vibe666
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    There isn't a single piece of skin on your body that can't be stretched as much as like with plenty of practice.

    I had similar problems in my early teens and quite literally just "kept at it" so to speak and although it took a good while, you'd never know there was ever anything wrong with it now, it's totally normal.


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    ZeroThreat
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    I'm wierd, mine was pretty tight for a long time (looser now after the years) but I never really masturbated till about 15/16 which is wierdly old age to start I guess which probably contributed to the problem.


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    CM24
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭CM24


    ZeroThreat wrote: »
    I'm wierd, mine was pretty tight for a long time (looser now after the years) but I never really masturbated till about 15/16 which is wierdly old age to start I guess which probably contributed to the problem.

    I'm guessing you didn't masturbate til that age because of the phimosis. Same thing happened with me, masturbation just didn't come naturally to me at all. I started at about 16 but I just did it without pulling the foreskin back. Did that for years and didn't even realise you were meant to pull the foreskin back til I was 20.

    Weirdly enough as well. I was never really interested in pulling girls or anything until my 20's as well, once the foreskin issue was resolved. I think it affects your life quite a bit, even if you're unaware of it.


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    #27
    Dotsie~tmp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭Dotsie~tmp


    OP I had the same problem and stupidly ignored it for years. Eventually got it and a lot of other things sorted in my life. So easy I was kicking myself. PM me for details if you like or advice.


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    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    Go to the doc my man, and if he says you need a little snip down there, go for it. Been there, done that, should have done it years earlier. As many say, it DOES affect you in ways you can't even realize now.


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    #29
    Mongfinder General
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    Chief, lay off the hand pump. And don't ever go commando in a pair of donegal tweed trousers if you get circumcised. Ever.


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