Foreskin Resoration - Page 2

[karlin]

I wanted to thank you all once again for the great information in this thread. I'm happy to report that my DH has started restoration!! I'm so happy for him, and he's really excited about it.

Now, if I ever get that weird look when someone finds out DS is intact, and they say to me, "Don't you want him to look like his daddy?" I can reply, "Yup, that's why his daddy restored his foreskin!" (Honestly though, neither one of us gave a damn about that "look like daddy" crap anyway, but hopefully this would shut them up for awhile..lol).

[Frankly Speaking]

Karlin, Congratulations to Lee. I envy him because I know he's going to get wonderful and unwaivering support from you. That's very important to his success!




Frank

[Gidget]

I have a question. It may seem obvious to some but I want to be sure. With restoration are you able to quit once you get the desired results and have it stay that way? If so, is there any shrinkage of the foreskin after discontinuing the technique and if so, do you ah"aim to overshoot" a bit to compensate for that?

ETA: I was just reading some info I googled and it talks about a frenulum. Now, I noticed after ds2 was circ'ed(and I think I noticed it with ds1 too, same doc) that his skin does not retact at the bottom and there was a line of skin holding it there. Does that mean his frenulum is still intact for later restoration if he so chooses, or is this wishful thinking?

[Frankly Speaking]

Ginger:

Once it's done, it's done and it's that way permanently. (Thank goodness!) If there's any shrinkage, it's nominal and not noticeable. It would only be noticed on erection as when the penis is flaccid, there is some of the foreskin that is in front of the glans kinda puckered up and wrinkley.

From your description, it is possible that the frenulum is intact. That little strip of skin that's under your tongue is also a frenulum and if it looks like that, his frenulum is still intact, at least part of it. If that's the case, that's great!




Frank

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by Frankly Speaking

Ginger:

Once it's done, it's done and it's that way permanently. (Thank goodness!) If there's any shrinkage, it's nominal and not noticeable. It would only be noticed on erection as when the penis is flaccid, there is some of the foreskin that is in front of the glans kinda puckered up and wrinkley...

Oh, I'm glad Ginger asked. I was wondering the same thing, as my belly underwent a rigorous stretching program recently and the skin has shrunk back some. I guess belly skin is built differently to penis skin.

That's really fantastic that you don't have to keep stretching, that you can just sit back and enjoy.

[Frankly Speaking]

Originally Posted by boingo82

my belly underwent a rigorous stretching program recently and the skin has shrunk back some.

:LOL I've never heard it referred quite that way before. The difference is that your stretching program was spread over your entire thorax, shoulders to hips and front to back. There wasn't any of your body that took excessive stretching and it was only for a few months. Circumcision restoration is a quite different thing. The intent is to permanently stretch the skin to at least double it's original size and it's in a very concentrated area. It's also done over a period of years instead of a few months. If your pregnancy was for three years at the size you were just before you gave birth and it was the same distention on the back and sides as it was on the front, you would have enough skin around your middle permanently to accommodate Jabba The Hut. :LOL

As a matter of fact, people who have been morbidly obese for years and then loose huge amounts of weight end up with too much skin. My brother lost about 130 Lbs. and had a "pouch" of skin around his waist that hung like a flap over his belt. Some of these people have that excess skin surgically removed.




Frank

[Acksiom]

Well, there are a couple of minor caveats to this, actually.

1), The practice of stretching usually causes some minor degree of normal tissue inflammation -- the normal healing process in response to any stress -- and the skin generally 'swells up' a bit as a matter of routine. When tugging ceases -- when the constant stress is removed -- the inflammation of course goes back down again, which may make the new foreskin a fraction of an inch 'smaller' than it was, depending on the individual.

2), Sometimes the original 'slack' in the skin, which first needs to get stretched out completely before new skin cells will start to form reliably, compresses back again to the degree that some minor amount of 'touch-up' tugging is desirable -- but again, it depends on the individual.

The basic point, though, is that restoration is not a 'temporary' thing -- once one makes gains, they're forever, and never need to be redone or even just monitored. The skin is real and permanent and does not disappear over time. It's there to stay.

I'm just being finickily precise about the final 'detailing' work here, so to speak.

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by Frankly Speaking

:LOL I've never heard it referred quite that way before. The difference is that your stretching program was spread over your entire thorax, shoulders to hips and front to back. There wasn't any of your body that took excessive stretching and it was only for a few months. Circumcision restoration is a quite different thing. The intent is to permanently stretch the skin to at least double it's original size and it's in a very concentrated area. It's also done over a period of years instead of a few months. If your pregnancy was for three years at the size you were just before you gave birth and it was the same distention on the back and sides as it was on the front, you would have enough skin around your middle permanently to accommodate Jabba The Hut. :LOL..

:LOL You're right - seems the duration of the stretching would have a lot to do with it. Don't be so sure I didn't take any "excessive stretching" though, Blake was a 9.5 lb baby!