a little history about myself:
i am Asian, 29 years of age, 5'8 200lbs.
i was not circumcised when i was little because i was born in a a third world country and i was not in a hospital during birth, moved to the united states shortly after i turned 3 years old. growing up i was never taught to clean myself and was never aware of what circumcised means. so when i was in my early teens, i (as every kid should) explored my body, and during that time, my body was still developing. i would say when i was 12-13 i was able to finally pull my foreskin back exposing my glans. but that was very painful. and as i reached puberty, i was gaining a larger erection, one day when trying to pull my foreskin back it hurt a lot because i had a huge erection, it caused the foreskin to tear. i was terrified, i let it heal back for a while before re-attempting. but that never happened, as i was terrified of what happened last time.
as time went by, growing up, i never really tried to pull my foreskin back, and slowly it started to close. til i was about 26 years old it became about 5mm in diameter.
i have a habit when i pee or go #2, i would clean the excess urine from my penis with some toilet tissue. im not sure if that is healthy, but i did not like leaking droplets of urine when i finish. as i am not circumcised, and suffering from phimosis, excess urine tends to collect behind the skin. and when i urinate, the whole inner skin will expand like a balloon.
the ring (forgot the proper term) has a lighter color when the rest of my penis, almost white. and has no feeling at all except for the bottom part where there is the (frenulum?) is. oftentimes there are scar tissues, and i would easily peel or rub it off without any pain.
so, since about 13years old til now, i have not been able to pull my foreskin back, so a couple weeks ago, i started researching, reading, and almost made a decision to look into circumcision. after reading from a lot of sources, i have decided to give stretching a try. and also, i cannot afford the procedure and recovery for circumcision.
my method that i learned from somewhere was that i custom made a horseshoe shaped clip to help the stretching. the materiel i used is called "instamorph" i bought from amazon. heat up some water, throw the plastic beads in and it becomes pliable like clay, then when it hardens when cooled, it becomes a stiff plastic. very strong. the horseshoe shape give it a little bit of springiness so i can compress to insert into my foreskin.
so the first two days of using the horseshoe, i felt like there was progress, then about the third day, the foreskin got swollen. i stopped. let it heal for a few days, and i discovered that the opening actually got smaller. i was no longer able to insert the horseshoe. and there was pain. i discovered that there is a small slit on the bottom, and a lot of dead white skin that was easily peeled off as stated above. i let the swelling go away for a few days, and i heated up my horseshoe to make the clip smaller to fit in the smaller opening. as of now, i am stuck on this setting. i plan on spreading the horseshoe out more as the skin stretches. and building bigger horseshoes when the opening widens more.
i am afraid that the split has caused infections, or a yeast infection. what are signs or symptoms of yeast infection?
right now the reduced size clip horseshoe fits, but a feel a bit of pain if i move it around, after a few minutes when it settles in, the pain goes away. i keep it in for about an hour to 2 hours a day. i am considering wearing it to work and leaving it in as long as i can and removing for cleaning every few hours.
for those that have had pinhole phimosis, does this sound like the proper way of stretching? should it hurt a bit? any success? if so, how long did it take?
also, how do i know if i have a yeast infection?
any and all advice are much appreciated!
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the above was posted on a health forum about 1 month ago. I was too lazy to re-write a new one for this forum.
I have chosen to use the username "birthofglans" because i hope to be able to cure my condition and set my glans free, experience a new life, and be more confident in myself.
Hopefully within 9 months!
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Update 4/11: swelling has ddissapeared. I have since upgraded to a larger sized clip. Currently about 6mm. Definately some progress.
I have been wearing the clip about 2 hours daily. Rotating periodically. When first inserted, a bit pain and discomfort, but it dissapears in about 1 minute. I will post a picture for the clip once i figure out how to post pics.
