Manual stretching: This is probably the most desirable treatment alternative available since there is no cutting involved and because it’s a do-it-yourself technique that doesn't pose a health risk. What you do is very gradually broaden the opening of the prepuce (but not elongate it) so that it can be retracted from the glans and begin working again like a normal foreskin. There is also a device available to make foreskin widening faster and more successful that’s called a Glansie; it’s made specifically to deal with phimosis. As a final note on the DIY method: you have to be gentle with yourself. Forcing your foreskin down too hard could result in it getting stuck beneath the head–from here, blood circulation will be cut off, and your penis will develop gangrene and may possibly fall off if you don’t get an emergency circumcision. This condition is called paraphimosis, so by all means, be careful with your junk.
Steroids: Employing topical steroids and non-steroid anti-inflammatory medications has been found to be efficient in curing the bulk of phimosis cases. External application of medicated creams has proven to be useful as a treatment option. This is frequently used in combination with manual stretching for maximum possible success.
Preputioplasty: There seems to be a “-plasty” surgery for almost anything you can imagine, and the foreskin is no exception. Done under local anesthesia, a slit is made vertically in the foreskin and artery forceps are used to widen the opening of said skin sheath. The rationale of this procedure is to loosen the prepuce sufficiently to make it movable without cutting anything off.
Circumcision: If nothing else works to cure phimosis, this is a last resort–and it means losing your foreskin. Under anesthesia, you’ll have the prepuce cut off and the unavoidable wound stitched shut. Yes, your penis will have stitches in it, presumably not the most soothing thing to hear. This is done in only a small number of cases where stretching, topical treatment and minor surgery have failed…so you can relax since there’s a good chance your snakeskin will not necessitate bloody surgery.
Steroids: Employing topical steroids and non-steroid anti-inflammatory medications has been found to be efficient in curing the bulk of phimosis cases. External application of medicated creams has proven to be useful as a treatment option. This is frequently used in combination with manual stretching for maximum possible success.
Preputioplasty: There seems to be a “-plasty” surgery for almost anything you can imagine, and the foreskin is no exception. Done under local anesthesia, a slit is made vertically in the foreskin and artery forceps are used to widen the opening of said skin sheath. The rationale of this procedure is to loosen the prepuce sufficiently to make it movable without cutting anything off.
Circumcision: If nothing else works to cure phimosis, this is a last resort–and it means losing your foreskin. Under anesthesia, you’ll have the prepuce cut off and the unavoidable wound stitched shut. Yes, your penis will have stitches in it, presumably not the most soothing thing to hear. This is done in only a small number of cases where stretching, topical treatment and minor surgery have failed…so you can relax since there’s a good chance your snakeskin will not necessitate bloody surgery.
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