Tightness, overdone

That sounds like something a friend in HS had – he had been cut around the age of 13-14. He always complained that when he got excited he felt “too tight” and hurt.

I always recommended him to try message and potentially would also help loosen things up a bit.  Not sure if it helped him. I lost touch with him about a dozen years ago and don’t know if anything changed for him.

Eager to hear Dr. Reed’s input on the question.  India

Hi India,

Infants and children and young adults have the best chance for “tincture of time” tissue stretching when an over-zealous circumcision has been performed.   An older adult may never recover with non-operative approaches, however, in addition to massage as you mention, there are penile uncircumcising devices that will stretch the skin, and I would recommend that before any surgery be considered.

When a patient requests “tight”, we always hold the skin with tissue forceps before cutting to see if there is lifting of the pubic skin or scrotum, if so we do not cut that tightly.

Harold M. Reed, M.D.

2 Responses to “Tightness, overdone”

  1. Luigi C Says:

    my husband had circumcision done 8/2010 he is very unsaticfied he has pain just below his head of penis n feels like it is traped. when he is fully erected his balls feel like there going up into his penis. he looks smaller like he dos”nt have any room to fully grow. he feels like he cant masterbate if he wanted to. HELP what should he do? he said its very tight n dr said it would be loose

  2. Dr_Reed Says:

    Please write to Dr. Reed infos@penisdoctor.com

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