Posts Tagged ‘cosmetic adult circumcision’

A “clumsily” performed self circumcision. The way out (revision)

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

 In PROCIRCORG@yahoogroups.com, “steven.t” <steven.t@…> wrote:
>
> Hello Dr. Reed & Everyone,
>
> A while ago I posted my experience with an amateur, clumsily performed
> circ which left me with very little skin (too tight for a full
> erection) and a painful scar.
>
> After the surgery there was very little dark skin left and the pink
> skin stretched to make up the difference. My penis is usually about 2″
>  or less when flaccid and about 6″ when erect. On the underside there
> is about 3/4″ left of dark skin before the scrotum.
>
> Ideally, what I would like would be to restore as much as possible of
> the dark skin perhaps using a stretching method that the restoration
> sites advocate, but I’m worried about scrotal skin being pulled
> forward and ending up with hairy skin on the shaft at the base.
>
> After the restoration, I’d like to be re-cut so that I no longer have
> the ugly scar, much less pink skin and the glans is covered when
> flaccid, but exposed when erect.
>
> My questions are these: are there methods of stretching which won’t
> cause the scrotal skin to be pulled forward? Also, can the tiny amount
> of skin I have left be stretched out enough to work with (I understand
> it can take years)? Are there other options to achieve the same effect?
>
> I understand if a consult is necessary to answer these questions, and
> if so I will make arrangements to come down to see you when I can.
>
> Thanks very much for your kind attention.

 

Good morning Steven,

Scrotal skin often is seen on the underside of the penis,
in uncircumcised and certainly in many circumcised men.

Scrotal skin varies in thickness, and surprisingly at times,
except for color and some follicular (goose flesh) type of appearance it is quite and acceptably similar.

If you are stretching, then be grateful for whatever skin is
generated.

If you incur some peno-scrotal web-formation, this can be dealt with later on still leaving a fair amount of scrotal skin on the underside. 

Light skin can be medically tattooed.  132 different skin colors
are available.  So really just concentrate on making more skin, and ultimately cleaning up the scar line with a cosmetic adult circumcision revision.
Best wishes,

 

Harold Reed, M.D.

Listening to the patient and allowing him to see work in progress

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

When is a circumcision cosmetically performed.  Well for one the detail and match up has to be right on. We don’t want to see puckers when large suture, like howser for mooring a ship, are used every 3rd to 4th space when smaller sutures could have been used.  Surely, we don’t want to see residual pin hopes and ghost lines, which are tell tale signs of an adult circumcision.  The skin should be not so loose it is draping over the rim of the penis or so tight it is tenting the pubic skin during erection or causing a penile scrotal web (turkey neck).

That part’s not supposed to go in the vagina and of course detracts from perceived length.  Is you doctor attentive to you precise requests and giving you good eye contact and pre-marking you with your approval and allowing you to watch work in progress with a hand held mirror to be absolutely sure, it is being done your way.

Harold M. Reed, M.D.