Hey everyone
Wanted to share my experience with my frenulum and procedures on it that I’ve done so far.
I could always pull back my foreskin as long as I can remember (not sure if it was forcibly retracted early on, which allowed me to do it myself as a kid). However when pulling it back all the way, I noticed that there was a point at which the frenulum wasn‘t retracting as much as the rest of the skin, which caused the glans to get pulled down. I think this also resulted in the glans having less of a flared shape. After realizing this part of the problem, I had a frenulum procedure done by a doctor to lengthen it. I feel like that loosened it somewhat, but after healing, the sutures caused the cut area to become thickened/inelastic, which kind of resulted in the same problem as before.
With it being slightly looser, I also noticed that the tip of the foreskin had some scarring on it, which I think also had something to do with the feeling of tightness (even though it could retract pretty far — I’m guessing maybe this might be some scarring from being retracted by a doctor or something as an uncut kid in an area of the US where everyone else is cut). I went and saw a doctor again, asked around a bit, with most of the doctors now recommending circumcision along with some more work on the frenulum.
I had read about some people loosening their own frenulums via tying or clamp/cut techniques, and for the clamp/cut technique, I had all the tools I needed as it so happened (prescription lidocaine jelly, blunt medical scissors, hemostats, alcohol, antibacterial ointment, and gauze/bandages). I did a clamp/cut myself yesterday, and it was actually super easy, relatively painless, and so far has been a much better healing than the procedure I had with a doctor.
Basically I sterilized the instruments, cleaned the area, then put some lidocaine jelly for about 10 minutes before testing if I felt it. Then I washed off the jelly, cleaned the area with alcohol, and applied a curved hemostat for 15 minutes. I used the flashlight on my phone to transilluminate it and make sure I wasn’t clamping or cutting the frenular artery (which was easy to see), so that it wouldn’t bleed a lot. After 15 minutes, I removed the hemostat, then carefully followed the crush line with my blunt scissors. There was just a little bleeding that I dabbed up with a gauze sponge, and I noticed a small area that had become a skin tag (which used to be the too-tight spot where the frenulum had scarred from the sutures previously). I clamped that spot with the hemostat for another 10 minutes, then cut that as well, and then put on a gauze pad with ointment on it and wrapped it up tightly with a bandage. No sutures, and only a small amount of tissue actually was removed, about the size of the tip of a marker).
So far, it’s healed surprisingly well! It bled a small amount every so often over the following 12 hours, but hasn’t bled after that. I think most of the bleeding came overnight when I got boners. It’s been about 24 hours now, and there’s no swelling or bleeding, and I can already see that the skin is a *lot* looser now.
By no means am I telling anyone to go ahead and do this, I just wanted to share my experience in case anyone wanted some information, and also if anyone has been through something like this, I’d love to hear your thoughts/input! I may give updates as it keeps healing, but so far, the incision line is perfectly straight and looks completely sealed. Not sure yet if this will avoid/influence getting further work on the frenulum or a circ done by a doctor, but I’m honestly blown away at how well it’s gone so far (fingers crossed).
Wanted to share my experience with my frenulum and procedures on it that I’ve done so far.
I could always pull back my foreskin as long as I can remember (not sure if it was forcibly retracted early on, which allowed me to do it myself as a kid). However when pulling it back all the way, I noticed that there was a point at which the frenulum wasn‘t retracting as much as the rest of the skin, which caused the glans to get pulled down. I think this also resulted in the glans having less of a flared shape. After realizing this part of the problem, I had a frenulum procedure done by a doctor to lengthen it. I feel like that loosened it somewhat, but after healing, the sutures caused the cut area to become thickened/inelastic, which kind of resulted in the same problem as before.
With it being slightly looser, I also noticed that the tip of the foreskin had some scarring on it, which I think also had something to do with the feeling of tightness (even though it could retract pretty far — I’m guessing maybe this might be some scarring from being retracted by a doctor or something as an uncut kid in an area of the US where everyone else is cut). I went and saw a doctor again, asked around a bit, with most of the doctors now recommending circumcision along with some more work on the frenulum.
I had read about some people loosening their own frenulums via tying or clamp/cut techniques, and for the clamp/cut technique, I had all the tools I needed as it so happened (prescription lidocaine jelly, blunt medical scissors, hemostats, alcohol, antibacterial ointment, and gauze/bandages). I did a clamp/cut myself yesterday, and it was actually super easy, relatively painless, and so far has been a much better healing than the procedure I had with a doctor.
Basically I sterilized the instruments, cleaned the area, then put some lidocaine jelly for about 10 minutes before testing if I felt it. Then I washed off the jelly, cleaned the area with alcohol, and applied a curved hemostat for 15 minutes. I used the flashlight on my phone to transilluminate it and make sure I wasn’t clamping or cutting the frenular artery (which was easy to see), so that it wouldn’t bleed a lot. After 15 minutes, I removed the hemostat, then carefully followed the crush line with my blunt scissors. There was just a little bleeding that I dabbed up with a gauze sponge, and I noticed a small area that had become a skin tag (which used to be the too-tight spot where the frenulum had scarred from the sutures previously). I clamped that spot with the hemostat for another 10 minutes, then cut that as well, and then put on a gauze pad with ointment on it and wrapped it up tightly with a bandage. No sutures, and only a small amount of tissue actually was removed, about the size of the tip of a marker).
So far, it’s healed surprisingly well! It bled a small amount every so often over the following 12 hours, but hasn’t bled after that. I think most of the bleeding came overnight when I got boners. It’s been about 24 hours now, and there’s no swelling or bleeding, and I can already see that the skin is a *lot* looser now.
By no means am I telling anyone to go ahead and do this, I just wanted to share my experience in case anyone wanted some information, and also if anyone has been through something like this, I’d love to hear your thoughts/input! I may give updates as it keeps healing, but so far, the incision line is perfectly straight and looks completely sealed. Not sure yet if this will avoid/influence getting further work on the frenulum or a circ done by a doctor, but I’m honestly blown away at how well it’s gone so far (fingers crossed).
