large foreskin, some retraction but not quite full

beatles · Newbie Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 1

Hi, im 17 and ever since i was young ive noticed that my foreskin has covered my penis completely when non-erect, and all buta couple of milimetres when erect (what pokes out, what im guessing is the 'glance' or something? is very sore looking, and just very sensitive if touched. i never thought oh right i must have a problem since i havent ever been one of the cool people and havent been sexually active. ive never seen another mans penis in real life, (well i have, but its been a case of looking away as quickly as possible, like my dad taking his towel off too soon and not realising i was there ha, not something i want to think about), and so i havent ever really felt that i had a problem, just thought it would sort itself out when i have sex. this only really came up because i currently have a girlfriend and since we are getting quite close i get the feeling that things such as oral sex might come into the equation at some point. my girlfriends inexperienced and i feel that its unfair to expect her to deal with something that in later life she may not have to deal with and to tell her that its normal.... oh well i guess its failry normal but you see my point.

having read a few other posts, i should say that i have never had a problem with urinating, or ejaculating from masturation, and the details of my problem are that when i pull back the foreskin non erect, i can get it back over what i guess is about half of my penis. i will update on when it is erect at some point soon. when i pull it back there is a kind of pinky almost browny piece of skin which regulates how far i can pull it back, this just hurts a little if i pull it too far - will that get better with some practice?

i know that people can just have a long foreskin, but its especially the idea of oral sex which isnt good given how sensitive that part of my penis is. i have begun regularly pulling the foreskin back slightly in order to kind of excercise it as sugested in some other topics.

thankyou for any help, its a real godsend

Heather_2 · Silver Member Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 279

Hello, I would relate to that "a kind of pinky almost browny piece of skin which regulates how far i can pull it back". This tissue is called frenulum and yes, it is regulating how far back you may pull. It connects foreskin to the penis glans (head). If frenulum is too short ( a condition known as frenulum breve), it may preventing our foreskin from going down and even hurt during sex. It may not hurt during masturbation since you could manipulate with it but upon forceful retraction (like in sex), it could actually hurt.

The penis head could be sensitive if it hasn't been out much (out of the foreskin).

I know that going to the doc sounds like a bad idea but it is the only way to figure out if everything was ok. If not, you may wait and see what happens when the sex thing starts happening.

large foreskin, some retraction but not quite full

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