cracked foreskin

First, only uncircumcised males can have a problem with chapped/cracked foreskin.  Most of the responses to this problem seem rather to concern chapped/cracked glans.  Second, chapped/cracked foreskin MAY be due to yeast infection, which requires a moist, warm environment, which the foreskin provides.  Yeast infection dies when exposed to air for an extended period.  So keeping the foreskin pulled back for 4-8 weeks generally clears the problem up if it is due to yeast infection.  Initially the glans skin will be tender but it toughens up a bit in a few days and any discomfort disappears.  After all evidence of chapping/cracking disappears, pull the foreskin back over the glans and go on with your life.

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I agree. I keep it stretched as much as possible by pulling it back and use vasoline to relieve some of the discomfort. Takes about a week. Eventually it heals.

Get yourself checked for diabetes.  I have this problem now and then. What happens your sugar level are to high and you produce yeast which turns into a fungal infection.

Your foreskin will become tight due to amounts of yeast under there, you may get white powder around penis, balls which is yeast. The only way to clear cracks and yeast is to get your sugar levels down, and use antibiotics to clear the fungal infection. Also helpful, pure aloe vera to heal the cracks on your foreskin. got to be the pure stuff though.  It sounds drastic, if you have this really bad and for some time. Get a circumcision.

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This is the best answer... The exact same thing happened to me, i went to the doctor to check my blood sugar and my numbers were by the roof. They diagnosed me with with type 2 diabetes and put me on Metformine. As soon as my surag levels came back to normal the cracks and dryness disappeared. I had the problem for over a year and now I've been cracks free ever since, although i notice that when i break my diet and dont look after myself the cracks and dryness start coming back again. Note:- Carbs turn into sugar so even though something says "sugar free" but contains a high dose of carbs you will still be contributing to the problem. Eat healthy, do your exercise and take your metformine if you ar on it and i guarantee the problem will go away,
Hope this helps :)

Fellas,

I dont normally post online, however i recently had an issue similar to what you are all describing and wanted to share because i know how awful this can be.  In my situation, my entire penis was extremely dry and started to crack in some areas, causing painful little cuts.  When i say dry, I mean dry as the desert at noon  In addition at times there were spots that would become EXTREMELEY itchy.  I narrowed it down to jock itch and/or yeast infection.  I had been recently tested for STD's and those tests came back negative (thank you jesus), so i could rule those out.  Since I figured it was soem type of fungus i tried over OTC sprays/creams which did not help the situation.  SIncei figured it was some type of fungus (I have a toenail infection and i had ringworm last year) I figured i was susceptable to it.  I got a presciption of griseofulvin 250mg which is an antifungal. other drugs that act similar are fluconazole and pretty much anything that ends in "azole".  I had these issues for about 2 weeks before i got the meds.  In addition i got someting called bio-oil to help with the dryness while i waited for the oral medication to take affect.  This helped a little, I could see that, when applied (rubbed into penis) some of the dry skin woould come off(I could feel little pieces on my fingers) however, this did not stop the itching.  Let me say that sometimes the itchign was excruciating, and difficult to get to because the skin was so dry AND cracked the doing anything to my penis was horrible.  The only thing that i found to relieve the itching was turnig the shower head pressure in high and running very hot water onto my penis.  This relieved the itching and actually felt very nice (the only relief I was able to obtain for the itvhing these past two weeks) make t he water as hot as you can stand.  this did not help the dryness though,  I few minuted out of the shower and the dryness came back.  I tried to apply cocoa butter and the body oil, but sometime it did not seem like the moisterizer was penestrating past the hard outer shell of skin that covered the penis.  Today i tried something out of desparation and to my surprise IT WORKED. I REPEAT IT WORKED, so with no further adu, the reason for writing this response is to share what worked (like a goddamn lucky charm) for me.  Rub you penis with your fingers with lots of OLIVE OIL AND VASOLINE.  when i did this the dry skin started to peel away revealing once again a healthy smooth penis. its a goddamn miracle. Try it. Im guessing it will work for you as well.

I had the same issue about a year ago and bought a product i found online called man1 oil.  This stuff worked well too, however its 40 a bottle but id say spend it if you got it.  It will heal the dryness nad itchiness and there are also a lot of vitamins ot whatever formulated for penis health.  Didnt have the $ this time to get it and i didnt want ot wait for it in the mail because you have to order it online.  Its something to use everyday, not just when you have issues to maintain a healthy penis.  Fellas this is importnat.  Also, this shou;l dgo without saying maintain proper hygeine.  

 

Again, the olive oil and vaseline which i tried today worked like a miracle in one day.  I had to share because i konw how it is.  the bio oil is like 10 bucks for a little bottle.  but id skip that ad go straight for the baby oil.  I applied it twice in a day, and by the second time 95% of ther dry skin went peeled off.  YOu never know when your gonna have the chance to present yourself to a fine young lady, you wanna make sure your stuff is not only presentable, but in the best shape possible.

signing off, gooday

EDIT: my grammar is horrendous (engineer) and if you are complainig about it dont, if you are reading this post, then there are more pressing issues at hand

also, i kow this post was all over the place, im high and i wanna get back to enjoying the fact that my penis is once again normal

Nothing like following up a topic like this to make you realize that all this hype suggesting circumcision has no benefits is dead wrong!

I had a complete foreskin the first 42 years of my life. I had none of the problems but I largely think I avoided them by having worn the foreskin retracted since about age 12. The exposure to air helped avoid problems. I never had any kind of problem happen to the exposed foreskin. The presence of air and absence of moisture just eliminated any unhealthy developments.

I did opt for a circumcision at age 42, which means the glans has been exposed for 77 years- but all the sensitivity for sex is available, and quite maintenance free compared to cleaning up the smegma. I am pleased with wearing it bare!

he foreskin on my penis is inflamed and itchy. Has been happening on and off for some time now. Usually goes away after intercourse, but returns after a few days of masterbation. I don't think it's a hygiene issue, because I shower every day. And even changed my soap brand due to the fact that I thought it might have been an allergic reaction. However, after exiting the shower, I let it air dry, then apply lotion moisturize it..but when pushing the foreskin forward, it really stings for a little while before dying down (either with or without lotion applied) I didn't really think much of it before I read how serious this can be. Any suggestions on what I should do?

I also have the same problem.  The doctor told me it might be t a sign of be being diabetic. He perscribe a cream called `clortrimazole 1%:HC1% cream.  This is probably the fourth time it happened. My wife and i had sex last wwekend and it was fineand this weekend it cracked. I didnt notice it at first but when i urinated it stung the foreskin. So i had a warm bath to retract the skin. Releif. Today it seems fine. Hope this info helps

You all Thrush (Clamidia)  and should use Cloromatozole 1% and clean using  NO SOAP

symptoms will disappear after a few days.

Whilst you have any of the symptoms DONT HAVE SEX you will pass the infection on to your partner.

In fact, whilst you are using the cream your partner should too, cross contamination is more often than not the reason many of you have posted "it got better but came back straight after i had sex with my Wife/Partner"

 

I have this sometimes. For me it comes from dry masturbating. i've found out that leaving it alone and NOT masturbating for days wil make it heal. It takes time but it works. I've noteiced that small flakes of skin appears. It's a sign that my penis is healing. Do NOT pull theese when dry. They will easily rub off when in shower ;)

use Shea Butter. found at natural food stores. buy straight Shea Butter nothing added. apply to clean penis.

I agree completely. I had a sore burning foreskin and the only thing that seemed to work was to keep it retracted. No amount of washing seemed to help. As soon as a drop of urine would touch the foreskin it would burn like crazy. I put up with it until I was 32 and needed another minor sugery and got circumcised at the same time. What a relief! The surgery wasn't bad and I have never regreted it. I am now64 almost 65 and still have good sensitivity for sex. I wish i had done it sooner. My wonderful wife is glad I had it done also.

mine is not only swollen but red cracked with blood and oozing a clear liquid what can i do/use or is it a medical/doctor visit