How do you wash your penis properly?

It depends on if you are circumcized or not.
That is, if the head of the penis is shaped like a mushroom or has a bulbous end, you are circumcized.
It is shaped more like a banana, with a loose flap of skin over the end, it is not.

An un-circumcized male must fold back the foreskin to wash gently with soap and water underneath.

As a circumcized male, my routine is much simpler. I basically just rinse off the outside of my penis with water in the shower.
If I am particularly sweaty, I might lather up soap between my hands and then just rub the soapy hands around the outside of the scottum, down the shaft and AVOID the opening at the end. After all surfaces except the hole have been soaped, I just continue to rinse off in the shower.
In a bath, I don't even worry about the soap. But this assumes that any sweat or crude or dirt has washed away, and that I have no rolls of fat or crevass to trap dirt or sweat in.

Hope this helped. Do ask if you have more questions.
Other men may be able to help if you are uncircumcized.

I am uncircumcised. Thanks anyway though.

Good advice Kevin :-)


I would probably advise against the soap, it can be very irritable and plain old water does the job most of the time. But if your going to go for soap, you're probably best looking at a very mild soap or one formulated for sensitive skin.

I found some soaps are not good for washing my glans at all. Some can be used but make sure there is no soap residue left on it when you roll the foreskin back in place. You will surely know the next day if you didn't get all the soap off. o.O

Water is all you really need. :-)

hi im 15,uncircumcized and when i have no erection i can pull my foreskin back half way. after that i dont waant to do it any further im too scared i  wont be able to pull it back. when i've washed it i pull it back a tiny bit and as far as i know its fine and it only smells bad when i dont wash it for a long time like 5 days but that's rare. what do you guys adivse for me?

Dusty333 wrote:

Well, first off, if it's smelling after five days, perhaps you should wash more frequently, say at least every three days.

At age 15, your body is developed enough that you will want to shower every day, if only to remove sweat and grime and keep your armpits more fresh.  I'm not certain if it's advisable to wash or rinse under the foreskin every day, but why not?

Certainly, you can train your foreskin, or stretch it with daily gentle exercises  (maybe in the shower, or just afterward) to expand or stretch that foreskin so that it will eventually retract all the way.  That's the goal...but it may take many months to get there.

GO SLOW...only stretch it with two fingers or so to the point where it starts to hurt...no further.  You don't want to hurt yourself, but slowly expand the skin, so that it becomes more loose.

I am amazed that more fathers don't teach this basic health care to their sons...especially if they've choose NOT to circumcise them.  Should be a requirement.

Good luck.

Let us know how it turns out, OK?

thanks mate... i will and the only smell is odour really i wash every 2 days unleess im at a mates or something. how will i know if i have an infection or not if i eventually pull all my foreskin back?

If you are not circumsized then pull back your foreskin and wash with warm water and/ or mild soap.

Dusty how about if you try and get an erection in the shower? Does your foreskin slide back naturally? If it slides back you might want to give yourself an erection and then just go ahead and wash up. That way you will feel good too!!!