31yr old, and smegma has never been a big issue for me. barely ever notice any. except for the past few days (/weeks?), since a change of diet.
my diet now consists of a lot more nuts, so i was first suspecting them, and came across this page while looking to see if there was any info on the causes which may coroborate that hypothesis. then someone mentioned the sugar, and i know from experience how much candida loves sugar (not that i know of any correlation between candida and smegma, besides both being/containing bacteria), so from looking at my change in diet, this too could be a significant contributory cause. since my diet is now undoubtedly much healthier for me, supporting my body's systems, i also suspect (with a few cues from reading around the web tonight) that perhaps this is just another detox process at work, and nothing to be too concerned with.
i have never favoured buying into the notion that we need ridiculous toxic carcinogenic and even mutagenic petro-chemical concotions to keep ourselves clean. even since before i found out the horror stories about them, i knew from experience, like the canary down the mine shaft that i am with these things, that they are harmful to us, and hamper our natural ability to stay clean, leading us to dependence on the chemicals for clenlyness. (reluctant to even use something as relatively clean and untoxic as burt's bees' products, for the latter reason there.)
that said, if i wash the smegma away, it will be a quick wash with warm water only, or, as i have been doing, just using a piece of toilet paper (unless it is very dry).
as for this "smegma as lubrication" stuff that some of you have been on about... this seems absurd to me. maybe your smegma has gotten moist from sweat, urine, semen, mucus, or whatever, but often, my smegma can be very dry. not at all a lubricant. quite the opposite, in the extreme. so much so it has caused considerable irritation. on a few occasions it's more like a layer of double sided sticky tape! lubricant? i think not. that will be some of the natural lubrication gotten mixed in with your smegma turning it into some kind of paste methinks.
and to the guy who's foreskin is too tight to pull all the way back... i was the same. some careful gentle stretching, a little farther each day, and over a little while, i got there, and now it is a non-issue. i had a friend for whom it was far worse, and ended up going for surgery. presumably a full circumcision. an actual, genuine, medically-sound reason for such a cosmetic alteration surgery.
still, there's always more information, and we never know when some new information will come along and entirely alter the meaning of all prior existing information [if you've never experienced that, i shall presume you've not been paying attention], so i shall prefer to avoid conclusions, and continue to seek refining my fuzzy map of this phenomenal reality.
Sorry Markos but the information in your last paragraph is absolute nonesense! I (along with every other circumcised male) do not produce any smegma whatsoever, does this mean that we require lubrication to perform sexual acts? Absolutely not! Where did you get this idea from i'm intrigued to discover?
Hi there,
Ive been reading these blogs with great interest lately as I developed this issue a few months ago.
I am 39 years old, fit, healthy, clean & have no known reason why this suddenly affected me except my age perhaps...
I also have moved to a more tropical climate as well though which may make it worse? I dont know...
Anyway... I feel obligated to let you in on something I discovered by pure accident really. And I would be very interested to know from others if it works for them too. As soon as I noticed this smegma, I was quite self conscious about it. Im very clean & I shower twice a day anyway but, for obvious reasons I started to wear condoms (is a good practice anyway) I am in a long term relationship but, just wanted to take the added precaution of protecting my girlfriend.
After doing this for a just a few days, the smegma cleared it up! I dont know if this is just me or its something in the spermacide? I dont know if this will even work for others... Im just saying that it has worked for me & I cant really explain exactly why except it went away after I began wearing condoms.
Im not going to do a plug here for any company (rhymes with Purex)
I dont know if its the specific kind either (rhymes with 'leasure-tax') I just wanted to put it out there as I didnt like this issue & felt others may benifit from what I discovered.
Hope this helps someone out there. Thanks CS
thx this really helped alot
I do not understand why so many are bothered with this issue.By all means smegma is okay.It contains anti-bacterial and hormonal elements is it besides others,it keeps the glans moist and prime and serves as lubricant for intercourse.I have this issue since childhood and now at the age 39 volume of this stuff is maximum ever so much so that in 24hours time I can skim half tea spoonful of this stuff.If it bothers anyone I would suggest to use a clean wet cotton cloth and wipe the glans thoroughly by retracting foreskin for this purpose.I found some guys who do not have any smegma accumulated at all in spite of having full fledged foreskin.Technically smegma is another proof that your sexual health fully sound,so enjoy it instead of getting bothered.
This person is talking nonsense. Please do not circumsize your baby boy. What a disgrace. A foreskin is something very useful and makes sex so much more pleasurable. You do not have the right to cut off a p[art of a person's body without his consent. Let him decide for himself when he is older. 99% of the men would simply keep their foreskins. Moms, if you read this. Pay attention. Do NOT harm your baby. He will most probably never forgive you because it cant be restored.
Are you a guy or a girl.??
when showering, put a condom on and urinate in it and clean the head of your penis with it, then remove and wash in the shower, the urine will kill the bacteria causing smegma and you will be smegma free, works every time
Stop wanking and clean your f*****g penis (get yoour girlfreind to lick it up)
Smegma is a natural, normal, harmless, and healthy substance. It is a mixture of exfoliated skin and skin oils. Smegma collects under the foreskin. It is normally white in color.
It can get irritating if it stays for a long time without being washed away, so it is good practice to wash under the foreskin periodically.
Accumulated smegma may get hardened and difficult to remove if it stays a longtime such as under a foreskin that is not retracted. Olive oil has been recommended for softening and removing hardened smegma.
Why do you think you produce too much smegma? How much is too much?
As long as you keep your foreskin forward, no one will know it is there, so why are you worried?
So, i have been cleaning under my foreskin almost every day in like 1 or 2 months and it still wont go away.
Im an realy clean person and im afraid of dirtyness (ocd)
Im just feeling so bad about this..... D:
Guys after bath clean ur genetals with dry towel..make it dry.and apply few drops of coconut oil... then see.. no smegma no candida.. try this ancient technique :)