Phimosis-Anyone experienced Preputioplasty in rectifying it?

last SG · 2008-09-12T15:36:29+00:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preputioplastyis an alternative to circumcision which i went thru at 14yo.. Preputioplasty will be less evasivehealing time abou...

antievildoer SG

Hi, anyone here ever have the condition called Phimosis before? If yes, anyone tried the surgical procedure called Preputioplasty in correcting it? How was the experience, cost and the place which you seek consultation with?

I know Circumcision is one of the most common methods used to rectify this condition but would prefer to keep the foreskin.

Pls share if anyone has experience and recommendations..thanks..

I-like-flings(m) SG

no experience.. sorry...

Agenda SG

I remember reading somewhere that you can manually improve the situation.

antievildoer SG

Tried the manual method before, but no improvement at all. The manual method only works for those with a less serious extent of the problem.I recently done some research on this and came to know of Preputioplasty which have been said to be a good alternative to circumcision. Called up one of the specialist clinics at Gleneagles and they do offer this procedure. Just wanted to find out if any of you here tried this before..

BrUtUs SG

common term?

antievildoer SG

You mean common term for manual method? There is no specific term for it..just some sort of stretching to loosen the foreskin gradually so as to enable it to be retractable as time goes..but for more severe cases of Phimosis, there is very little stretching can achieve..

foxtrout8 SG

just masturbate and see how....some guy in the field suggested it..

Fatum SG

there was a chap with the same problem who started a thread on this some time back ...

just give it a good yank, scream if you have to, and everything will be alright after ...

antievildoer SG

haiz..if that can work, I won't be contemplating such drastic procedure liao..

I even bought a stretching kit invented by a Australian company from overseas to treat Phimosis..after weeks of using it there is still no improvement at all..Doctors and experts that suggest stretching method always report significant improvement for certain % of the affected guys with this problem..but for severe cases, it can only be solved by circumcision or preputioplasty according to medical experts..I guess I might fall under the more severe category type..sian..

foxtrout8 SG

haiz..if that can work, I won't be contemplating such drastic procedure liao..

ermm for such issues, go see a good doctor lah. u will have all ur questions answered on the spot.

Dont sian lah, i believe there will definitely be a effective solution for your trouble. god bless.

lysy SG

well....i was circumcised when i was in pri 1 at age 6 in 2000. cause i had phimosis which meant i had a tight foreskin which could not retract. furthermore my pee was like always going all over the shop and my parents were getting tired of cleaning after me.

so one day my dad observed me peeing and decided that i should be cut as soon as possible during the june holls in kk hospital.

the op was performed without any kind of anastatic and i cried like siao... i was able to see my dick getting trimed and was in alot of pain (i think the doc used a gomco clamp). after the op i satyed for the night in a c class ward with few other boys who were also cut and we were able to see each other's dicks cuse we could not wear pants.

i hated circumcision for many years due to the pain but soon forgot about it, until recently during a school camp where many of us had to shower in openly and i got to see many of my friends dicks and realised that out of a class of 39 about 10 of my clasmates had dicks similar to mine. interestingly enough the topic came up when we were talking and i got to learn more about circumcision. now i think circumcision is good so long as the child consents and would like to know more about this topic.

so plese send in your experiences wether cut or uncut (there is a topic under discusion ------circumcision in singapore )

XxYaNxX SG

One of my friends had the same problem, stretching would not work for. Go see the doc , there is a cream avaliable, if that doesn't work,maybe you will need a circumcision

lysy SG

there is a cream ??????

XxYaNxX SG

Look up: Betamethasone

PlzDunBanMe SG

i have, or rather, had the same problem as you. My doctor didn’t tell me anything about the pre-plasty operation. The next thing i knew, i was at gleneagles, lying face up and getting injections. It was local, not general so i was awake. The whole area was numb and i heard some snipping. I didn’t dare to look lol. So when i got up, the whole thing was bandaged and numb and sore. The tip also exposed. For the next month, i had to wear a bandage and cannot use underwear. I even cried one morning when i woke up with an erection cause it was so painful. But after the month, it was fine. And the problem was solved after that.

lysy SG

oh....ic but at what age were you operaten on.
i am guessing 5-7 ??

PlzDunBanMe SG

oh....ic but at what age were you operaten on.
i am guessing 5-7 ??

Hmmmm, actually I'm 19 years old. In the army. I had my operation only about 2 months ago.

lysy SG

oh ic well glade u made the choice

antievildoer SG

Preputioplasty is a surgical method that is newly available in SG (its been around in europe for yrs) as an alternative to circumcision. It is a less drastic operation compared to Circumcision and is good for those who wants to keep the foreskin intact. It is however only suitable for certain conditions. The doc won't recommend Preputioplasty to anyone that has similar problems.

I believe currently there are very few medical centres or hospitals offering such a procedure. I have managed to find one that offers such a procedure and the cost is about $2500 (can use $500 from medisave). But so far I think very very few people had tried it. I have not known of anyone who tried it and after posting this topic here, it seems no one else have experienced it. I intend to go down for consultation early next yr..

PlzDunBanMe SG

I think that is bloody damn expensive. You might as well get it cut off. Circumcision costs only like $550 at Gleneagles. Furthermore, I'm sure you can find benefits from losing that foreskin.