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Tight foreskin
Tight foreskin, also called phimosis, is a condition where it is difficult to retract the foreskin over the head of the penis. A person is born with foreskin that is tight, but it should gradually loosen by late childhood.
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A 28-year old male asked:
I am having a tight foreskin?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is tight foreskin hereditary?
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A 41-year old asked:
How do I treat tight foreskin?
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A 47-year old asked:
Tight foreskin, what can I do about this?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it a bad sign to have a tight foreskin?
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A 32-year old asked:
What's a good way to treat tight foreskin?
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A 32-year old asked:
What can I do to loosen my tight foreskin?
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A 32-year old asked:
How can you treat a man with tight foreskin?
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A 39-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of overly tight foreskin?
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A female asked:
I am 15 and have Tight foreskin. How do i loosen it?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can you have intercourse if you have tight foreskin?
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A 28-year old asked:
What is the stretching method to treat tight foreskin?
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A 47-year old asked:
Tight foreskin, should i go to the doctors or just pull?
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A 44-year old asked:
I am 18 with tight foreskin, should i see a doctor about it?
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A 34-year old asked:
Advice? Would my tight foreskin loosen up when I get older ?
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A 41-year old asked:
How to help a tight foreskin? Keep stretching it with slow progress?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I have a very tight foreskin after having sex it cuts me and takes over a week to heal is there any thing you suggest i could do? Thankyou.
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A 35-year old asked:
Could circumision needed for tight foreskin?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is the cure for phimosis/tight foreskin?
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A 32-year old asked:
Will the cream provided by doctors to treat tight foreskin actually work ?
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A member asked:
Does the cream for tight foreskin work at my age which is 17 and how long does it take to work! And will it actually work at my age!?
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A 37-year old asked:
Tight foreskin/diprosone help!?
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A 45-year old asked:
How do you masterbate with a tight foreskin?
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A 33-year old asked:
How can you retract the tight foreskin of penis?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is there a way to relieve an uncomfortably tight foreskin with out having to get circumcised?
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A 35-year old female asked:
My bf has a very tight foreskin which leads to painful erections could this cause anorgasmia?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Hey dr i hve rare condition in that my penis hve extra and tight foreskin and it affecting my life and i keep worrying about it?
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A 44-year old asked:
I have incredibly tight foreskin, I can't pull it over the head of my penis and if I try too hard it hurts. Is this normal?
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A member asked:
What is a cure for phimosis e.g. Tight foreskin. That doesn't come back so my bellend doesn't come out and I don't want to go and see my doctor?
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A 27-year old male asked:
What procedures are there for a tight foreskin? 9 yrs ago I was told circumcision was the only solution after frenuloplasty didn't fix problem (27y/o)
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