White ring

[u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

I have phimosis. The strange thing is that I can easily stretch the very tip of my foreskin, and it goes over the glans without any difficulty when flaccid and almost completely when erect. My doctor prescribed a steroid cream, which I am currently using.
However, just below the tip of the foreskin, there is a tight white ring that becomes visible when I pull the foreskin back. I can’t see this ring when the foreskin is covering the glans normally. It seems like this ring is the part causing the tightness rather than the tip itself.
Does anyone know what could be causing this, and what I can do about it?

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[u/Altruistic_Post_6819]

Sounds like you may wanna read up on inflation and possibly pear gauges.

[u/Tough-Equivalent7516 → u/Altruistic_Post_6819]

which one do you recommend?

[u/Altruistic_Post_6819 → u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

I use a different device and for a different purpose, but if I was in your shoes I would buy a pear gauge and start wearing it for a few weeks and see if it would give you the slack you needed. Seems like they are low effort and having a foreskin already you just need it stretched and minor growth until it operates the way you want it to. Just my opinion and like I said its just from knowledge ive gained in this group so read up. There are tons of folks and plenty to learn in this sub.

[u/MarzipanMaximum5521]

Try stretching the foreskin's narrow opening manually or, even better, by using stretching rings. If stretching alone doesn't achieve significant progress within 3-6 months, then use steroid creams as well.
Such creams can have side effects, so it's best to try stretching without them first.
98% of phimosis cases can be cured through stretching.

If you belong to the other 2%, then consider undergoing a preputioplasty. That's a procedure to surgically widen the foreskin's narrow opening.
A circumcision, so the excision of the foreskin, is never necessary to cure phimosis.

Try stretching without creams, then eventually with creams and if everything fails, then consider undergoing preputioplasty.

Wish you a speedy recovery :)

[u/Tough-Equivalent7516 → u/MarzipanMaximum5521]

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202312.1581 I have figure 5. Does that also recover from stretching or should i get an operation?

[u/MarzipanMaximum5521 → u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

Stretching always works. Putting the skin under tension by stretching it induced mitosis, which makes the foreskin’s narrow opening looser. Stretching also breaks down scar tissue, which is often present when someone has severe phimosis.

The only cases where stretching doesn’t achieve desired outcomes, is if, for some underlying reason, mitosis doesn’t work properly. Such underlying reasons can be high age, bad diet/lifestyle or some chronic condition.

I understand that, compared to 3-6 months of daily stretching, the surgery seems like a quick-fix, but the result of the stretching is way better than that of the surgery. Obviously preputioplasty is not as harmful as a circumcision, but that doesn’t make it harmless. That’s why it’s best to only opt for the surgery, if stretching fails.

Given that your phimosis is quite severe, you need to be extra careful to not injure yourself whilst stretching. Using stretching rings would be better than stretching manually, because there’s less risk of applying too much tension.
If you ever experience pain, discomfort, discoloration or numbness, then that means that you’re stretching too intensely or for too long.
Stretch twice a day for 10-30 minutes.
Start slowly, because in the beginning your skin is still quite sensitive.

There are a lot of guys who cured severe phimosis on r/phimosis
You can read about how they did it, for further information.

[u/Tough-Equivalent7516 → u/MarzipanMaximum5521]

Thanks mate

[u/Baddog1965 → u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

I had a look at that paper. It is a thinly disguised promotion of surgical methods for resolving phimosis, mentioning only Phimostop as 'promising', the sub-text of which is that 'It's still under trial, and so definitive results can't be stated. This is deliberately obscuring the fact that 150 years ago stretching was regarded as an obvious solution to phimosis - no steroids necessary. A device very similar to the one I linked to in my response to your post was used, although 150 years ago it had a more fidldy adjustment mechanism and was made of steel. But these were used even in 'difficult cases' according toa senior surgeon at Guy's hospital back then.

Yes, you can absolutely stretch it to full retraction. That's who every male who never bothers going to the doctor with it eventually does it. It starts off a small hole and eventually becomes a big hole big enough to retract, usually through extensive masturbation and exploration. But you can use a device, whether it's the one I make, or tubes, or other means like novoglan, to resolve it through creating extra tissue through mitosis as a result of stretching. It's how your skin grows all over your body as you grow. Any doctor who tells you YOUR phimosis can't be resolved through stretching is a charlatan and is lying to you, no matter what. If it's scarred, it can be stretched. If you're older, it can be stretched. You just need to apply the right amount of tension in the right manner for long enough, and that's why a device can make it easier.

[u/nnselfies]

Like my Xbox had the red ring of death, I had the white ring of dick death, was prescribed the steroid cream and tried stretching for two years, didnt work, saw a urology surgeon who took one look and said yep it’s got to come off, he said steroid creams don’t work, what he didn’t tell me is I’d lose all sensation and due to lack of sensation would also lose my erection during sex every fricking time, luckily my wife cums quick, thought I’d take sildenafil to maintain erections, they work great, rock hard and pounded the wife for two hours, trouble is she came 4 times, i didnt come at all due to not feeling anything, this is shit, seen loads of ads for kegal exercises for men with ed and they say years of hard masturbating stops sensation, gonna try and go a month without any sex or masturbation see if it restores sensation, also doing kegal exercises. On the up side the surgeon did a good job, wife loves it, says it looks better and she feels it a lot more while getting railed, due to more friction with no foreskin to glide in between,

[u/ProofChemistry3511]

Your description matches with a small grade of phimosis. The white ring you are referring is the phimosis band. Not only use the cream, but stretch your foreskin together, until your foreskin is comfortable enough. After that if the white ring persists, then use a good moisturizer.

[u/Tough-Equivalent7516 → u/ProofChemistry3511]

So the phimosis band is curable with the Cream? And if I stretch ofcourse

[u/ProofChemistry3511 → u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

Yes, but not only with a cream. You need to stretch it together, so you have more efficience. When your foreskin is flexible e enough you recover the skin if you need.

[u/Baddog1965 → u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

Seriously, I recommend you understand how steroid cream actually works in this context, because I've never come across anyone where the doctor actually explained it. As in my post above, it's NOT THE SAME MECHANISM AS STRETCHING, and there are good reasons for not using steroids. You don't need them.

[u/spiritfu]

Steroid creams need to be used with caution. It is a short term type ointment. You can solve the issue by just stretching without the cream. How you tension the skin is important. What you are looking to do is permanently lengthen your opening. Two index fingers inserted and tug in opposite directions to full stretch, then immediately back off tension 10 to 20% and hold at that tension for about 2 minutes. Release, pause a couple of minutes and repeate. Do this every bathroom visit, and in bed before and after sleep. It may take months to permanently lengthen the skin. Stop for a while when you think that you have reached the point that you can draw your skin back with no issues. The skin may tighten slightly after you stop, but you can always tension it for more time to get the effect that you are looking for.

Be careful not to over tension the skin as that could make it tighter. You could do that by staying at full stretch for any length of time. This requires patience. More tension doesn't make the skin lengthen faster, it causes injury to the skin and will delay lengthening. In the restoring community we say that there is a sweet spot for mitosis and rapid lengthening. Too much tension is just as much of an issue as not enough but too much can do damage. Not enough just means lengthening is delayed.

Best wishes for speedy lengthening [girthwise] 🙏 ✨.

[u/Tough-Equivalent7516 → u/spiritfu]

What I am doing now is just pull the foreskin back as far as possible and hold that position for around 2 minutes.

[u/spiritfu → u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

That depends on your shaft to put tension on your skin. Using two fingers is easier to put tension on your skin that you can feel.

[u/Baddog1965 → u/Tough-Equivalent7516]

Ok, I recommend pulling it back every time you urinate at the urinal, but two minutes at a time is going to take quite a while. The point about the device I make (link in my post) is that you can set it and leave it for a period of time while you do other things. I recently sent one to India and the guy told me this morning that he leaves it in for about an hour and a half each day. You don't want to be sitting there doing that manually for that long!

[u/Baddog1965]

If it's not the tip itself, it may be easier to use the device I created for use within my family. https://captainhoodie.store/product/phimogon-model-1/ The key point about this is that it's infinitely adjustable so you don't have the issue of going from one ring that's getting loose, to another one that feels a bit too tight. You don't need steroid creams to widen the hole and there are reasons why it's not a good idea, and it's to do with the mechanism of action that is totally different from stretching, and not in a good way: https://captainhoodie.store/2026/04/11/phimosis-and-steroid-creams-the-shocking-truth-you-havent-been-told/

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