Foreskin Rolls Over Itself (Amongst Other Issues), Advice? Pictures Included

Men's health
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Hi all,

TLDR - see my questions at the bottom of this post.

This will be quite long as I think the context is important, and I have attached images as I think it is not easy to explain in words.

Essentially, when I was about 18 I was diagnosed with phimosis, and at that time the inability to retract it was so bad, my GP immediately offered a circumcision. I did not want this, and to be honest, the whole idea completely freaked me out so I declined it - and went down the route of trying pretty much everything else although I never used the cream.

Anyway, skip a few years later (I'm 22 now), and I went to see my GP again - this time with a foreskin that was far more retractable than ever before. Having examined it himself, he was very impressed with my progress and said I should not need a circumcision now. His advice now essentially was "try it out [have sex], see what happens, and if you have any problems, come back and we'll see what we can do". And at that time, I could get it almost all the way back but not completely back past the head. He told me to try and get it past the head as this is important etc. And as long as I am not feeling any pain, I should try and do this.

However, I have run into a series of new problems. I have a longer than average foreskin which means it sort of hangs over the tip by quite a bit. It is also sufficiently long to cover beyond the tip even when erect, almost like a nozzle on the end. This means the opening is narrow and hence has been difficult to retract. I started retracting a lot more to try and get it behind the head - which to be honest - I am very scared to do in case it gets stuck. But during this process, I got about about 75% down my head and as my foreskin rolled back up I noticed it was starting to roll over itself. For the most part, I was able to fix this. But I have noticed that while my foreskin still more than covers the tip of my penis, it is around 5% shorter than it was prior to retracting. And this is because I have noticed the what I think is the opening of my foreskin has sort of rolled underneath the main part of it, almost as if it is inside out, and I cannot seem to get it back out from underneath to on top, as the opening, where it should be.

My GP has looked at this and gave me the impression if I kept trying etc. it would eventually go back into position. Well, admittedly I have not tried very hard or in a very disciplined way, but we're well over six months later and I still cannot get it back in position. My understanding is, I should retract the foreskin, and then try and grab the opening from underneath and pull it back up. This is very difficult for me because a) my head is very sensistive, b) that part of the foreskin seems very thin so is hard to grab and c) it seems to be pretty sticky / dry against the glans so is really difficult to get it to move. Really - I want some advice on the best way to approach this and get the opening back from underneath the foreskin to its initial position.

Ironically, since I had this issue with the opening being sort of rolled underneath the foreskin, my foreskin has actually been far easier to retract as it is slightly shorter and the opening is wider - but I am assuming I need to work towards getting the actual opening tucked underneath back to its initial position and work with that.

So I have attached some pictures. In all these pictures, my foreskin appears about 5-10% shorter than it was before since some of it appears to be tucked underneath. This really confused my GP initially because he said it looked normal and I really had to explain to him that for me, it was normally longer than this. My GP also had a go at trying to pull the opening back out from where it has rolled underneath my main foreskin but was unsuccessful.

Anyway, all pictures are of it flaccid. Three pictures show my penis on a normal day to day basis where I have not really touched it. One picture shows my penis head after retracting it. Another picture shows my frenulum.

Finally, two pictures show me retracting the foreskin - and hopefully you can see the bit I am talking about, where it seems to be sort of rolled under / stuck underneath the main foreskin. This is the bit I want to pull back up, rather than leave it tucked underneath, as I believe it is the opening and the missing 5% in length of my foreskin. So essentially, when it goes back up, the foreskin just goes up over the top of that bit of skin.

Appreciate my glans also look kind of red / greyish. My GP looked at this and also said it was "in the normal range" and that this was due to a tight foreskin / not being exposed enough etc.

So my four questions are this:

1. What is the best way / best technique to try and get the opening of my foreskin that seems to be tucked underneath, how can I get this back to its position? Is there a special technique for this other than trying to grab it and pull it back up from the inside out? Would it be easier to try and do it when the penis is erect?

2. My GP thinks my frenulum may be too short, is it actually too short?

3. I'm absolutely terrified of having sex in case something goes wrong (still a virgin) - would I be able to have sex even with the opening of the foreskin sort of rolled underneath and the frenulum pictured above? And does it matter if I have not quite yet been able to retract it behind the head because of this problem? Masturbating is completely fine / painless / pleasurable and always has been, even before I started retracting. I wouldn't have even known there was an issue unless someone told me we were suppose to retract it.

4. Is having the opening of the foreskin sort of rolled underneath the main foreskin like this a major issue? Could it lead to problems in future if I cannot get it fixed or back in position? Like I say, it has been like this for the best part of half a year and I've not had any issues but I am concerned I need to get this sorted. Also, I am aware I need to trim!

Thanks for reading and any help!

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Looks normal colour-wise to me. Maybe you need to use moisturiser or specialist gp - prescribed cream to help the stretching. I'm sure there are devices which can be used to gradually stretch the narrowest part of your foreskin. I don't see how intercourse would be any problem at all - probably easier than masturbation as the gliding action is not required as long as your partner produces enough natural lubrication or you use lube. eg KY jelly. Just 2 slight concerns   ; the frenulum does look a bit short on one side and may need to be released surgically (NOT circumcision, though, as some doctors might advocate). I say this because, once you do stretch and release your foreskin, it could be pulled back further than the frenulum permits, and during vigorous thrusting, it could tear and bleed. The other concern is that not being able to restract the skin fully and having this 'curl - over" that you describe at the tip could cause problems later in life. I'm now 67 and as time has passed, my skin generally is drier. A couple of times, if I have forgotten to use cream after washing, small areas of my foreskin have attached and then torn off the top layer of skin from the glans, causing pain and bleeding. (These adhesions sometimes happen after internal operations in the abdomen, though in a larger area, and have to be re-operated on). I can imagine that where your foreskin is not released to pass easily behind the corona (ridge between shaft and glans) you could experience adhesions. I doubt this would happen any time soon, however, so I hope you can relax about all this, but I think you are right to persist in eventually remedying the problem you describe. Above all, though, I hope you don't continue to delay the joy and pleasure of intercourse with a loving and understanding partner as soon as you and s / he are ready !  

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Hi,

So thank you A LOT for this, I really appreciate it!

I have tried somewhat more aggressively and in a more disciplined way to get the foreskin untucked and the opening back to its initial position. If anything, I have actually made it worse and there is slightly more tucked in on itself than before. I have bought some KY Jelly to see if I can somehow use that to help. I am not sure how to apply it? Do I just apply it to my glans? My foreskin? Or both? And then try and pull it back to its correct position? Or will this not help? The foreskin that is tucked in on itself seems very stubborn and if you pull it down far enough it sort of unravels but it seems sort of thin and stuck to the head, so it is difficult to grab it and pull it back up, especially with such sensitive glans. Instead, the foreskin just rolls over the top of it. Any advice on a technique for trying to sort this, because I just seem to be making it worse?

However, I have been able to pull the foreskin down to just above the corona where I found quite a bit of smegma. I was a little shocked as the rest of my head seems quite clean considering. And also this smegma seems to be quite stubborn. I am finding it really difficult to remove it which is partly because of its position and also partly because it seems kind of dried out. Like, it seems very stubborn and because my head is so sensitive, it is really difficult to wipe it away with either my finger or water in the shower. Any advice around this? Do I just have to keep trying and eventually it will go? Obviously stretching my foreskin this far down then makes the problem of it rolling over itself worse on the way back up which is frustrating.

If anyone else can chip in, really appreciate too. I really want to fix it so I can focus on stretching it normally and with the original opening where it should be (rather than having it tucked underneath). I am anxious that now a bit more of it is tucked in on itself that it will get irritated. I don't understand why this is so difficult, surely if it got itself into that position into the first place, it should be able to go back to its initial position it was in for the first 20 years of my life?

Or should I give up and go back to my GP and see if he can help again or to get some cream? When I first talked to him about this, he gave me the impression that I'd be able to get it back into its original opening position after a few weeks of trying and that it would happen less frequently the more I stretched. But I have not been able to get it back ever since, it just keeps tucking in on itself! Worst case, is it possible to be put under anaesthetic and have a urologist or someone just force it back to its correct position?

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Try to apply the Jelly on the glans only then dry your fingertips as you'll need to be able to grip the outer skin of your foreskin to encourage it back to the tip of your penis.

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Hi, im not sure if i had the same foreskin rolling back issue. But mine keeps rolling back even when it is flaccid. May i know how was your progress whether did u managed to get it back to cover the glans.

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hi, you never mentioned how old you are? also do you have enough foreskin to cover your glans? is it painful at the moment? has it ever been fully covered for you? also how did you get in to this situation?

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Hi Jay. im 27. i have foreskin but it doesnt have enough to fully cover the glans. its only able to when its super flaccid. its isnt painful, but just uncomfortable.