Hi,

Recently, up until a few days ago I started thinking about how i've never really pulled back my foreskin (it happened a few times by mistake thats all). I searched the internet for solutions and I came across the term phimosis and immediately believed that this was what I had. I learned about the stretching techniques but found them awkward to accomplish so I set about stretching the foreskin while I was in the shower.

2 days ago I pulled it back when flacid half way. It was a little tight but bearable. Last night I did the same in the shower and I had also read about how to desensitise the head so i gritted my teeth and put water over my head and to my surprise it wasnt that bad. I then rubbed it gently and I was ok with this I suppose.

Where I'm going with all of this is that now maybe I dont think I have phimosis at all as I only started doing this 2 days ago and I can pull it back when flacid ( havent plucked up the courage to try when erect yet) and from what i have read, guys with phimosis cant even pull it back at all at first.

When I was pulling it back i pulled it to the point just before it completely goes behind the head as I had also read about paraphimosis so I figured that maybe I was doing too much too soon so I would wait a bit and get used to this whole new process.

Today though i pulled it back completely and i was ok with this again but when I went to pull the foreskin back over the head I found it really difficult and I got nervous. It took ages. Eventually it rolled in on itself but didnt completely cover the head if you know what I mean? About 2 hours later after going to the bathroom a few times the pressure of the urine coming out fixed all of this.

How do I fix this? Is this normal for someone who has never pulled their foreskin back and is starting to do so? Will it gradually get easier over time the more I do it?

Also, i'm 25. Ive been having sex for about 6 years although Ive worn a condom each time so i never noticed the problem of having to pull back my foreskin.

Im trying to fix this problem at the moment as I cant have sex without a condom and I want to. I think it might be mostly psychological as ive never associated sex or masturbation with pulling the foreskin back so i assume its just a matter of getting used to it. ie when i put the water and touched the head I was so sure it would hurt like hell as that was what i had read but to my surprise it didnt really...only slight twinges which kind of felt quite good.

Can someone help and reassure me that i dont have phimosis? Also can anyone help with my problem of pulling the foreskin back over the head? I only tried that today but i vaguely remember that when the foreskin went back by mistake over the years I also found it hard to pull it back.

Sorry for the long post...im trying not to leave anything out. Thanks in advance for all of your help.