Extreme Sensitivity of the Head of My Penis Posted: 02-19-07 14:16pm
I'm about to describe a very rare and
disabling problem that I've had for many
years... and I'm 20 years old now.
At about the age of 8, as accurately as I
can remember, I started noticing that the
head (tip) of my penis started becoming
very sensitive to
touch/fabrics/materials/etc. At that point
I was not circumcised and neither I am now
(and I won't be able to get circumcised as
you get to read a more about the problem
below).
Over the years the sensitivity has become
'hypersensitivity' and now I cannot touch
the tip of my penis without experiencing
extreme pain - and in which case, I
immediately stop touching. The only times
I touch it is when I wash myself in the
shower but I cannot touch it at any other
time. It is not pain sensitive to water,
but it definitely is sensitive to the
slightest bit of change in water
temperature - so that means that the water
must be perfect each time. There is no
pain when the tip is covered by the
foreskin, but when it becomes exposed -
that's when it cannot be touched.
In the past, I had a problem where the
foreskin would not retract all the way
back like it normally should, and I had
surgeons try to cut it loose so that it
would retract back (I was about 5 years
old then), but they failed the first time.
The second time it was done was when I was
8 years old and they succeeded but that's
when I started feeling the sensitivity to
increase.
I have not been able to have sex due to
this problem because the pain I get from a
simple touch is not even worth trying.
I have tried all kinds of anti-bacterial,
anti-fungual, senstivity-removing, and
repairing creams - all with no help. I
tried all kinds of medication and that did
not help either. I went to the best
urological center in Canada and they told
me that my problem is not urology related,
but most likely psychologically related.
They explained that when the foreskin
doesn't retract in young boys, they just
circumcise them, but the procedure that
they did on me most likely has caused a
traumatic disorder and damaged nerve
endings in my tip. I've been to a
psychiatrist and he said that I have a
hypersensitivity pain disorder that is
most likely coming from my Aspergers
syndrome diagnosis, and that progressive
desensitizing exercises would help. I have
followed those exercises religiously, all
to have no success with them whatsoever.
Any ideas? This problem is actually making
me QUITE depressed, and I will do ANYTHING
it takes to get that hypersensitivity to
go away. Any suggestions will be
appreciated, thanks.
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futurelovers
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Posted: 03-03-07 09:41am
Anyone?
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Stan
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Posted: 03-03-07 16:55pm
God, why is it that every time something
is somewhat mysterious doctors like to
call it psychological? Seriously, this
needs to stop sometime. Anyway, I would
say it seems to me something is
restricting blood flow or putting pressure
onto the nerve centers responsible for
feeling in the glans. Question though,
what is it like just walking around,
sitting and so forth? Any pain then?
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futurelovers
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Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 101
Posted: 03-05-07 11:24am
Well like I said, as long as the head is
covered by the foreskin - it feels
completely fine and normal. I can walk,
run, sit, and not feel anything. But as
soon as the head becomes exposed - it's
JUST the head (the glands) that have the
extreme pain sensitivity. I think you
might be right that the nerves might be
damaged in the glands, and in which
case... what can be done to fix that?
Thanks for helping!
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futurelovers
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Posted: 03-10-07 06:52am
Anyone else?
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healthy-model
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Posted: 03-12-07 11:46am
perhaps seeing a neurologist may help...
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futurelovers
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Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 101
Posted: 04-12-07 12:55pm
OK, I will schedule a neurologist.
I've been wondering about something
though... maybe it could be the source of
the pain:
When I had the surgical procedure done to
release the foreskin from being 'glued' to
the glands - could they have damaged my
nerve endings by cutting the flesh of the
foreskin from the glands themselves? I
have a feeling that it's a problem with my
nerves just in that particular area due to
that operation...
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futurelovers
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Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 101
Posted: 04-12-07 21:50pm
Oh and one other possibility is that I
have Aspergers syndrome and if that's the
case, then one of those hypersensitivities
in my condition then happens to be on the
tip of my penis.
So if in the above case - what would I be
able to do to fix that?
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OneHelluvaProblem
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Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 3
Re: Extreme Sensitivity of the Head of My Penis Posted: 05-15-07 00:48am
futurelovers
wrote:
I'm about to describe a very
rare and disabling problem that I've had
for many years... and I'm 20 years old
now.
At about the age of 8, as accurately as I
can remember, I started noticing that the
head (tip) of my penis started becoming
very sensitive to
touch/fabrics/materials/etc. At that point
I was not circumcised and neither I am now
(and I won't be able to get circumcised as
you get to read a more about the problem
below).
Over the years the sensitivity has become
'hypersensitivity' and now I cannot touch
the tip of my penis without experiencing
extreme pain - and in which case, I
immediately stop touching. The only times
I touch it is when I wash myself in the
shower but I cannot touch it at any other
time. It is not pain sensitive to water,
but it definitely is sensitive to the
slightest bit of change in water
temperature - so that means that the water
must be perfect each time. There is no
pain when the tip is covered by the
foreskin, but when it becomes exposed -
that's when it cannot be touched.
In the past, I had a problem where the
foreskin would not retract all the way
back like it normally should, and I had
surgeons try to cut it loose so that it
would retract back (I was about 5 years
old then), but they failed the first time.
The second time it was done was when I was
8 years old and they succeeded but that's
when I started feeling the sensitivity to
increase.
I have not been able to have sex due to
this problem because the pain I get from a
simple touch is not even worth trying.
I have tried all kinds of anti-bacterial,
anti-fungual, senstivity-removing, and
repairing creams - all with no help. I
tried all kinds of medication and that did
not help either. I went to the best
urological center in Canada and they told
me that my problem is not urology related,
but most likely psychologically related.
They explained that when the foreskin
doesn't retract in young boys, they just
circumcise them, but the procedure that
they did on me most likely has caused a
traumatic disorder and damaged nerve
endings in my tip. I've been to a
psychiatrist and he said that I have a
hypersensitivity pain disorder that is
most likely coming from my Aspergers
syndrome diagnosis, and that progressive
desensitizing exercises would help. I have
followed those exercises religiously, all
to have no success with them whatsoever.
Any ideas? This problem is actually making
me QUITE depressed, and I will do ANYTHING
it takes to get that hypersensitivity to
go away. Any suggestions will be
appreciated,
thanks.
I've got the same problem.
I always thought that I was unable to
retract my foreskin because I hadn't
matured entirely, but being 18 years of
age I've started to raise an eyebrow.
Especially after an incident where I was
extremely intoxicated, and in recieving a
hand job, had my skin pulled back entirely
- with MUCH pain involved, thank christ I
had a bottle of vodka that night. I went
on to have sex - with a whole ton of
dulled out by alcohol pain. Recently I've
been stretching my foreskin and finding a
strong buildup of smegma. With the extreme
sensitivity I'm feeling on my glans, its
very uncomfortable to retract at all.
Tonight I managed to retract my foreskin
entirely. Huge accomplishment in my books
hahaha. Though to my horror I found a
whole ton of hardend smegma, just freaking
chunks of it covering the end of the
glans, towards the shaft. So at the back
of my head there was a ton of nasty
smegma. I hopped in the shower immediately
and started cleaning - painful as all
hell; so I sat in the bath and let it
soak. I shook a lot off, but some of it
was just stuck, so I slowly picked away,
painful as hell.
Now I've got all the big peices taken care
of, but the problem is, there is still a
layer of just small stuff. And that is
painful as hell to touch.
I'm really looking for some sort've cure
or treatment or something - I've been
working at this on my own as it is
extremely embarassing, but if there is a
sure fire way of stopping this - I'd be
willing to come out with it and see a
doctor.
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Hell Fire
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Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 74 Location: Plymouth UK, UK
Posted: 05-15-07 13:48pm
A good friend of mine has this problem (im
a agony aunt for all my mates when it
comes to stuff like this lol). He tried
stretching his forskin everyday whilest
using a numbing gel. It seem to help well
and he was able after a month or so clean
himself ok etc. His forskin is still tight
and im urging him to a doctor as
circumsision will resolve this and in time
the head of the penis does harden up and
become less sensative. For example. When i
1st became sexually active my clit was so
sensative it actually hurt to touch. After
touching myself etc everything day and
increasing the pressure i can now touch my
clit no prob and its now pleasurable. So
persaverance, patients and a good numbing
cream like anal gel etc. The head is
always the most sensative part anyway.
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OneHelluvaProblem
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Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 05-15-07 20:48pm
Hell Fire
wrote:
A good friend of mine has
this problem (im a agony aunt for all my
mates when it comes to stuff like this
lol). He tried stretching his forskin
everyday whilest using a numbing gel. It
seem to help well and he was able after a
month or so clean himself ok etc. His
forskin is still tight and im urging him
to a doctor as circumsision will resolve
this and in time the head of the penis
does harden up and become less sensative.
For example. When i 1st became sexually
active my clit was so sensative it
actually hurt to touch. After touching
myself etc everything day and increasing
the pressure i can now touch my clit no
prob and its now pleasurable. So
persaverance, patients and a good numbing
cream like anal gel etc. The head is
always the most sensative part
anyway.
I figured it would sort've die down
eventually over time. Thing is - when I
pulled it back and let it dry up a bit,
the head lost a lot of sensitivity, so I'm
thinking letting it air up a bit would
help. also where can i find some numbing
gel? it burns like fire to touch.
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futurelovers
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Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 101
Posted: 05-16-07 01:03am
I also agree that it burns like fire to
touch. I tried all kinds of desensitizing
techniques for a long period of time but
they didn't help at all...
I think the problem lies in the fact that
the surgical procedure I had done had
damaged the nerve endings and tissues on
the tip - and that is why they are
responding with unbelievable pain.
I will keep on trying things and if
someone works - I will make a post here.
Thanks for all the replies so far. Let's
all try to figure out what we can do...
this can't be affecting us for the rest of
our lives.
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OneHelluvaProblem
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 05-16-07 02:35am
futurelovers
wrote:
I also agree that it burns
like fire to touch. I tried all kinds of
desensitizing techniques for a long period
of time but they didn't help at all...
I think the problem lies in the fact that
the surgical procedure I had done had
damaged the nerve endings and tissues on
the tip - and that is why they are
responding with unbelievable pain.
I will keep on trying things and if
someone works - I will make a post here.
Thanks for all the replies so far. Let's
all try to figure out what we can do...
this can't be affecting us for the rest of
our lives.
Well I was able to pull the foreskin back
on my own for the very first time just two
days ago. I've cleaned religiously since
then and I'm noticing its becoming easier
and easier to pull it back, but the level
of sensitivity is relatively the same. I
have noticed however that the very tip of
my glans is starting to ease up. I was
able to just touch it today and it was
almost numb to touch.
I'm moving slowly and staying positive - I
figure the sensitivity isn't going to be
too much for too long - I'll eventually
lose the insane sensitivity soon. It
reminds me of touching VERY raw skin, so
I'm guessing thats all it is. Just needs a
little more exposure.
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Hell Fire
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Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 74 Location: Plymouth UK, UK
Posted: 05-16-07 11:27am
Well i found the cheapest place for the
numbing gel is ebay. usually anal
desensatising gel is fine actually. If not
a site like lovehoney etc will sell it and
any sex shop really.
Yes air will help harden you up a bit, its
just taking time getting used to it. My
clit wasnt as bad but it did hurt like
hell especialy when i chaffed against
cloths etc or even sat down sometimes! I
hope it works for you. Just keep at it and
let me know how it goes. As said i sorted
my mates prob. Because of his sensativity
he was still a virgin at 25 and had never
had a girlfriend because of it. Now hes
much happier! lol.
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KhamidSan
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Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Happy World
Posted: 05-30-07 23:10pm
Hell Fire
wrote:
Well i found the cheapest
place for the numbing gel is ebay. usually
anal desensatising gel is fine actually.
If not a site like lovehoney etc will sell
it and any sex shop really.
Yes air will help harden you up a bit, its
just taking time getting used to it. My
clit wasnt as bad but it did hurt like
hell especialy when i chaffed against
cloths etc or even sat down sometimes! I
hope it works for you. Just keep at it and
let me know how it goes. As said i sorted
my mates prob. Because of his sensativity
he was still a virgin at 25 and had never
had a girlfriend because of it. Now hes
much happier!
lol.
Without a doctor recommendation?
Congratulation if she's be happier ..
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Tony_ld
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Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 06-09-07 14:02pm
Hi, everyone! I also have the same
problem, at least I think it is the same,
and I registered here to get some advice
about it. First of all, I would like to
apologise for my not-so-perfect English,
it's not my mother tongue and I'm still
learning it.
I'm 18 years old. I'm uncircumcised, and I
have this problem since I can remember,
but when I was a kid, I didn't pay
attention to it, because I thought it was
normal and that it would disappear when I
grow up. But, it's the same now... I'm
virgin and I'm afraid how will my future
girlfriend respond to this problem...
I also have a fordyce condition, and
before I had self-diagnosed it, I thought
it was the reason for this
hypersensitivity. But, I found out on the
internet that fordyce condition is common
and harmless.
About the sensitivity of the head, it
hurts when I rub it, but not when I just
press it with my finger and do not move
it. It hurts when I separate my finger
from the head. Is it the same with you,
guys?
When I masturbate, of course, with my
foreskin over the head, it doesn't hurt at
all.
I'm very happy to have found this forum. I
have already searched the whole net about
this problem and I haven't found
anything...
I hope that we will get rid of our
problem...
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futurelovers
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 101
Posted: 06-14-07 23:08pm
Hi Tony_ld - thanks for sharing your
problem. What you described sounds exactly
the same as my problem.
I was just recently diagnosed and they
said that such a problem most likely is
caused by trauma of some sort, and it is
called "dynia". The word dynia itself just
means pain, so in order to describe pain
on the tip of the penis, you would have to
add the word glans (head of penis) +
dynia... so most likely it is called
glansdynia. I couldn't find anything on
glansdynia, but I found the exact same
problem in females - called vulvodynia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulvodynia
I was given Amitryptiline and a topical
cream called Xylocaine. We'll see how this
works out...
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Tony_ld
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Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 06-15-07 10:43am
Thank You very much! This is the first
information about this problem that I have
found on the net.
I sincerely hope that this treatment will
help you.
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mplanck180
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Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 3
Posted: 06-18-07 17:35pm
it can happen
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Tony_ld
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Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 07-15-07 16:27pm
futurelovers
wrote:
I was given Amitryptiline and a topical
cream called Xylocaine. We'll see how this
works out...
