Males who are UN-circumcised....I have a question?!

A boys foreskin should never be forcably retracted. Only your son should ever pull his foreskin back if there is resistance. It is naturally fused to the head, completely normal. We are all born like that. In time the adhesions will seperate on their own, and your son will be able to pull the foreskin back himself. Clean around the foreskin opening and teach him the same when he is old enough.
When the time comes, he will pull his foreskin back and be able to clean under it. In the mean time, the fused skin will keep itself clean. it is natural and normal for all boys.
I am not circumcised.

Hope this helped you a bit. Good Luck

At 11, he will be able to tell if it hurts to pull his foreskin back or not. If it is still attached, don't worry. It is normal, as he starts pulling it, the skin will separate naturally. If the foreskin is loose enough that it is not causing problems for him to urinate, then have him gently pull the skin back himself but not to the point of causing pain. Have him do it in a warm bath so he can clean it while he pulls it back. The warmth and moisture will help to relax the skin. If the skin is loose enough that he can expose some of his glans, then he should be able to stretch the foreskin himself. Give it some time, unless there is another issue.

personal experience and research.
non-circumcised male

If it is VERY tight then he runs risk of phimosis and he will be in a world of hurt. If he is a baby, you will not be able to fully reveal the head. But if it isn't stretched back some, he could get phimosis and then infections are going to be a constant problem. Also, erections will be painful. American docs are indeed used to dealing with uncircumcised males.

It is true that it should be easy to pull back, but not TOO easy, it should offer some resistance. But if it appears to be particularly painful to pull the skin back, it probably is too tight.

The foreskin isn't supposed to be tight, but it certainly isn't loose either.

You really should have the boy circumcised. In American a circumcised penis is considered normal. There are far fewer health concerns and problems with a circumcised penis too. Looking down the road, many girls and women refuse to have sexual intercourse with a man who is not circumcised.

it will stretch on lt,s own. how old is your son? if he,s just a child give him a few more yrs. when he gets older then you can worry about it going back. as long as he can pee that,s all that matters.

Don't get him circumcised whatever you do, honestly the worst thing a mother can do to her child. To the other person: maybe back in the day it was normal, now the tables have turned. Only 30% of newborns are getting circ'd, still entirely too many considering it has no benefits and mutilates and destroys the functioning of the penis. Some boys can't pull the foreskin back until like in high school. If it is hurting him there are stretchs you can do. If you have questions you can get me through email.

Good job on keeping your son intact, 10 years ago America was a whole different beast about this issue. Now who looks like a smarty pants.

He can try to stretch it or to use steroid creams, if it's not too tight. Only a doctor can tell this. If some urologist talks about surgery, you should take a second advice before considering it. Circumcision is not the only surgery possible by the way. If the phimosis is not too severe, a preputioplasty will achieve good results. Nevertheless, they are right when they say that he should be able to easily and fully retract his foreskin.

I had a preputioplasty in childhood and it was fine. I had a circumcision a few years ago for other reasons and it's also fine. Don't listen to extremists on both sides. You've made the best decision for your son.

Please don't circumcise your child yet. As your son gets older chances are his phimosis will resolve by itself with proper penile care and hygiene.

"A 1968 Danish study of 9,545 boys, which distinguished between phimosis and preputial adhesion, found that both conditions steadily declined with age. Phimosis was 8% among 6-7 year olds but only 1% among 16-17 year olds. "

Edit: Is his foreskin still adhered to his glans? Natural foreskin retraction usually occurs between 10 and 11 years old and as late as the late teens. Whatever you do, do not allow the doctor to forcibly retract your sons foreskin.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2019851/?tool=pmcentrez