Patient's question:
Having a foreskin makes my penis very small, and it hasn't grown for several years. This is causing me a lot of distress.Doctor's answer:
Hinders penis development, affects sexual harmony: Phimosis can affect the growth and development of the penis. During puberty, since the glans is tightly covered by the foreskin and lacks the necessary external stimulation, the development of the glans is significantly restricted. This leads to a noticeably smaller circumference of the glans after the sexual organs have matured, impacting sexual pleasure. In adults, excessive foreskin or phimosis can affect normal sexual life. Particularly for men with a very tight foreskin circumference, the foreskin cannot be retracted, becoming tightly trapped at the corona, resulting in paraphimosis, which is extremely painful. In severe cases, the glans may swell due to poor blood flow, and in extreme cases, it may even lead to glans necrosis.