Does excessive foreskin affect sexual life?

Patient's question:

Does excessive duration have a significant impact on sexual life? Is surgery necessary?

Doctor's answer:

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Penile phimosis refers to a condition where the foreskin completely covers the glans penis, and the glans cannot naturally protrude. However, during cleaning, masturbation, or sexual intercourse, the foreskin can be retracted to expose the glans. Therefore, phimosis is different from balanitis. Balanitis refers to a condition where the foreskin not only covers the glans but also cannot be retracted to expose it.
Whether it is phimosis or balanitis, it can have harmful effects on both men and women and should be treated early.
For men themselves, phimosis can easily lead to infections and the accumulation of smegma. Long-term chronic irritation can cause chronic inflammation (such as balanitis), and in severe cases, it may even induce cancerous changes.
It is also highly disadvantageous for women. If a husband has phimosis, smegma can enter the female reproductive tract during sexual intercourse, and repeated long-term chronic irritation of the cervix may lead to cervical cancer. Medical studies have found that among Jewish male infants who undergo circumcision shortly after birth, the incidence of cervical cancer in their wives is extremely low. Some studies have compared women whose husbands have not been circumcised with those whose husbands have undergone circumcision, and found that the former have an 8-fold higher incidence of cervical cancer than the latter.
Given these survey results, it is recommended that individuals with phimosis, especially those with balanitis, undergo surgical treatment early. This would be highly beneficial for both themselves and their wives.