Does your foreskin retract by itself/automatically when you get erect?

Mine is a short foreskin. I don't think I was circumcised and I have no way of finding out apart from asking my (female) doctor to take a look. At best, If I roll it up fully, it covers half the head and with an erection it retracts fully and stays there after the erection. IMO it's the best of both worlds. There's enough to roll up and down during masturbation which feels incredible.

During an erection, the foreskin covers half of the glans. The foreskin can then also be pulled behind and over the glans. This means that I can move the foreskin back and forth over the glans when masturbating. During sex, I always pull it back completely so that the glans is exposed.

When I'm getting erected, my foreskin pulls back slightly and the top of the glans is visible. During masturbation it keeps like that and the pull/push works perfect over the edge. During sex, depending on the mood and position, either the foreskin is pushed back by getting into her hands-free or she pulls it back by hand just before invading. Sometimes she loves to touch and grab the hard and stiff penis which is getting into her easily.

Mine does, not completely, but it does about half way.

When I get erect my foreskin retracts completely exposing my complete glans. As a baby my foreskin was stretched and I guess so to regular masturbation it’s become quite lose. But it’s also not very long. Even when I am soft my glans is mostly slightly visible. And I like to keep my foreskin retracted and if my penis is not moved around a lot in my underwear it stays retracted.

Like @rhs I like to pull it back tightly for sex, especially when using a condom.

I'm a grower and while being flaccid, my foreskin forms quite an overhang. During an erection my foreskin still covers the head completely, although sometimes the meatus can be seen. I can retract my foreskin easily, but once erect I have a feeling of my foreskin being slightly stretched while passing the corona of my head. Once pulled back completely, my foreskin will stay there during an erection most of the time. When flaccid, my short frenulum tends to pull my foreskin back forward.

When I had one if I was lying on my back with an erection it would usually retract by itself or with very little touch. Standing up with an erection it usually did not unless I was holding it because it tends to point a little downwards when standing.

My foreskin retracts to expose my gland when erect, my wife and my doctor fully retracts for their particular requirements without difficulty possibly due to my mothers attention to my foreskin at bathtime and bedtime as a child.

Yes, mine does

My foreskin retracts to expose my gland when erect

Mine can retract normally however it doesn't on its own when I'm erect. I have a pretty long foreskin.

Mine doesn’t retract automatically when I’m hard. When I’m soft, it covers almost my whole glans with just a little bit of the tip peeking out. If I want the head fully exposed while erect, I have to pull it back manually.

Mine partially retracts when fully erect. When flaccid it can be retracted fully now.

My foreskin doesn't retract automatically, when erect. I have loose and long foreskin.

I am a grower and my willy doubles in length when I get erect, however as I have quite a bit of overhang soft, my foreskin generally does not retract automatically to reveal my glans when I get hard.

Still, there is a bit of a variety in my coverage when hard, from a 1 cm foreskin nipple, through a little peek of the meatus to 1/3 of the glans visible.

Growing up and seeing adult penis drawings in medical books I was expecting my penis to "grow out" of the long overhang and my foreskin to start retracting automatically during erections. That never quite happened, perhaps also due to my foreskin being snugish when erect.

Is lack of automatic retraction an issue? What would be the "norm" in medical or social/esthetic terms? Are there doctors which would find it unusual? I sometimes see the term "redundant prepuce" used in medical literature.

It retracted automatically when I was in my Teens and twens. Since I am roundabout 30years old, olny the tip of the glans exposes, like when I was a boy.

@zak

If I might ask, what is the reason why foreskin does no longer retract by its own when becoming erect, if it did in your teens?

Thanks!

I don't know. My penis did not get smaller since then.

@zak

@Acroposthion

There are several reasons why the skin gets less flexible, like age-related change in skin structure, scaring after microscopic injuries during intercourse, Diabetes and Lichen sclerosus (and others,too).

@Longskinner

The length of your prepuce by itself without a phimotic ring isn't problematic as long as it dosn't bother you. If you dont have any problems (pain, swelling, inflamation, whatsoever) than there is no need for any intervention. The term "redundant prepuce" mostly occurs in medical textbooks from the US where circumcision is widespread and culturally accepted as mostly benefitial.

Some men although might have problems due to the bunching up of foreskin behind the glans during intercourse, like micro injuries during penetrative sex or problems using a condom. In this case one might argue that the amount of skin itself can be a problem for the individual man. Hence, a doctor might recommend stretching or circumcision if he is counseld for help. In this case the pressure of suffering of the individual man seeking for help would be the indication to intervene, not the anatomy itself.

Although my writing above might apply to most European countries, doctors in countries where circumcision is widespread and seen benefitial might just recommend it anyways.

@BillyGreen

Thanks for the detailed consideration. To my understanding long foreskin may exacerbate other issues. I do have some tightness and the skin bunching up upon retraction when hard that may not be always comfortable. I could not identify a distinct narrow ring though.

At the moment I would not opt for a surgical intervention, but do wonder about stretching exercises.

Well, it depends.

Under normal circumstances, it retracts enough to expose about half the glans, then I have to pull it the rest of the way back. If I am extra hard, it will come all the way back on its own.

Hello everyone,

First time I've written in the English version of Zity.

My foreskin is long enough for covering the glans when erect or not.

I can retract it easily (erect or not) due to my parents attention during and after bathtime.

(I'm french, hope you understand what I write. My English level...)

(I'm french, hope you understand what I write. My English level...)

For sure…

Yes it does when I get a erection. It also retracts on its own.

Mine retracts on its own as I get an erection. And it often slides back while I'm soft.

Mine does, everyone is different. I wouldn't worry about it.