Auto circumcision

I have a several parted question that is similar to the question which asks if men have ever kept their foreskin retracted.

Men who are not circumcised who keep their foreskin retracted:

How long do you keep your foreskin retracted at a time? When did you start? What is the longest time you have kept your foreskin retracted? Do you use anything to keep it retracted (tape/ hair bands/ silicone sleeve)?

For men who are circumcised but chose to be circumcised after they had full knowledge of their penis, did you keep your foreskin retracted as an auto circumcision prior to getting cut?

I have been chatting with a guy online who said he kept his foreskin auto circumcised for years prior to getting cut, curious about how common it is

Thanks for answering

Uncircumcised. Started about 2 years ago, when saw a perfectly textured cut glans in porn (textured head was always my huge admiration), so I decided to try to keep foreskin retracted myself.

Started with metal ring of unknown origin (some bad quality stainless steel), but stopped because metal started to diffuse into the skin. After going through more options (tape and hairbands were too unpractical for longterm use) stopped on relatively loose plastic ring (similar to one on the bottle cup, but smaller). It kept foreskin behind the glans well, but sometimes foreskin covered edge of the glans due to it's length and "meatiness".

I was keeping it retracted 24/7 for 323 days, until decided to do a Prince Albert piercing, due to recommendations to cover piercing with foreskin for better healing.

And if I finally will get to circumcision one day, I will not retract foreskin before - I want to experience all changes to the fullest

I had it done for not more than five days. First time with a silicone sleeve applied on my penis keeping the prepuce retracted and forced under my glans corona. She applied it on me as method to prevent phimosis and provide preputial dilatation within a complex program of exercises I have to do to keep my prepuce elastic and dilated to avoid circumcision. It was a very weird feeling due to the sensitivity and the continous arousal due to the distended frenulum. I had a lot of erections, precum and urge to masturbate. After first days I accustomed to the feeling but the psychological aspect of having it "circumcided" was arousing in itself. Due to the possibility to move and eventually remove the sleeve she also opted for a preputial suture placing 9 stitches around my glans and that truly simulates a circumcision. It also prevented me to masturbate moving my prepuce due to the pain from stitches.

I had to be circumcised due to an acute episode of phimosis which I didn't know could happen or had a name, but basically I could not retract my forkeskin at all, and prior to that I did try to keep my foreskin retracted mostly when younger and in a locker room at school or the gym because almost all guys my age at the time were circumcised, but I found it difficult because my foreskin was on the longer side so it would start to slide down on its own unless it was at least semi erect which I did not want in that environment.

The surgeon that performed the circumcision actually asked if I had been either not retracting my foreskin at all or retracting too much? I said I was doing neither, and she said that occasionally keeping it retracted for too much time can cause it to swell and then a condition called para phimosis occurs and then it will not slide back down over the glans also something I didn't know at the time, but that also requires circumcision because erections can be very painful apparently.

Will add one thing about mine - Badgy reminded me that eventually my foreskin swell, so when I finally removed a ring, my foreskin stayed retracted as is. Not to the medical condition, but it reqired some effort and 2-3 days to return foreskin to it's intended place

I found that keeping mine retracted was an effective way of minimising or curing the persistent thrush I kept getting. Fungus thrives in moist conditions so logic said that dryness would keep it at bay and it did. I could go for long periods and it was made easier by not having a frenulum. It was the prelude to (and medical reason for) eventually having it removed altogether. The operation and recovery was completely pain and discomfort free, no sensitivity change to adapt to.

I wanted to be circumcised since I was 12 or 13 years old. I used to regularly retract my foreskin. But it wouldn't stay in place. Finally, I managed to keep my foreskin retracted permanently, day and night, for almost 14 years. And a year ago, I got circumcised, finally!

I had heard that it was popular in Japan and possibly other countries several decades ago. When I went on school exchange to Japan in the early 2010’s I was told by some of the Japanese boys in the group that they had heard of older peers having their foreskin retracted and left retracted from a young age, but only one or two of them had their foreskin retracted for any longer than showering/ urinating/ etc then.

I am friends with someone who has had his foreskin retracted most of the time since he was 14/15, and is now 29. His reasoning is that he likes the aesthetic look of a bare glans, however is against circumcision unless it is a life-threatening medical necessity.

Some of the things that I read here (the swelling if kept retracted) scare me. Paraphimosis is a surgical emergency, remember, because it can lead to necrosis.

Agree with @Jacana.

Just keep in mind, that there is difference between swelling, when foreskin become a bit more meatier, and full-scale edema, when foreskin can't be physically enfold forward. If you can't, or it keep retracting - stop where you are, and see the doctor with the first signs of discomfort

Before being circumcised, when I kept my foreskin retracted and had my glans constantly exposed, I never had any issues with swelling or irritation. Among my friends, some thought I was circumcised. I do not have a very long foreskin, that's true, but it stayed well behind the glans. When I was circumcised, everything went well, no pain, good healing, nice appearance.

I can't keep it retracted for more than half an hour before the constant stimulation (irritation?) gets to me. When I have tried, it feels good for a very brief while, followed by me trying to ignore all the sensations coming from down there. So, either I put it back covering the tip or my foreskin works its way back in place since I didn't use any retaining method. It might do that because I subconsciously want it to cover up again and make movements to help do that.

From about 10 to about 14 I tried many times to permanently retract, but I never managed more than about 30 hours or so with some help from bands. Every time I tried it I would get swelling overnight. This was before the internet, so I had no community support or access to any information outside of a public library, so I just didn't know that if I had rolled forward until the swelling went down, then retracted again it would eventually have stopped. Having said that however, knowing how my mind works, it would never had been enough - I'm pretty sure I would have wanted need a full, radical cut or I wouldn't have been satisfied. The attempts helped with the early healing period as I knew roughly what sensations to expect , but what surprised me was that I was cut extremely tight. Rolled-back foreskin doesn't pull your head back or your testicles forward! The stitches really earned their keep! XD

There is, of course, an internet forum for those interested in permanent foreskin retraction: https://pullitback.org/index.php