Age of foreskin retraction?

Any opinions about when a foreskin can be retracted? My mother was told she had to retract mine to wash under it when I was born if she did not have me circumcised. I cannot remember a time when she did not do that until she turned the job over to me. I am on a health board where the medical members claim it is NOT retractable until about the age of 16. They claim it is adhered to your glans when you are born and doesn't release until around that age. I know mine was fully retractable from as young as I can remember and so were my cousins who were about my age as we had fun playing with our toys often. Also none of the other boys who enjoyed playing those games when we were young had non retractable foreskins. So I never knew another boy whose foreskin was stuck to his glans. If being non retractable until 16 is the norm I'm certainly happy my mother was not told about that as I had a lot of fun being able to pull it back to play with what is under there. Mine has always gone back easily and painlessly and I thank you mom for that.

I wrote about this @roscoe on another topic when I read a bit about it, I have found my post. There is just no "correct" age for it.

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Thanks @Amethyst, I did a search for foreskin retraction before posting this and came up blank.

Roscoe: There does not seem to be a fixed age - some boys can do it early while some can't do it until after puberty. Unless infections occur this does not seem to be a problem, but in the past (and still today) physicians insisted that retraction be achieved before a certain age (e.g. 6 years old), and lots of boys had to undergo painful and embarrassing forced retractions and/or circumcision.

Depends to a large degree on how enthusiastic a masturbator and explorer a boy is! Mine was always retractable from the age of first taking over washing it from my mother (say, 4). But the edge of my glans remained attached to my foreskin. That last separation was much later, perhaps not until 10. By that time I was an enthusiastic masturbator and I think that perhaps masturbation in uncircumcised boys is a necessary part of maturing. I remember the separation was gradual, i.e.not all the way round all at once, and that it hurt a bit.

I surely love it when my wife will gently and then harder, pull that 'skin all the way back until my whole shaft is tight. It's the ultimate delicious nakedness to share with her.

I don't think that there is a particular age. I know that some of my school friends were always able to retract their foreskin. In my case i couldn't, but it wasn't flagged as a cause for concern until I was nearly 15. I have seen young men ( and older ones ) who still cannot retract properly even as adults. Clearly some cases are dealt with and others are ignored.

To me, there appears to be 2 kinds of inability to draw back the foreskin. One is where the foreskin retracts partially, but appears to be adhered to the glans at a certain point, preventing full retraction past the corona. The other is where the opening of the foreskin does not open wide enough to allow it to retract. This second type allows little or no exposure of the glans. Anyone know if these are different conditions, or just 2 versions of the same problem?

It's so long ago now but I distinctly remember being at kindergarten and retracting my foreskin so I would look like everyone else there. I would have been 3 or 4. I must have known that doing so would expose my glans but I don't have any recollection of when or how I came to this conclusion.

Unfortunately, there were literally no other uncircumcised boys in my peer group for me to compare notes with, but it sounds a little unusual that the medicos you mention are claiming age 16 for complete retraction. I'd think most of us have discovered masturbation (at least) well before then.

but it sounds a little unusual that the medicos you mention are claiming age 16 for complete retraction. I'd think most of us have discovered masturbation (at least) well before then.

Most perhaps, but not all. I was 15 1/2 when I discovered it on my own, more by happenstance than by anything else.

It was my last medical examination at Junior School in the summerof 1963 when I was 10. School doctors had always examined my anus, scrotum and penis. But this was the first time that a doctor had tried to retract my foreskin. It went back a little way, but it was very tight and it did hurt. I winced when he did it. He asked if it hurt and I just nodded. I recall that he straight away wrote something down on my medical forms. I assume it was to do with having a tight foreskin.

Every year thereafter, doctors would retract my foreskin ( hugely embarrassing as I got older) and they would ask me if it was painful. Age 11 and 12 I probably still just nodded my head. When I was older I would just reply 'A little bit' or 'It's slightly uncomfortable ' etc. It was still tight, but seemed to retract a tiny bit further each year -until, with minor discomfort - it finally retracted all the way. Even nowadays, it is a little tight, but it does fully retract. Along with having to show doctors my hole, having my foreskin retracted always felt really humiliating. I guess it does not ever get more personal, private or intimate ( as a youngster / teen ) - standing there completely naked and the doctor closely examining and touching / feeling your most private body parts.

My experince was show and tell with a male friend friend at age 9 but I could do it since age 4. I found out I could retract the foreskin while taking a bath then had to show my friend the newly found talent.since he was circumcised he couldnt do it.

I must have been at the age of 9 or 10. This was the time when I played with boys of similar age and of course we would often be playinmg what I considered very "rude " games. However, I was fascinated by one of the boys who was circumsised and hence his head was always clearly visible. This boy wasnt a regular member of our little group so on the occassions that he wasnt with us, his penis was discussed quite a lot. I remember us all tying to pull ours back with very little sucess. When I was back home on my own, I remember continuing trying to retract mine whenever I was in the bath and eventually I did get the skin all the way back. I remember it being very sensitive to the touch and the only thing I let come into contact with the bare end was the warm water. However, I did perservere more and tried touching the end with a warm wet flannel which I eventually acheieved. Then I tried touching it with some clean dry under pants which again after a few attempts was sucessful. I do remember showing off to my mates when we were togetehr as to how I could pull mine back and eventualy I was able to let them touch the bare end. Then it wasnt long before the other boys in the group experiment with their foreskins. I do remember one of them would not let anybody else touch his bare end apart from me if I touched it with my bare end !!

Depends to a large degree on how enthusiastic a masturbator and explorer a boy is! Mine was always retractable from the age of first taking over washing it from my mother (say, 4). But the edge of my glans remained attached to my foreskin. That last separation was much later, perhaps not until 10. By that time I was an enthusiastic masturbator and I think that perhaps masturbation in uncircumcised boys is a necessary part of maturing. I remember the separation was gradual, i.e.not all the way round all at once, and that it hurt a bit.

I surely love it when my wife will gently and then harder, pull that 'skin all the way back until my whole shaft is tight. It's the ultimate delicious nakedness to share with her.

I don't recall any part of mine ever being stuck to the glans, it always retracted all the way. Perhaps my mother was an enthusiastic washer???? Or maybe it was the enthusiasm of the visiting washers who were washing the baby but I rather think it was never adhered. I can find no evidence of any torn away skin or scarring.

I too love the feeling of it being stretched tight all the way back and I wish my wife would participate in that exercise. I thoroughly enjoy giving her pussy all the attention I can to produce leg shaking moaning and screaming but she has never reciprocated and doesn't even want to touch me.

I never had a problem with tightness until I was old enough to ejaculate. I began masturbating around my 10th birthday when we were visiting relatives in NYC. I had to sleep with a cousin who was my age and he showed me how to get that good feeling. I couldn't stop after that and the dry years were quite enjoyable but alas when I was 14 it began to spit at me. It would do that while I was sleeping too so to prevent that I used have a wet dream before I went to sleep. That's when I began having a problem with it getting stuck behind the glans when erect. I could force a finger in under it and pull it back but that hurt more than just leaving it bare as long as I didn't move around a lot before I got to sleep. Usually it would be back in place when I awoke but sometimes it was not. When that happened I soon discovered that the super sensitive head was not very sensitive when it was dry and had been exposed all night. I also found it was pleasurable to touch and rub it when it was like that but I didn't begin dry rubbing to masturbate until several years later. When I was 19 and in the army I had a girl friend whose goal in life was to see how many times she could make me come by hand in an afternoon/day. I told her that it was a little tight and slightly painful when caught behind the glans. She said she had to fix that for me and she proceeded to stretch the opening until it was better. I've always wondered how a 15/16 year old girl knew that? They must have had a really good sex ed class at Richmond Academy in Augusta GA. in the late 50s. I know she was taking a sex ed class because she was always showing up with something else she wanted to check out on me and I LOVED it.

My experince was show and tell with a male friend friend at age 9 but I could do it since age 4. I found out I could retract the foreskin while taking a bath then had to show my friend the newly found talent.since he was circumcised he couldnt do it.

That made me recall my own experience when I was about 7. I had only girls for playmates until I began to make male friends in school at about 9 or 10. There were two girls I always played with and one day they were standing away from me talking secretly and looking over at me so I went over to see what was up. One was telling the other that her brother told her girls had 2 biscuits and boys had a bat and two balls. From the way were looking at me I knew they were about to check on that and I would be elected as the demonstration subject. Being a quick thinker I negotiated a biscuit check first. The one without a brother gave her panties a quick down and up but the other one let me do a good check. Then it was my turn and I dropped em. The no brother one took a quick look and backed away but the other one wanted to really check it out. I guess that's why she let me do a good check on her. She remarked that it didn't look like her brother's and I pulled the foreskin back whereupon she said "now it does". She was fascinated with that and wanted to move that skin herself. I didn't see anything wrong with her doing that because my mother used to do it to was it. When she moved it we got a big surprise because it stood right up straight. That elicited a bit more desire for closer inspection from both of them, then we just went about our normal play. They didn't forget though. The one brothers used to want to see that again many times for the next year or so and even wanted to show it to a couple of girls she had visiting once. The other girl only asked once when she had an older cousin visiting and she wanted to show her. So I was a very willing show and tell subject for a while.

I don't recall any part of mine ever being stuck to the glans, it always retracted all the way. Perhaps my mother was an enthusiastic washer???? Or maybe it was the enthusiasm of the visiting washers who were washing the baby but I rather think it was never adhered. I can find no evidence of any torn away skin or scarring.

I too love the feeling of it being stretched tight all the way back and I wish my wife would participate in that exercise. I thoroughly enjoy giving her pussy all the attention I can to produce leg shaking moaning and screaming but she has never reciprocated and doesn't even want to touch me.

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Thanks for the kind words Susie but it's too late now. My dream is that I will be here long after she's gone and find a really hot female. Now I know why old widowers marry young girls to the dismay of their daughters. My mother made it to 103 and I hope to surpass that. She's already 10 years older than her mother was so it could be any time now. Haven't seen an erection in years but I kind of think her attitude may have had something to do with killing that so I'm hoping I get a chance to see if a new hot woman with a good attitude toward sex and fun might fix that. If I ever go for a colonoscopy I'm going to ask the nurse to take a picture of it if I get an erection.

I want to say I was partially retractable by age 4, and more or less all the way by age 6. However, my frenulum was short, and I stretched it out in recent years to the point where everything works great now, and there is nearly a full range of motion.

I want to say I was partially retractable by age 4, and more or less all the way by age 6. However, my frenulum was short, and I stretched it out in recent years to the point where everything works great now, and there is nearly a full range of motion.

I've read many guys mention they stretched their frenulum but mine was NOT stretchable. I never noticed any stretch in it at all. All it did was pull the tip of my penis down under when I pulled down on the foreskin and it hurt like hell if I pulled too hard. It was quite a relief to find it torn after sex so that after several times of that happening it was much longer and finally was gone completely. Since then my foreskin has been fully retractable so that the tip can be pulled all the way to the bottom of the shaft with no discomfort.

She remarked that it didn't look like her brother's and I pulled the foreskin back whereupon she said "now it does". She was fascinated with that and wanted to move that skin herself.

The one brothers used to want to see that again many times for the next year or so and even wanted to show it to a couple of girls she had visiting once. The other girl only asked once when she had an older cousin visiting and she wanted to show her. So I was a very willing show and tell subject for a while.

That is pretty exciting that you gave those little girls their first knowledge of intact versus circumcised penises. Did the group of you ever have any more detailed discussions about the reason your penis looked different from the girl's brother?

That is pretty exciting that you gave those little girls their first knowledge of intact versus circumcised penises. Did the group of you ever have any more detailed discussions about the reason your penis looked different from the girl's brother?

No we never thought any more about that. As far as I know they just took it for being normal that some kids were and some weren't. She was quite intrigued by what it would do when she peeled it back but even that interest died a natural death after several months.

I know that for myself by age 5 mine was fully retractable but that was mostly due to always being an I'll child in the hospital where I was constantly catheterized because having a foreskin would "contaminate the urine sample" is what my parents were told.

Mine was also fully retractable from an early age, probably as early as 4 years old. My dad used to pull it back to clean under it when he gave me a bath. When I was old enough to bath myself, he told me it was important to keep clean under the foreskin - not that I needed reminding as I used to enjoy the feeling of sliding the skin back and forth, and I got erections whenever I did this.

When I was a bit older, between the ages of about 7 and 10, I would sometimes take part in "doctors & nurses" games with boys and girls of a similar age, and genital examinations would often feature in these games. I found that some boys were unable to pull back their foreskins, but my recollection is that perhaps two-thirds of boys in this age group were able to retract fully and painlessly. I remember one boy whose foreskin would only partially retract, as it was adhered to the glans close to the rim.

So it seems that there is a wide variation in the age at which a boy's foreskin becomes retractable, anywhere between 3 and the teenage years would probably be considered normal. And a few remain unretractable into adulthood.

I don't know that there is a particular age, other than it's not uncommon for a boys foreskin to be un-retractable until he is a teenager. I could retract mine as long as I can remember, so that would be age 4-5. But I've had cousins who couldn't until puberty and the doctors never commented to them.

My pediatrician pull back my foreskin when i was 6 years old

My mother began retracting my foreskin when I was about 5. She soon taught me how to do it for myself and stopped supervising me when she was satisfied I was doing it properly..I began to enjoy the feeling and spent much longer than necessary doing the task.

I remember when I was around 8 taking a bath while some of my mother's friends were drinking coffee in the kitchen. My mother called out "don't forget to pull back your foreskin!" in a loud voice and I could hear laughter from the other ladies.

I discovered that some of my friends had also been taught to retract their foreskins by their mothers and sometimes we would go into the nearby woods at weekends, bare our glans together and wash them in water from a small stream.

I really don’t remember how old, but probably around 5 or 6 years old. Whoever gave me a bath (mom or dad) would pull it back to clean under it when they gave me a bath. Once I started to wash myself, I was told how important it was to keep the penis/ foreskin clean. My pediatrician would also retract it checking for tightness and cleanliness.

My mother told me that I was 4 y/o when she took me to the doctor for a foreskin exam. I don't know if her plans were to have me circumcised. She said the doctor inserted "tweezers" into the tip of my foreskin and stretched it before retracting the foreskin. She said that there was some bleeding. I don't know what she meant by "tweezers". All that I can remember is that it was painful.

When I was 12 my mother told me that my foreskin should be fully and permanently retracted.

Despite parental nagging, I did not get mine fully retracted until I was 12. I can remember gradually desensitizing the glans until I could keep it pulled back all the time. Eventually I made the exposure permanent with a circumcision.

Aquablue: What did the parental nagging consist in?