Age of foreskin retraction?

I played with my penis very early (5 years). I wrapped it with twine or stuck it in the eyelet of the can opener, or stripped the foreskin back.

My foreskin was fully retractable before I was circumcised age 6, the doctors checked at the before examinations

9-10 years old. I remember I was bathing. Quite surprised when head went out.

I've read a few of the of the posts regarding the event of first retraction of their foreskin and I found them astonishing and intriguing at the range of ages of their first retraction event.

For as long as I can remember, I knew my foreskin was retractable, although it was limited in my early youth from a minor adhesion around the coronal rim it was not a deterrent for retraction on urinating or washing.

What I don't know is if there had been earlier intervention on the part of my parents and if so I don't remember. I do remember that as early as 4 or 5, either my mom or dad bathed me, more so my dad would. By 6, I clearly remember I was bathing on my own. Perhaps my dad did teach to retract before the onset of permanent (long-term) memory? I do remember one time my dad told me to pull the foreskin back to pee because I splattered, this was around 7 and this I believe was because although I'd almost always retract the foreskin back to pee on a few occasions either in a hurry I didn't so my father has to have known something about the mechanics of the foreskin and my splattering.

As mentioned elsewhere, my mother would use coconut oil on my penis every night after bathing. She would pull my penis skin back and forth, which loosened my prepuce, and I think I crowned at an early age.

Hello Siloam, My foreskin retraction was a "forced" retraction. My mother took me to the doctor when I was 4 y/o (to get my foreskin circumcised?) She said the doctor used "tweezers" to dilate the tip of my foreskin before retracting it. She said I was bleeding. All I remember was that it was painful.

Hello again Siloam, Then again at 12 y/o my mother took me to the doctor to have my foreskin circumcised. The doctor used a hemostat to dilate the tip before retracting my foreskin. I was bleeding and the doctor chose to bandage my penis with my foreskin in the retracted position. He told us that if my foreskin did not stay retracted that I was to return in two weeks to have my foreskin fully removed by circumcision.

Been able to retract mine, as far back as I remember ,used to do it to wash under there

I had my foreskin retracted about the age of six, by an older girl, Christine who was about twelve. We would play “Dr’s & Nurses”. I was always the patient whereby she would examine my erect penis, talk about it, discuss its shape and colour, etc.

One day, she peeled my foreskin right back because she wanted to see my”insides” as she put it. Over the next few years, this was our regular game, always done in secret. Once, she peeled the foreskin back so far, she snapped some of the sinechia which is still attached to the corona of the glans. This created what looked like a small hole on my corona. Over time, she would peel my foreskin right back, as far as it would go, maybe to try and snap the rest of the skin away.

She probably did me a favour by freeing my glans from my inner foreskin.

I remember when I was young, in primary school. We use to have this doctor checking on us once per year and the doctor will be pulling back the foreskin and see our foreskin can retract. And check on our spine to see if we have any spine problem too

I must compliment all men that still have their foreskins. I realise that in some religions and countries it is seen as a normal and necessary operation. However, being with a man with a foreskin is like having two penises looking so different when the skin is pulled back. Also the excitement of pulling your man's back to reveal that sensitive end would not be possible had he been cut.

I won't go into the gross details but mine happened when I must have been about 8 years of age. At the time I experienced some serious discomfort in my penis and told my mother who immediately walked me up to the bathroom where my father was shaving at the washbasin. I remember her undoing my trousers and pulling everything down to inspect my penis. My father then said something like you need to pull the foreskin back to have a look underneath. To my knowledge it had never been retracted previously, so mum slowly eased it back over my glans and it was bloody painful.

Gradually it slid back and revealed the problem which I will not elaborate upon, she cleaned around my retracted foreskin with warm soapy water and after drying it, the foreskin was pulled back into place. After that my mother made certain that when I had a bath my penis was washed with the foreskin retracted, at that age she always washed my hair and back when I had a bath.

From that period onwards my foreskin has always been pulled back from the majority of the glans, and never ever covers them in any state.

You guys are making me feel bad. No doctor, nurse or student ever retracted mine. My mother did at bath time to wash under it from as early as I can remember then the neighbor girl liked to do it when we were about 6 or 7. No doctor ever did, even at the VA when she had a girl in to learn how to do a physical. One time they lined about 20 of us up and had us "peel it back if you have one and milk it down" in the army. I think that was some kind of VD check. My girl friend liked to pump it til it spit at her and I was quite willing to let her, said it made her feel powerful and she liked to watch the expression on my face.

Several attempts to retract my foreskin were made by the school medicine until the age of 7, without success (in the 60s). The doctor therefore concluded that I had a phimosis and that I had to be operated on.

So, I had surgery on the end of the foreskin due to that phimosis, but it was not a circumcision. At the time, I was cut maybe 1cm (0.4”) of foreskin, which means that it no longer covers the glans entirely at rest.

Nowadays, doctors probably have to wait longer before considering surgery because this problem often resolves on its own in early adolescence or after treatment with a corticosteroid ointment.

If the surgery is necessary, it often consists of making a longitudinal incision on the end of the foreskin, where it is tightest. This solution keeps the skin envelope on the glans.

I completely managed to pull the foreskin at the age of 12 while bathing, my mother did it when she applied some cream and pulled a little harder, at first I was scared because I didn't know it looked like that when it came out completely, but my mother said finally we solved this problem and you won't have to get circumcised and now everything is okay, but that I have to pull the foreskin to the end every bath, she examined me a few more times later, but when she saw that everything was solved, she didn't need to be in the bathroom .

I do not remember exactly when my foreskin first fully retracted. I believe it was around age 6 or 7. I know this is generally very early, but I was also found to be undergoing early puberty at age 7, and clearly remember the doctor retracting it when I was examined at that time. I also have memories of it being retracted and cleaned at bath-time around that age; or slightly earlier.

I was about 13/14 when i had my foreskin retracted,i did it myself and i panic as i couldnt get it back,lol so i put some spit on my helmet and gradually pulled back the skin till it went back over, but i can remember my helmet being very sensitive when i did it,when i got older i would pull back my foreskin and let my helmet rub against my pants,that was a lovely feeling,couldnt do it for long before i would make myself cum

Mine was regularly retracted from the day she brought me home from the hospital, by my mother. The doctor asked if she wanted me cut, her answer was NO so he told her she had to retract it and wash under there at every bath. My father was a home movie nut and I have his movies to prove it. Every time his sister with 13 kids came to visit I got a bath on the kitchen table and my mother instructed the girls on retracting it to wash under there. The boy cousins were nowhere to be seen. I wish the girls had come to help me with the retraction when I was few years older but I had a neighbor girl who liked to do that. When she did it it would stand right up straight and she liked showing that trick to her female friends and I didn't mind. She used to like to have me play with her inner sticky bits and a couple of her friends did too. Whenever she got some new panties she would come over to my house to show them to me which always ended with her taking them down. That ended with us getting in trouble until we got better at selecting places to do it. She had two older brothers and now, years later, I wonder what they were doing to her. She always started the play and she certainly liked me to touch all her parts inside her crack. I'm quite sure her brothers were circumcised because she sure liked to play with my foreskin and said mine didn't look like theirs.

Needless to say I grew up thinking all boys could retract their foreskin from birth.

After I learned to masturbate I would do that before going to sleep. Ahhh the good old dry years! The glans was sensitive to touch and sometimes it would get stuck behind the glans. So my choice was to endure the pain of pulling it forward or just go to sleep with it bared. After a while I liked the bare method better because in the morning it was dry and less sensitive to the point where it was fun to play with the bare dry glans.

I think the very first retractions were done by my Mom in the bath, maybe until age 7-9. I do remember it was slightly uncomfortable and always a big moment as my foreskin was tightish. Then I started to bath on my own and didn't bother retracting anything for next years until maybe being 14 when I found the foreskin quite tight and glans very sensitive.

So I would say I had my first foreskin retraction twice and the second time it took quite some time to be comfortable with it.

My son's doctor asked us to retract always his foreskin for the hygiene.

My guess the first time it had to my mom during my baths before 5. My pediatrician liked baths for hygiene reason plus helped loosen the foreskin. My dad would also check regularly on my foreskin. I sure by 8 yrs. old when I was able to retract my foreskin. I only remember this because of the zipper penis accident. The accident resulted in a trip to my doctors ‘s office some torn skin and bleeding. I also learned the importance of retracting my foreskin because my friend was circumcised in 7 th grade. Both my dad & doctor stressed hygiene and regularly retracting my foreskin . From then on, All my doctors would examine my penis - tightness & cleanliness.

I did experience some tightness and sensitivity for a very short period of time before becoming comfortable.

I was a bit confused as a kid because all the cocks i saw were cut and i didnt understand why mine looked different with me being uncut. my dads was cut, so were my uncles. i just thought mine would grow to look like theirs.

i was about 8 and i was in the bath i pulled my foreskin back and i was quite pleasantly surprised to see my cock head. i started wearing my foreskin back a lot because i liked how it rubbed on my pants and on the sheets. i also liked people seeing it with the head exposed.

bath times i would always roll it back so i could wash it but when i was erect i couldnt pull the skin back over the head

My mother retracted my foreskin on a daily basis, bath time, and I don't think there was ever an issue.

I didn’t try retracting my foreskin until I was about 12. I was really scared that I wouldn’t be able to get it back into place but luckily it went back alright. From then on I regularly retracted it.

@Rick62 So late? Never got complaints from physicians or nurses before that age that it should be retractable?

13,but had a job getting it back over the gland

It differ, but sometimes before 5, I think is usual. I had thight foreskin until10, but then I was told to widen it by daily stretching. Then it showed to be fully retractable except a little adhession at the rim of the base of the glans.