Is it true the foreskin should retract on its own because of the erection?

Hi there! Not sure if this is the right section, so forgive me if I'm wrong.

I have a question regarding the uncircumcised penis. All my childhood and pretty much of my teen years the doctors who took care of me, insisted that I should have been circumcised. The main reason was that according to them I had a long foreskin. And everyone insisted that my glans should expose by itself when I got an erection. I mean that the foreskin should retract on it's own because of the erection. Well this never happened to me. I must retract it manually in order to expose the glans.

I was wondering if this theory is actually true. If the foreskin doesn't retract on it's own during an erection, than it should be removed. To be honest I don't believe it is, but don't know where to ask. Thanks in advance.

As long as nothing hurts and it can be retracted manually without pain, it‘s fine. It‘s insane how many bs even medical professionals spread about the topic of foreskins. It seems like a cultural obsession, the completely absurd thought that a major part of men weren‘t „born right“ and need to be „fixed“.

Absolutely! I'm glad my parents were firmly against circumcision. Despite that , I'm still certain that there's something wrong with me, thanks to those "medical professionals"...

I definitely agree with @fjikvtqdb, as long as it is able to be retracted without pain or difficulty, then it should be left alone.

I can pull mine back when I am not erect.... feels good in my underwear. With an erecction it pulls fully back, if not then it pulls back when it goes inside the vagina. I definitely pulls back with anal entry.

Always caused a lot of concerns with doctors before I was 17 because they had to really manipulate and work on it to retract more than a millimeter or two.

This link was shared on another thread. It has good reference images of foreskin when erect and not. It appears to me that’s there is no right or wrong condition, and that the range is fairly wide.

https://www.restoringforeskin.org/coverage-index/CI-chart.htm

Here is the other thread where circumcision is being discussed: A survey on foreskins and consequences on sexuality

https://en.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;topic=121541

Agree with all the other replies here. As long as there is no pain on retracting the foreskin during an erection; there is no problem. I have a fairly long foreskin and it doesn't retract over my glans when i'm erect, but I have no problem retracting it either flaccid or erect. Only difficulty I have is that it rapidly returns over the glans when released, which does sometimes cause fun when donning a condom 😉

My foreskin covers most of the glans apart from an area right at the front the size of a small coin. It always retracts very easily on its own when I get an erection or even a semi-erection. It stays retracted behind the ridge at all times during vaginal sex The only way for it to return over the glans when my penis is flaccid is by pulling it forward manually myself. For a change I would sometimes pull the foreskin forward over the glans before penetrating my wife so her vagina would roll it back, that would give a nice sensation...

I have several genital examination concerning my prepuce and the needing of a surgery getting several different advices for the circumcision operation:

- it cannot spontaneously retract with phisiological erections (as in your case)

- it spontaneosly reduce after retraction

- it has a redundant prepuce

- it has a short frenulum

In every case the doctor wanted a circumcision for me. Fortunately I avoided the operation.

If you can easily retract and reduce the prepuce on your glans, you have no pain or recurrent balanithis I do not see any reason for the surgery.

No, of course not! I'm not in the case but I've seen several guys with an erection and the foreskin was still covering the glans, they were manually retracting it.

Like the picture above:

https://fr.zity.biz/index.php?mx=imgbnkzz;ox=imagedownload;img=155182;s=gallery;image

Long foreskin model :

https://fr.zity.biz/index.php?mx=imgbnkzz;ox=imagedownload;img=163661;s=gallery;image

Hi there! Not sure if this is the right section, so forgive me if I'm wrong.

I have a question regarding the uncircumcised penis. All my childhood and pretty much of my teen years the doctors who took care of me, insisted that I should have been circumcised. The main reason was that according to them I had a long foreskin. And everyone insisted that my glans should expose by itself when I got an erection. I mean that the foreskin should retract on it's own because of the erection. Well this never happened to me. I must retract it manually in order to expose the glans.

I was wondering if this theory is actually true. If the foreskin doesn't retract on it's own during an erection, than it should be removed. To be honest I don't believe it is, but don't know where to ask. Thanks in advance.

There's a male circumcision section around this board somewhere, but I'm not sure this really fits there. Anyway...

I'm uncut too, and also have a long foreskin, and have been able to easily pull it back all the way when flaccid since I was a kid. When erect, there was less freedom of movement, and over the years, "use" and other "action" have given me a sufficient range of motion to the point where I no longer consider it any problem. That said, when getting erect, my foreskin does not retract, and will in fact leave 90% of the tip covered. Retraction to show the entire glans is trivial, and therefore constitutes no medical problem.

I have an honest question here that I’m suprised has never crossed my mind before. I am circumcised, and in all my years I have never handled another’s cock. For those of you who are not circumcised, do you put on a condom over your fully extended foreskin, or do you retract it first and start the condom directly on the glans? I truely don’t know what the process is like for a person with a generous foreskin. And as this thread is hinting at, differing amounts of retractability probably affect one’s technique. Has anyone tried it both ways and achieved different results?