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Hi, I am on day 24 of my circumcision recovery and it has been a rough one. On the underside of penis near the frenulum I had nonstop bleeding out of nowhere around 15 days after my circumcision. I went to the hospital almost immediately and they bandages me up and it kept going for nearly 10 hours. It finally stopped and clotted and there was a large piece of dried blood that formed to clot it. It’s been a couple days and a large chunk of the blood clot has fallen off (but not all of it as seen by the dark red piece) leaving what looks like newly formed skin that serves no purpose and looks terrible. Any information or thoughts on fixing this would be greatly appreciated. Also, my stitches have not all come out as seen in the photo but I am super nervous to take any out because I do not want to cause any more bleeding, it was literally scarring for me how much I bled. My doctor also said it’s puffy underneath because he left more skin so my erections won’t hurt since the penis curves upward. This also looks terrible except when I am erect and it doesn’t look like anybody else has something similar. Is this. Kemal and will it go away and smooth out? Thank you for taking the time to read and give any advice or tips on moving forward.

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Justgotcut1990

Use some Neosporin. Helped me heal faster. The frenulum heals the slowest from what Im told so I wouldn't worry so much.

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johnthompson23 in reply to Justgotcut1990

Here’s to hoping, thanks for the reply mate

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Nigel5975

The swelling will eventually go down

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johnthompson23 in reply to Nigel5975

Hope so, thanks for the positive comment

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Nigel5975 in reply to johnthompson23

It will. Your penis have been through some trauma so it’s expected to have swelling. I’m almost on week 8 now. You will notice around the 3-4 week mark that your incision area will get really tight. That’s the new scar tissue that has formed. It’s not very elastic when it’s new. Erections will be tight and kinda painful at the incision site. As the scar tissue matures, the elasticity will slowly return. Gentle Masturbation and massaging is circular motions helps stretch the tight scar tissue. Once the elasticity of the skin returns to normal, the fluid causing swelling can go away/be absorbed by body more easily.

As far as masturbation goes, 4 weeks is generally regarded as the minimum amount of time after surgery before you can return to sexual activity. I’ll be the first to tell you that you won’t be anywhere near ready to stick your penis into anything at 4 weeks. It will still be very tender and going through the healing process. I am just now, at 8 weeks, feeling like I can can penetrative intercourse without causing too much trauma. Masturbation has been easier to do and I’ve been able to do that since 4 weeks but there has usually been puffiness/swelling afterword that I have to heal from. It goes away in a day or so. This is a whole process that can take up to a full year before you feel completely normal again. Give it time. You should see great improvement by the 4-6 week mark and it gets better from there too

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johnthompson23 in reply to Nigel5975

Hey man,

Thank you for all of the information and I really appreciate the reasoning behind it. It’s put me more at ease for sure.

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Clay237

You are just over three weeks in. It's going to look alarming for now. Yes the frenulum takes the longest to heal.

I remember looking very similar to your state.

When the swelling goes down and you have healed, everything will look fine.

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johnthompson23 in reply to Clay237

Hi,

Thank you for the reply. What about your stitches, did they fall off within the first three weeks or not?

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Clay237 in reply to johnthompson23

I recall most of the stitches dissolved after around 10 days and the few that remained, became hard like wire. They felt quite irritating. Those I snipped out around the two week mark.

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Justgotcut1990 in reply to Clay237

Yup! Same for me. By day 12 I had already pulled them all out.

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johnthompson23 in reply to Clay237

Thank you I pulled mine out yesterday and it went well

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John12123

ITs been 9 months for me and it hasn't gone away.

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johnthompson23 in reply to John12123

Hi,

Are you talking about the swelling going away?

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John12123 in reply to johnthompson23

Yeah

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John12123

When flaccid the swollen skin does it move around or feels soft/hard?

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johnthompson23 in reply to John12123

It doesn’t really move around much and it feels softish but definitely not hard per se.

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John12123 in reply to johnthompson23

Almost like a boggy feel? Like jello right?

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johnthompson23 in reply to John12123

A little bit, why do u ask?

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John_27

Hey how are you now

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Marcuu

Hey mate, im now in day 22 post op. I have exactly the same situation as yours. May i now how long did it took for the blood crust at the frenulum to fall off and heal completely?

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Shycutguy

U able to have hard erections?

Hey, I am around 10 days after my circumcision, but is it normal for the black thing (like the one of the left side of the photo) to start to fall off? Because it’s worrying me that something is wrong. Thanks

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gr2020 in reply to QuestionableStranger

What black thing? Are you talking about your scabs? If so, yes, they will eventually fade away/fall off.

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QuestionableStranger in reply to gr2020

Ah yes, thanks for the follow up man :)

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MrKenny

It will heal in no time. I had the same issue but yours looks far better than mine at the same period! Surgeon didn’t leave much inner foreskin on mine so is a bit tight when pulling back. When erect, part of the scrotum skin moves up the shaft!

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yarrum111

Hi there I am just recently circumsized and my penis looked like yours, just wondering what it looks like now. Thanks

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