Loss of sensitivity after frenulum tear

[tornfrenulumwoes]

Hello,

I'm an intact 27 year old male, I experienced a frenulum tear a few months ago. Since then I have been having erectile dysfunction, I think it is a result of a loss of sensitivity.

I can still get an erection but i need way more physical stimulation than before (I have to grip my penis tighter while masturbation for example), also my erections disappear very quickly if I take away physical stimulation.

I went to see a urologist, she told me that the scar I had was basically the same that what you would have after undergoing frenuloplasty, except I still have a small amount of frenulum left (around 2mm). The tear has completely healed and is not painful at all.

Have you ever experienced a loss of sensitivity after a frenulum tear or a frenuloplasty?

Do you think my sensitivity might come back at all?

Thanks.

[S2BC]

I had 'frenulum breve' earlier and it was cured by frenuloplasty 15 years ago. My frenulum was very thin. I saw the light through it. I don't think/remember that I lost any sensual pleasure after op.

There is a possibility that you cut some nerve endings on that area, but there are more in deeper tissue. Did you have a tight frenulum earlier? And the change was quite dramatic? I hope your sensual pleasure will get better when time goes by.

[tornfrenulumwoes in reply to S2BC]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

No I didn't have frenulum breve, I tore it by mistake, it never bothered me really.

My urologist told me that all nerves were under the skin so that nerve damage isn't possible, but it does contain many tactile corpuscles that have been lost permanently.

My GP told me that the frenulum didn't have any utility and was more of a nuisance than anything else but I don't believe that.

[Clay237]

Okay so you are running into the death grip scenario where you are training your body to require more and more force that only your hands can supply. Consequently you will lose an erection without that 'environment'. A vagina definitely isn't like that so you may encounter performance issues when presented for sex.

Try abstaining for a week or more and use the lightest of touches with lubricant. It will be lame at first but you need to reset.

Or get a fleshlight heh heh.

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I agree with Clay that you may need to “reset”. It may not be a physical problem from the tear but an emotional reaction to the trauma.

[tornfrenulumwoes]

Aren't fleshlights even worse when it comes to tightness?

I can't masturbate with lube, i barely feel anything.

[Hagen1]

Can't, or won't?

[Clay237]

Good question. Don't think silicone can be as constricted as a fist.

If you can't feel with lube then you really need to back off a bit so that your nerves can recover.

[peteboy]

you haven't loss any nerve or tissue. What you lose is the feeling of streching the frenulum to its limits that is now ripped and the sensation of tightness that it creates. With that feeling of "sweet" pain it was more easier to climax or to maintain an erection because frenulum was the connection between your penis and your brain .The emontion that something is feeling can really mess up your mind at the beginning but only because you are overthinking it.That happens mainly when you undergo a frenuloplasty or rip off your frenulum in later life than in puberty or so. Yes there is a minor difference but If you catch the tissue that was the frenulum before and squeeze it you will feel the same senation some way. Get use to it and I think you will enjoy your sx life better, without swelling or bruising!! 🙂🙂

[halfonhalf]

Hello,

How is it going three years later? Have you gotten the sensitivitiy back and everything is normal or is it still bad?

I had a torn frenulum and the penis is in bad shape now. Very weak erctions and not sensittive as before.