Hi guys. I am on day 6 of my post op Circumcision The night erections have been extremely painful and uncomfortable, and am writing this question at 4 am at night rn lol.
Will these erections be painful until all my stitches fall off? How many days does it generally take for these stitches to fall off completely ?
No problem bud hang in there. Those first 2 weeks are tough but it gets better. I’m on week 4 and my biggest challenges is still swelling and sensitivity. I’m still trying to get on underwear. I’ve been a nudist since my surgery 28 days now
I stopped applying ointment because the bacitracin after about 3 weeks because it was irritating my skin. Also, my Doc gave me some steroid cream and I don’t like the way any of that stuff gets in the pee hole. I even used A&D ointment but I just stopped. (I wasn’t using all these at once. One or the other) I’m also letting the glans dry out as much as possible so I can lose sensitivity sooner. The glans sensitivity is reducing it’s just the pee hole that is very sensitive to clothing touching. The swelling ring is still there under the glans. Although not as bad as in the beginning. Frenulum area is still swollen and scabs and few stitches remaining. I was told the swelling can take months to resolve due to the damage to the lymph drainage ducts in surgery. This has been the longest month of my life but it’s getting better very slowly.
Varies by individual, for me started to improve after about 2 weeks, but only slowly & not back to more or less proper disruptionless sleep till end of week. Think it improves a bit quicker for most others though.
Yes, I’m on day 15 and still have these painful erections. Yesterday I went to my surgeon and he said that I will continue to feel that until the stitches to fall.
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