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White layer underneath gauze padding after circumcision?

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I'm in my 20s and last Saturday morning I got a circumcision for a medical reason. On Sunday morning, I removed the thick, blue gauze/fabric padding that was taped around the shaft of my penis - as advised by my surgeon.

However, upon removal, I noticed a white, thin, more solid-looking, layer tightly wrapped around the area between the head and shaft of my penis. At first I didn't think anything of it and assumed it was part of the stitching and was maybe being used to keep it from pulling etc., so i left it be. But after looking online for clarity on what it actually is, I've found nothing anywhere; it almost seems as if I'm the only one who has this.

as it's the bottom layer around my penis, it's of course relatively blood-soaked and it worries me that it may cause infection if I leave it? (it's now been ~52 hours since op). at the hospital, I was only told to remove the gauze around my penis and replace it (which I have done), but was told nothing about this bottom layer - which leads me to believe I should leave it?

there is no tape or anything that I can see that could be holding it together and, with the sensitivity of the head of my penis, i really don't know how I would go about removing it if I had to without causing extreme discomfort.

sorry for the long post; I just wanted to get most details out straight away. Has anyone faced the same thing before? or what was under your gauze padding, if anything? I really don't want to remove this layer if I don't have to, but i also don't want to risk infection or doing anything wrong.

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I think you can try to remove the rest by applying petroleum jelly to it or wet it properly and wait until you can loosen it.

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I had the same problem i soakedvmy penis in luke warm salt water for 10 min and then cleaned it until there was no white or yellow layer... I am on day 22 now and my swelling and everything is 100% keep your head pointed to the belly and clean it 2 to 3 times a day using salt water.....i let my penis soak for 5 min in salt water before cleaning everytime and it looks very clean

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