(New Here) - Circumcised 4 days ago, Post-op Picture, Penis Glans "Chapped"

[Night_Guy]

Hello everyone, I am new to this community and looking forward to sharing my experience. As stated in the title I was circumcised 4 days ago because I had tight foreskin and short frenulum. I have been aware of this issue since I was 16 but I finally had the courage to go under the knife at 28 years old. The operation went well and I had no complications during the surgery. Photo linked is the following day. Unfortunately for me I woke up from the OP all my pubic hair shaved as well as some on my leg hair shaved which has been itching like hell. Let me know what you think. I can't quite figure out what type of cut the doctor did, seems like it was medium/loose cut. I did not know about the different styles until after I had operation, however I cannot find educational pictures (non-porn) that show cut other then diagrams.

For the first 2 days post op I was very Happy. I was very satisfied with the appearance of the cut and to my surprise I had no swelling where the cut was. Also I had no pain, which ironically this was the part I was afraid of. I was happy because I thought I was going to heal very fast.

Day 3 came. So I assume it is part of the procedure for the doctor to inject some local anesthesia to the head of the penis however it appeared that the last of it had faded because my glans became sensitive and bruised. Anything that touched them like my underwear would sting. Also they became very tender where the pressure from wearing clothes, walking would become uncomfortable. Also sadly the swelling came in. The remaining part of my inner foreskin looks like a water balloon.

Day 4. My glans are still super sensitive however I found that wearing brief type underwear was my best option since they can support my man parts and not having so much fabric on the legs would not cause the boys shift when walking. I noticed something today. My glans have this "dry" part on them. The best way I can describe this is by comparing them to your lips (face) in the winter. You know when you get the dead/dry piece of skin on your lips that feels like tape/plastic. Is this normal? I imaged my glans becoming similar texture like elbow skin or something.

Also if anyone has tips on foods I can eat everyday that will help with the healing. An example is eat and orange a day for the vitamin C...etc

[timmyboy20]

Hey, I looks that everything is normal with your post-circumcision. The bruising and swelling is normal after a circumcision. Just try to wear your penis upwards in tight underwear. That will help making the swelling going down. Also the peeling of the skin of your glans is very normal in this stage as is the hypersensitivity. After a few weeks it's gone and it just will feel good. The glans doesn't become similar texture like an elbow but it will be good after everything has been healed to apply a moisturizer regularly. It prevents your glans from drying out and losing its sensitivity.

It looks that you've got a high and tight circumcision. If your penis is flaccid it doesn't look that tight, but I think that when it's hard it will be tight. It looks very similar to mine. If you wanna compare, send me a message.

[Night_Guy in reply to timmyboy20]

Hello Timmyboy20, I will take your advice and start keeping my penis upward. Any idea when the swelling will start to go down such as how many days post-op?

[timmyboy20 in reply to Night_Guy]

It's difficult to say because it varies from person to person. The swelling will go down little by little but after about six weeks post-op everything will be smooth again.

[Night_Guy in reply to timmyboy20]

Actually, after following your advice about keeping penis upward my swelling reduced by 50%. It is a little awkward/unconformable for me to position it this way but it works.

[timmyboy20 in reply to Night_Guy]

Wow, I'm glad it helped so quickly!