Style of circumcision for BXO/LS (and general worrying)

[Ash_Charles]

Hi all. I have been having random foreskin issues for years. pretty much since I was a child and have recently been diagnosed with BXO. I just have a sore tip of foreskin and very mild phimosis but have had a tiny white lesion on the side of my frenulum once around 15 years ago. This was resolved with 2 weeks of dermovate.

I am basically a hypochondriac and have been worrying about this all my life. On top of that, I don't generally enjoy the appearance/feel of my foreskin so I am opting to have a circumcision ASAP. I'm 100% sure of this and even without the BXO diagnosis I would be getting circumcised.

Due to the lack of info and general understanding of BXO, no doctor can really tell me which type of circumcision is best. I am really keen to have low and tight so that as much foreskin is removed as possible, but I am getting very mixed information from the 3 different doctors I've seen, and they seem to say that a mid-cut is best, or they don't really confirm the style at all.

Has anyone else had to make this decision (circumcision style) or gotten any advice in relation to this condition?

On a side note. I tend to worry like crazy about anything like this and am in a bit of a cyberchondria rabbit hole at the moment. Has anyone ever got any clarity on the likelihood of the condition spreading to meatus / urethra? I have read confliction information which states that:

1. circumcision is 97% curative

but 2. that no long term studies (i.e. lifetime studies) exist to confirm the above, and that the figure above was only based on a 10 year study.

My main worry about being diagnosed with BXO was the actual worry it would lead to, constant monitoring of symptoms and freaking out / catastrophising about the slightest abnormality.

[2CutNot2Cut]

I'll give you my advice from research, experience, and my possibly flawed logic. I've already posted many times on BXO for questions and giving advice.

Foreskin is there for a reason so consider removing it with wisdom as you can't get it back.

The use foreskin in facial products so if you do donate it, know it is going to a good place haha.

Foreskin adds girth to the penis. It's more skin so that's obvious. Don't argue it folks. It bunches up during sex making EVEN MORE girth. It's a natural luberacant as the skin sliding over your shaft means the woman doesn't have to be wet and having sex won't dry her out. This means you don't have to carry a bottle of lube with your or a bottle of saliva haha. I slept with someone not long ago who said she never had an orgasm in her past marriage, but did with me and I can't help but think that foreskin played an important role in that orgasm for her.

Your view of foreskin will/could change. I know when I was younger I wanted to be circumcised pretty badly. Now after seeing the benefits during sex, I'll keep mine as long as possible which is why I'm looking for alternatives.

When you get cut, there are a lot of risks. A, it doesn't mean BXO can't occur. I just finished reading a post of someone who was cut and then got BXO. Wash your penis and you reduce your risks. It could be genetic, but they also suggest it might be hygiene or immune related.. They say it's a disease, not an infection or virus though. I'm not sure what to make of it. I know when I got BXO and I know and what I was doing, but not sure what factor was the cause.

If your BXO is on the foreskin, you probably have time to consider your options. If it is near the glands or inside, I'd do what the doctor suggest probably. My BXO caused a fill scar ring around the shaft 1/2 way down. It however doesn't seem to be getting worse once it did that and I think it did it because I never stopped JO and the skin was likely micro tearing and healing as a scar over and over. It went around because the scarred skin was now thicker and when the skin micro tore the next time, it would tear where the skin is thinnest which is where the scar tissue wasn't developed yet.

There are treatments for scar tissue. Ginger Root Oil was just suggested as helping 1 person. Google "How to break up scar tissue" for solutions.

If though you're set on getting circumcised, read some of the posts of issues people had with tight skin, reduce erection size, tearing of the skin due to tightness, people still getting BXO when circumcised, infections, bumps and scars from circumcision, lost of sensitivity, constant chafing against underwear and jeans (someone killed themselves over this I read)...and the list likely goes on. But, there are also may good circumcisions without issue.

Good luck!