Circumcision - Flaccid penis very heavy, and hard skin on stitch line.

[Arclight1979]

Hey all... just over 4 weeks healed (and fully aware that's still early days). Most stitches dissolved, just 4 left to fall out, and those prickly little terrors can hurry up! 1) Wanted to ask the wider group if anyone else suddenly experienced a phase of your penis sometimes going super flaccid and heavy at this kind of stage of healing. Sometimes it feels like it weighs a tonne.

2) Also, just where one of my stitches has yet to fall out, the skin around it is hard. Did anyone else experience this, and did it resolve?

Thanks, all.

[Man7Cut]

Yes I experienced that. Sometimes my penis felt heavy like it was full of blood but still soft. It settled down in a few weeks but think it was everything repairing itself inside.I also had a hard lump on the stitch near the frenulum. It was last to come out and afterwards I used coconut oil which helped to soften it

[Arclight1979 in reply to Man7Cut]

Thanks for that. I'm seeing my surgeon on Wednesday so will probably hear the same from. I am also very conscious that at just over 4 weeks since the op, I am very much still healing and months away from full aesthetic healing. Just nice to get a bit of reassurance from people who have gone through it.

[Man7Cut in reply to Arclight1979]

Yes it always helps. I hadn't found this site back then, wish I had. There's a world away from how it looked first weeks and what it looks like now. At beginning I couldn't believe that it would ever be ok

[Arclight1979 in reply to Man7Cut]

Haha, that's true. I took a picture each week and use it as reference to remind myself of how much I've healed. Day 1 it looked like a dog's dinner and I didnt wanna get out of bed. Today is day 30, and it's healed so much, far less bruising, stitches falling out all over the place, wearing pants, up and about, etc. Just need the swelling to die down a bit and I'll be right as rain. LOL

[Man7Cut]

Wish I'd done the picture thing because some days I couldn't see any improvement. Yes everything looks better without the swelling and you can see what you've got

[KaZodagoat]

im on my 4th week too and the stitches are just poking out honestly, does this mean they are coming out even though they are called dissolvable stitches?

[andyn81 in reply to KaZodagoat]

Yes. Mine became quite itchy and dry but they almost rubbed away as time went on.

[Arclight1979 in reply to andyn81]

Morning - woken up today to find that the most annoying of the stitches that was hanging out has rubbed off in my pants during the night. It's left a little hole, but I expect that will close up as it all rights itself down there. Only 3 dangle stitches left to go... although I can tell there's plenty healing left to do.

[andyn81 in reply to Arclight1979]

Yes the holes do close quickly. Once they start to fall apart the others follow quite quickly. TBH I helped some of mine along as it was only the area exposed to air that were intact.

[Arclight1979 in reply to andyn81]

It's so odd. Just a few days ago I was thinking how slowly the stitches seemed to be falling out and I felt like I was healing behind schedule. And now, I've only got a few stitches left visible, less pain, etc. Feeling in a good place this morning.

[andyn81 in reply to Arclight1979]

Yes. Once they go they go. To be honest the stitches were driving me mad. Once they have gone it was much much better.

[Arclight1979]

I hope that holds true for me too. The stitch line feels tighter now I'm having full-size erections again... I hope the stitches falling out combined with the skin stretching more often will loosen that all up a bit.

[Man7Cut in reply to Arclight1979]

You're a bit further down the road to recovery my man

[Arclight1979 in reply to Man7Cut]

The human body is pretty amazing when you think about it.