Shouldn’t be removed in the first place, outside of medically necessary procedures.
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I can't believe circumcision is still practiced in some parts of the world.
And it's been the default here in the US, historically and culturally (for puritanical reasons originally, and now because it's "the norm"). Absolutely barbaric practice. "Yes, please mutilate my newborn baby because *checks notes* having a foreskin is unhygienic and looks weird compared to what I'm used to seeing in porn."
"My parents mutilated me so I'll do the same to my newborn child because tradition"
Something I consider extremely upsetting is the fact that just nobody gives a single solitary fuck in america? Like it's literally genital mutilation on a baby? But people will basically just brush you off if you try to bring up how fucked it is?
It's brutal. I'm very lucky I wasn't. Both my younger half brothers are.
My BIL had his son circumcized. When I asked him why (he's not at all religious) he couldn't come up with a reason.
Absolutely insane. I hope he doesn't own a weapon.
Funny you mention that
Ya-huh?
Of all the organs, I cannot fathom why this is the one we decided we should remove bits of. Imagine if we had instead made a ritual of removing earlobes, no one would give a fuck.
It desensitises the dick. Same reason for FGM. Beyond all of this, it is just a marker for tribal in-groups, a method of trust for converts into the religion, and a method of control.
Step 9 is where they surgically attach a zipper for those cold evenings 🥶
It'd be more fun to restore someone else's foreskin, magically.
Thanks, i got used to Not having One since having surgery for phimosis when I was little. Good to know there’s an option for people who want to have it restored. Options are always good:)
Been doing this on and off for years, definitely works but the process is slow. Especially when you aren't consistent. I have thought about starting a community for it if anyone is interested.
question. any difference in general?
like does sex feel better or the same?
Totally! Once you can get the stretched foreskin skin to stay over you glans regularly the glans skin starts to become more soft and sensitive from not rubbing on fabric.
Masturbation is more fun too since there is more skin to move around.
I am really enjoying the feeling. I think if I was consistent I would be fully restored in about two years from now, but I am not so I am giving myself five to be done fully.
I started this process when I was in my early 20s and would be done by now if I had just stuck with it.
thanks for the answer, very informative.
What's with the downvotes on the post and through the comments? Is lemmy more prudey than I thought or am I missing something here?
I mean, it's not really an accurate title. What was cut off can't be restored. Sure, you can stretch the skin to be something like a foreskin, but it doesn't have the nerve endings that were removed.
It's the commonly used term, op didn't make it up for this post, that's just what people call it. The wikipedia article he linked uses the term in the title. I personally learned about this at r/foreskinrestoration. Besides, who's gonna downvote over semantics? My bet is still on prudes.
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i know this is a thing, but i really don't understand the why. like, is it an aesthetics thing? is it something done as a sort quiet protest against the practice of circumcision as a whole? something else?
Circumcision is abuse. Only rarely is it a medically sane practice. The glans basically becomes calloused, why would anyone want that?
Foreskin restoration is a way to return to a more normal state, with a softer and more sensitive glans. That is the reason people want to restore.
Circumcision removes a lot of the sensitive tissue, making it harder for a man to climax, especially while masturbating.
It’s done primarily by religious loons to ‘keep men from committing sin’, since they believe the only way a man should ever climax is during penetrative sex with a woman. But even then a circumcised man will feel less pleasure than an uncircumcised one.
So this is primarily done to get some of the feeling back, both to be able to masturbate easier and to have greater pleasure during sex.
Jacking off without needing lube
I don’t know about other people but I go dry 99% of the time and it’s fine.
Is that really a thing? I've been circumcised when I was young because of medical reasons, I've never needed lube for a wank.
Same. Maybe I just have a ton of pre cum
I'm circumcised and I've never needs lube to wank. circumcision is bad regardless, but I'm not sure that lubless wanking is a problem.
I'm circumcised and I don't understand why I would ever need lube to jack off. Where did you get that idea?
You're not working the head enough bro, gotta work on your technique
(Lemmy seriousness disclaimer: this is a joke)
Good disclaimer, I was gonna be all indignant about how the hell you know anything about my fapnique
Hahaha lemmy has a tendency to take things too seriously I think
Not me! How dare you! REPORTED
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Those penises look funny in their various apparatuses.
Personality I would rather have the opposite (bottom surgery) :3
TIL, thanks
Do you still get the extra nerve endings that the original provided?
No, but you do regain a lot of sensitivity and your glans becomes less calloused.
According to the Reddit threads at least. I still have the foreskin I was born with.
Nerves don't grow back, but the glans becomes more sensitive as the calloused skin heals.
Husband restored his over the course of a year. Can confirm, it does work.. to an extent. One caveat is that he has to wear a retainer day and night, as the stretched skin doesn’t cover the head unless pulled into place with the retainer.
It will take a few more years but he will get there. Tell him I salute him for his perseverance!
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