Best way to start with a CI-0 ?

[500-F]

Hi,

I discovered that i could restore my foreskin somehow, but i don't know how to start, because i'm at CI-0 stage, and I haven't got the time for manual tugging, so I'm trying to cross-tape, with 8 hours sessions in general. But i read almost everywhere that it's way less efficient because the tension applied with cross-tape is small compared to the manual tugging, so i don't know what to do... Is it better that I do long sessions of cross-taping with a moderate tension or short sessions of manual tugging but with a good tension ? Thank you in advance !

[parsecskin]

Of course you have the time for manual. Think outside the box. 5-10 minutes here and there adds up. You could easily get in a 10-15 minute session before you go to bed, before you get out of bed in the morning, in the shower, a couple minutes when on the shitter etc. It all adds up. Before you know it you'll be able to use a device. Git r done!

[500-F]

Oh, and is it faster with that method if i go only 15 minutes manually everyday ?

[parsecskin]

At a CI 0 you only have 1 choice, manual #2. How much inner skin do you have?

[500-F]

I only have the penis original skin, all the foreskin has been removed.

[parsecskin]

Every thing from your scar line to the edge of your head is inner skin. They took all that?

[500-F]

Yup, there's nothing left;

[Reality]

You won't get much, or any, tension from cross-taping. Your shaft skin has the natural ability to relax, temporarily stretch, and that will take away any tension you managed to apply. Cross taping is really more for retaining, not tugging. The only way I can see cross taping work is by packing (putting a soft insert against your glans tip and pulling skin over that). But again, I can't see getting much tension from that when you're just cross taping.

If your scar line rests just behind the corona (I think that's what you're saying), and your shaft skin is tight, then manual is really the only method available to you. Like parsec says, you can work manual into your day in a number of "moments", including on the toilet (if you're at work, just do a sit-down rather than use a urinal), before bed, in front of the TV, when you wake in the morning, etc.

It is never about the amount of time you apply tension, it's always about how much tension you apply.

Edit: could I have written that last part less clear? Probably not. What I meant is this: it's tension in cycles, not tension under long periods of time, that matters. In other words, moderate to somewhat higher levels of tension, in cycles is the way to go (this was proven scientifically). "Cycles" means tension on, for shorter periods of time, then tension off, doing that for multiple cycles. Manual fits that description really well.

[parsecskin]

Yup, there's nothing left;

Oh shit, man. I feel for you. I can never understand why some of these fucking assholes do that to a guy. You may have legal options depending upon your age. How old are you?

[500-F]

I'm 16, and it was for medical purpose, i think i was cut around 9

[parsecskin]

OK. Medical reasons? Phimosis? Phimosis can be fixed without cutting with the use of steroid creams and stretching. There is a device called "phimocure" . Google it and check it out. It's basically a series of progressively larger rings you insert into the opening and over time it expands so you can retract your foreskin. I assume you live in the US? You can't do anything legally until you turn 18. Then the clock starts ticking and you only have a certain time frame to bring suit against the asshole that cut you. Check out www.arclaw.org. They specialize in circumcision lawsuits and David Llewellyn is awesome and wins a lot of these. Looks like you have a good case. Document everything with pictures starting now.
Sue the shit out of him. It's the ONLY way these bastards will stop. Hit em in the pocket book. Any questions or if you want to talk, PM me directly. I was cut later in life too, so I know what you are going thru.

[500-F]

Oh, heheh thanks but I live in France, and it was my parents who decided this, they were thinking about my health and that was not meant for anything else, but when i will be fully restored i'll tell them that it was a bad idea. So, manual tugging everytime i can ? Okay, I'll try ! Ah, and I think i'll use canister method after, when do i know when i can start ?

[Reality]

I used the canister method for years, and I was very happy with it's use and the results I saw. You can use a canister as soon as you can roll enough shaft skin over the lip of the canister; enough so that it will stay taped without peeling off. To help with this you can apply a strip of tape sticky-side out around that lip, which will lie under the skin. Roll your skin over that, and then tape that arrangement down to the canister with several widths of tape. You can also first rough up the surface of the canister so that the adhesive on the tape will fill the minute scratches, and it may grip with a bit more force.

I used an elastic strap to pull on the opposite end of the canister, which gave me sufficient tension for a period of time, and automatically gave cycles each time the strap flexed. You have to readjust the tension from time to time, but that's a small price to pay.

[greg_b]

I had very little inner skin, say 1/4 inch between the rim of my glans and my scar. I was initially interested in the canister method, and tried it, but did not like it that much. But it worked well for my starting point. But I quickly devised this method, which I found very easy to use and effective:

http://www.restoringforeskin.org/images/greg_b-t-tape-strips-and-insert-llustrated.pdf

Regards