question - is restoration actually possible?

[ssp9919]

what is Restoration? how can you get skin back that's cut off?

does it mean unroll the bunched up under the head? why is it so important to have skin covering yourr penis? why do you wanna retract it all the time?

when you get a erection it retracts anyways,that's the same as being circumcised, so retracted or circumcised its in the same position so i dont get why ,sex is the same, what make it exciting is rubbing the head or the clitoris,not if you have a foreskin,i would think in kids it makes them pee in the skin or messes up there aim and pee hurts you

[parsecskin]

Welcome. So many questions! Restoration is actually growing new skin. It works by a concept called "tissue expansion" which is the same way a fat person's skin grows to accommodate their increased size, only restoration is done in a directed and controlled way with a "restoration device". The foreskin covers and protects the head of the penis, which is NOT regular skin. it's mucous membrane like your lip and the inside of your mouth. Circumcision exposes this to the air and it loses sensitivity BIG TIME! Try this: wet your finger tip and rub it lightly over your bottom lip. THAT is how sensitive the mucous membrane on your penis is SUPPOSED to be, only more so. The missing tissue has thousands of nerve endings that are even more sensitive than that, if you can believe it. The foreskin keeps this tissue moist and sensitive like it's supposed to be. In fact the inner foreskin is the most sensitive part of the penis. If you are circumcised, you likely have some of this inner foreskin left. It's everything from your scar line up to the rim of the head. Sex is much better (for both people) with this sensitivity and the loose skin.
I suggest you go to http://www.restoringforeskin.org/beg...in-restoration and www.norm.org and read EVERYTHING. This will answer a lot of questions and get you on the right track.
If you have any questions, PM me any time.

[ssp9919]

so how can some1 tell circumcise or not what feels better?

[parsecskin]

I was cut as an adult and remember exactly what it was like. Having a foreskin feels way better than not having one. Not only is sex better, but everyday comfort is better too. No uncomfortable rubbing in your shorts, no clothing getting caught in your pee hole, You are also not reminded of your penis every time you move around. It just feels like another limb until "it's time for fun". You also don't feel "exposed" when you're completely naked. It's a win win situation all they way.

[admin]

An erect penis appears sort of the same, cut or intact. But the intact one with plenty of slack has a moving part - the skin tube. It slinks and glides and gives an exquisite frictionless massage. See also http://tlctugger.com/benefits-of-foreskin-restoration/

[Rood]

It's not accurate to say the foreskins of a restored and intact penis act in the same way during erection. Foreskins differ in length, and some remain over the glans during erection, while at the other end of the spectrum you'll find foreskins that are so short they never cover the glans, at all ... unless the owner stretches his intact foreskin using the same methods cut men employ to grow entirely new tissue.

Nerves in the remnant inner mucosal foreskin of a cut man, and in the glans, itself, lose much of their sensitivity due to decades of exposure to drying air and decades of rough chafing against clothing. Restoration gives those adumbrated nerves an opportunity to regain lost sensitivity. If a cut man thinks his glans is sensitive ... he doesn't know what sensitive means until he restores his foreskin.

Additionally ... their are highly specialized nerves that are invariably lost to circumcision ... as they exist just within the opening of a normal, healthy foreskin. See: http://cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor ... and, also http://www.sexasnatureintendedit.com/

[ssp9919]

"No uncomfortable rubbing in your shorts, no clothing getting caught in your pee hole, You are also not reminded of your penis every time you move around"

what? none of those happen to me, foreskin is not what make it secretive,its the penis head and it declines with age

you want it so sensitive the second it inserts your pregnant?

[mjwise]

"No uncomfortable rubbing in your shorts, no clothing getting caught in your pee hole, You are also not reminded of your penis every time you move around"

what? none of those happen to me, foreskin is not what make it secretive,its the penis head and it declines with age

you want it so sensitive the second it inserts your pregnant?

No. The glans of the penis is not the most touch-sensitive part of the penis (scroll down to the Sorrells figure). Lots of cut guys think that it is, but it's not. That being said, your average uncut guy with full coverage tends to find an exposed glans very uncomfortable.

This (rather disturbing) study involving performing radically low re-circumcisions on adult men also appears to indicate that it is the "foreskin remnants" (their term, not mine) that are sensitive on circumcised men - not the glans.

[deja_ale]

This (rather disturbing) study involving performing radically low re-circumcisions on adult men also appears to indicate that it is the "foreskin remnants" (their term, not mine) that are sensitive on circumcised men - not the glans.

That is quite a disturbing study indeed. I can't believe people would volunteer for that let alone admit to being satisfied with it afterward.

[Guest]

Kind of a confusing mess of ideas, from the study with its obvious flaws (probably mostly cultural) and its apparent contradictions, and from some of the replies here. As far as the study goes, you have to know how to read the unstated assumptions of the authors/researchers; research abstracts all have this feature. The primary idea of this study is that PE can be modified "in selected" individuals. Well, sure; no surprise there; take away the sensation and soon there isn't much of a positive stimulus, and you will sooner or later experience a negative stimulus, for both parties, male and female. That's the truth that intactivism wants to get across. The worth of this study is that it states directly that intact tissue is much more sensitive, and adds the well known fact that the glans penis is NOT as sensitive the adjacent mucosa, especially after it's been exposed for a long time. It's a good thing to see this stated in so many words; again, part of the intactivist message. I'm surprised that nobody here has said anything about that.

As far as some of the replies in this thread go, to compare a natural foreskin with what restorers manage to come up with is the same old mistaken nonsense you see on restoration forums. Can't do it. We don't actually restore a "foreskin", we expand shaft skin (and maybe a bit of mucosa) to lie loosely on the shaft, and the other thing we do is cover any mucosa we have. There is a lot of benefit to this, but you can't compare it to nature's design in a technical way.

[greg_b]

so how can some1 tell circumcise or not what feels better?

You can't really, unless you have some way to experience both. So you have to read what others say and judge how much confidence to have in what they say.

I was circ'd as an infant, so I cannot compare other than circumcised vs restored. And, I am not fully restored. But I can say that my sexual feelings with the amount of skin I now have are way better, amazingly better, than I ever had hoped they would be. And this is also true for my wife, that the additional skin makes a huge difference.

There are a few guys who have experienced all three. And, while words do not do a very good job of describing sexual feelings, at least one of them has said it this way, which gives you a very rough comparison:

Sex with your foreskin = 10
Sex circ'd = 3
Sex Restored = 7

I have been involved in this for over 15 years, and there is very good consensus that restoring is well worth it, with people, myself included, saying that restoration was not only the best thing they ever did for their sex life, but that they were surprised at how much a difference it made and it exceeded their expectations.

Hope that helps.