Discomfort/ New User

[Jtgoodro]

Hello fellow restorers!
I am a new user of the TLC x . Very excited about restoration. Today marks two weeks for me. I’m having some discomfort and any advice/input is welcome.

After wearing the device for about an hour I begin experiencing some pain specifically right on the upper shaft under the retainer cone. It’s hard to explain what the pain is exactly. It’s like a low level throbbing and sometimes more intense pinching feeling, also some burning. Is this my body adjusting to the process? Am I grabbing too much skin? Putting it on wrong ? It’s definitely effecting my ability to wear the device for the 10-12 recommended hours.

If I pull less skin the device falls off so that’s not an option.

Thanks ! -Jt

[forescore]

It sounds like you may have wrinkles under the skin cone. My routine after I push with the pusher to put tension is to squeeze the skin cone very slightly while pulling the wrinkles out with the fingers other hand. If you are not using the pusher, the same process applies for tugging. It is a little tricky at first to get the wrinkles out. Watch the skin carefully when you do it and you will see the wrinkles come out. The wrinkles create uneven pulling on your skin which, if ignored, can cause tears and then having to stop tugging for a while until they heal.

[Jtgoodro]

Ahhhh yes this makes sense. I will trouble shoot with this I believe you’re correct about the wrinkles. It is tricky because the devise comes undone easily.
thank you!!

[forescore]

Oh, and welcome to the forum. It is a really helpful place.

[admin]

Am I grabbing too much skin? Putting it on wrong ? It’s definitely effecting my ability to wear the device for the 10-12 recommended hours.
If I pull less skin the device falls off so that’s not an option.

Sorry to hear about that discomfort that sets in so quickly.

For best grip we want to roll skin up so it covers as much of the white silicone as we comfortably can. If more than half the tugger body is uncovered once the Your-Skin Cone has seated then maybe tug for a few weeks/months with just the tugger body (removing the Pusher, Rod and Collet) using straps or weights for tension.

Gentle tension gets the job done. Follow the 4-Hour Rule protocol http://TLCTugger.com/4-hour-rule/ to fine-tune the amount of gentle tension you'll use.

[Darkishm]

It sounds like you may have wrinkles under the skin cone. My routine after I push with the pusher to put tension is to squeeze the skin cone very slightly while pulling the wrinkles out with the fingers other hand. If you are not using the pusher, the same process applies for tugging. It is a little tricky at first to get the wrinkles out. Watch the skin carefully when you do it and you will see the wrinkles come out. The wrinkles create uneven pulling on your skin which, if ignored, can cause tears and then having to stop tugging for a while until they heal.

How to remove the wrinkles,is there any demo video out there to learn.

[forescore]

No, it's more of a do it and see what works. Trying things and most importantly watch as you are doing it. The objective is to pull the wrinkles out without releasing the skin.

[Dark side]

I used to have similar kind of pain after one hour with the same device, my advice would be don’t seal the skin cone leave a small space when using it with the white silicone, at first you think it will fall but it won’t.
check the last two pictures that I posted and you you will understand what I mean and that would be my advice.
good luck with your restoration.

[forescore]

Great point Dark side. My foreskin is so long now, I have to make sure it isn't all the way to the end. All the way to the end is an area where pinching can occur.

[alinz07]

Experienced user here, and sometimes, just the way the skin bunches and blocks blood flow, I can sometimes get slight pain after 20 minutes. Take it off immediately and reapply the device. It should not hurt at all. Any pain is usually blood flow restriction which you don’t want. Follow admin’s advice and read all faq’s, they helped me a lot!

[forescore]

How to remove the wrinkles,is there any demo video out there to learn.

Up on the tlctugger.com there is a video of it where Ron demonstrates it. I think that it is in the TLC-X area.