I'm on day 12 now. Big progress in the last days, now only a small skin bridge is left, i think it will break in the next days.
I was a little worried in the past days because my progress seemed too slow (other people said it broke in about 7 days), but now i see it's really working.
I took some photos in the last days, i'll post a complete "photographic reportage" in the next days.
Pichu;715865 said:
So I've been reading this thread for a while and I have a question. From what I can tell, I have one vein in my frenulum (I can't find the other) and it goes right through that tough stringy spot where I would be tying off. Basically, that one vein is gonna be in the knot that I'm planning. Is this dangerous at all? Any precautions or prep work I should do? Or am I unusual enough that I should talk to my doc and not do it myself?
If you don't have particular reasons for not going to the doctor, you can talk to him and get a "frenuloplasty" (google it), it's a fast surgery, healing in about 1 month. A "professional" surgery is by definition more secure then a do-it-by-yourself approach, and theoretically it should give better results.
Consider also that the frenuloplasty (see this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPVYnbDaPhk) is different from the "tying method", i don't think a doctor will use an "unconventional" method as frenulum tying.
In this forum (and in some other forums) many people used the tying method, and nobody had infections or similar problems. So we can say that is a "reasonably secure" method.
Regarding to the vein, the tie will stop the blood flow and then the tissue will die. So it should not be a great problem. It can be a problem if someone use the "cutting method" (cutting the frenulum with a blade), giving massive bleeding. So, probably you can include the vein in the tie, but not pierce the frenulum through the vein because it can cause bleeding.
Here is an interesting thread:
Fixing tight foreskins and phimosis: For the attention of paul B and Jim re: frenulum tying, ligation etc opinions please . Read the posts of PaulB (he's a surgeon if i understand correctly), he also talks about the veins in the frenulum.
For my experience i didn't see big veins in my frenulum, only zones where the skin is more thick and zones when the skin is more thin (and i pierced when it was thin).
So, look at the pros and cons and decide by yourself what to do .