The following is from a feature article on a pediatric website called Dr. Green. Dr. Green is not a circumcision or restoration website. It is only concerned with child health and medicine. I have brought this article here to [words=http://www.mattersofsize.com/join-now.html]MOS[/words] to help illuminate a couple of my theories concerning Penis Enlargement and foreskin restoration. I just cut and pasted it verboten. If you would like the investigate further, just type the phrase "trapped penis" into the google search engine.
Penis Size
Q: Dr. Greene, my 14-month-old son has a recessed penis. Ever since we had him circumcised, the penis has recessed into a pad of fat surrounding it. In order for it to emerge, we have to push on either side of the pad. Our pediatrician assured us that as he thinned out, it would emerge on its own. This has not occurred and we are worried that part of the circumcision has re-adhered. We have concerns about social, urinary, and erection issues.
Please help us. We are having difficulty finding information on this topic. Is there a surgical procedure that would fix this? Thank you
"It's a boy!"
A: When we first glimpse our children in the delivery room, their sex is one of the immediate things we notice. It's also one of the first things we report to family and friends. In the last generation, many of us have seen evidence of our children's sex on ultrasound even before they were born, but still at the birth, we look to see.
How disconcerting to parents when a boy's penis seems to disappear, either at birth or shortly thereafter. The good news is that the outlook is bright. Sometimes surgery is needed, sometimes medical treatments, and often nothing at all.
When a penis appears absent or too small, we call the condition inconspicuous penis (Walsh: Campbell's Urology, 7th ed., W. B. Saunders Company, 1998). I've seen this in a great many boys. Several very different situations are lumped into this category. I will describe webbed penis, concealed penis, trapped penis, micropenis, and absent penis.
A webbed penis is a normal-sized penis where the skin of the scrotal sack extends part way up the shaft of the penis. Boys can be born this way, or the condition can result from an over-exuberant circumcision where adhesions form between the scrotal skin and the penile skin. Webbed penis usually causes no problems (unless a routine circumcision is later performed). It is unlikely to get better as the child grows. Results with surgery, however, are excellent. (Casale AJ - Concealed penis in childhood: a spectrum of etiology and treatment. J Urol - 1999 Sep; 162(3 Pt 2): 1165-8).
A concealed penis is a normal-sized penis that lays hidden in the pubic fat pad. This condition is also called buried penis or hidden penis. Some children are born this way, and for some it happens after circumcision. It is common in infants and toddlers, and occasionally seen in older children and obese adolescents. If the penis can be easily exposed by gently pulling on it or by pressing down on the surrounding fat pad, then the situation will usually correct itself over time. Sometimes surgery is needed for concealed penis. Either way, "social, urinary and erection" results are excellent.
A trapped penis is a normal-sized penis that is partially stuck in the pubic fat pad. Children are not born with trapped penis; circumcision causes it. Routine circumcision of a webbed penis or circumcision when there is significant scrotal swelling (from a hydrocele or hernia) can lead to trapped penis. Scarring or adhesions trap the recessed penis in the fat pad. This condition can predispose children to urinary tract infections or urinary retention. Surgery is usually wise.
All of the above conditions have a penis of normal size.
Now, follow please: If circumcision can cause such an extreme adverse complication that in some rare cases surgery is called for, don't you think there must certainly be MILDER cases of trapped penis that, in adults, would lead to the male having a penis that (while actually normal in size) can appear smaller than it really is?
Of course.
Logic dictates that this must be so.
I think that this effect can explain the phenomenom of "fast gainers" in the Penis Enlargement world and also for those who reports gains from doing only foreskin restoration, with no Penis Enlargement at all. In both cases, the penis is not "growing" so much as it is "becoming visible". Either way, the result is the same: a penis that is visibly and measurably larger!
Does this apply to all circumcised men? Of course not. I never believed it did. I do, however, believe that this complication affects more men than we may believe, to various lesser or greater degrees, and that it is treatable with Penis Enlargement and/or FR techniques. I think it possibly accounts for "newbie gains" in milder cases and "fast gainers" in more severe cases, where more length was quickly obtained.
I have personally observed this effect in myself, having a tight circ, and believe it is a plausible theory.
I hope I have explained my idea of trapped penis better here than before, when I first started doing this stuff. I am learning all this just like the rest of you. I am open to comments or debates, but not to personal attacks on my credibility or the credibility of my information.
Penis Size
Q: Dr. Greene, my 14-month-old son has a recessed penis. Ever since we had him circumcised, the penis has recessed into a pad of fat surrounding it. In order for it to emerge, we have to push on either side of the pad. Our pediatrician assured us that as he thinned out, it would emerge on its own. This has not occurred and we are worried that part of the circumcision has re-adhered. We have concerns about social, urinary, and erection issues.
Please help us. We are having difficulty finding information on this topic. Is there a surgical procedure that would fix this? Thank you
"It's a boy!"
A: When we first glimpse our children in the delivery room, their sex is one of the immediate things we notice. It's also one of the first things we report to family and friends. In the last generation, many of us have seen evidence of our children's sex on ultrasound even before they were born, but still at the birth, we look to see.
How disconcerting to parents when a boy's penis seems to disappear, either at birth or shortly thereafter. The good news is that the outlook is bright. Sometimes surgery is needed, sometimes medical treatments, and often nothing at all.
When a penis appears absent or too small, we call the condition inconspicuous penis (Walsh: Campbell's Urology, 7th ed., W. B. Saunders Company, 1998). I've seen this in a great many boys. Several very different situations are lumped into this category. I will describe webbed penis, concealed penis, trapped penis, micropenis, and absent penis.
A webbed penis is a normal-sized penis where the skin of the scrotal sack extends part way up the shaft of the penis. Boys can be born this way, or the condition can result from an over-exuberant circumcision where adhesions form between the scrotal skin and the penile skin. Webbed penis usually causes no problems (unless a routine circumcision is later performed). It is unlikely to get better as the child grows. Results with surgery, however, are excellent. (Casale AJ - Concealed penis in childhood: a spectrum of etiology and treatment. J Urol - 1999 Sep; 162(3 Pt 2): 1165-8).
A concealed penis is a normal-sized penis that lays hidden in the pubic fat pad. This condition is also called buried penis or hidden penis. Some children are born this way, and for some it happens after circumcision. It is common in infants and toddlers, and occasionally seen in older children and obese adolescents. If the penis can be easily exposed by gently pulling on it or by pressing down on the surrounding fat pad, then the situation will usually correct itself over time. Sometimes surgery is needed for concealed penis. Either way, "social, urinary and erection" results are excellent.
A trapped penis is a normal-sized penis that is partially stuck in the pubic fat pad. Children are not born with trapped penis; circumcision causes it. Routine circumcision of a webbed penis or circumcision when there is significant scrotal swelling (from a hydrocele or hernia) can lead to trapped penis. Scarring or adhesions trap the recessed penis in the fat pad. This condition can predispose children to urinary tract infections or urinary retention. Surgery is usually wise.
All of the above conditions have a penis of normal size.
Now, follow please: If circumcision can cause such an extreme adverse complication that in some rare cases surgery is called for, don't you think there must certainly be MILDER cases of trapped penis that, in adults, would lead to the male having a penis that (while actually normal in size) can appear smaller than it really is?
Of course.
Logic dictates that this must be so.
I think that this effect can explain the phenomenom of "fast gainers" in the Penis Enlargement world and also for those who reports gains from doing only foreskin restoration, with no Penis Enlargement at all. In both cases, the penis is not "growing" so much as it is "becoming visible". Either way, the result is the same: a penis that is visibly and measurably larger!
Does this apply to all circumcised men? Of course not. I never believed it did. I do, however, believe that this complication affects more men than we may believe, to various lesser or greater degrees, and that it is treatable with Penis Enlargement and/or FR techniques. I think it possibly accounts for "newbie gains" in milder cases and "fast gainers" in more severe cases, where more length was quickly obtained.
I have personally observed this effect in myself, having a tight circ, and believe it is a plausible theory.
I hope I have explained my idea of trapped penis better here than before, when I first started doing this stuff. I am learning all this just like the rest of you. I am open to comments or debates, but not to personal attacks on my credibility or the credibility of my information.
