r/Phimosishelp

3.2K archived posts · Oct 2013 – Feb 2026

Phimosis help. Advice for curing a tight foreskin

r/Phimosishelp

Advice and support for boys and men with phimosis (tight foreskin). This subreddit focuses on the theory that damage to the penis through certain masturbation habits and techniques causes phimosis. Some information it would be nice to include in your post are your age, your masturbation habits, including how often you masturbate and with what technique. Upload pics to www.imgur.com Visit www.uktightforeskin.blogspot.com for full explanation including diagrams explaining my theory

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This sub is based on the theory that masturbation can cause phimosis. See: http://uktightforeskin.blogspot.com/ for full explanation

In your post please include your age, your masturbation habits, including how often you masturbate and with what technique.

Pictures are helpful. Just go to www.imgur.com and post the link in your post. This will help analyse whether your phimosis is caused by a skin condition such as lichen sclerosus. This is the other (less frequent) cause of phimosis. Obese people with diabetes can also get inflammation of the foreskin due to glucose in urine.

The aim of this sub reddit is to get those suffering from phimosis to follow the advice of not masturbating and post their progress. This will reassure others that not masturbating for a long period of time can cure phimosis. Otherwise a lot of people do not believe this theory and/or are not willing to give up masturbation as a lot of guys use it as a coping mechanism for anxiety - this is usually caused by other males bullying/being hostile to them. The anxiety doesnt go away as the bullies are still alive so could always come back.

The damage to the penis may lead to depression too. I do not know the exact mechanism but it may be due to the body dampening your mood to put you off sex so that it can repair your penis or some kind of inflammation response to the damaged penis which affects the nervous system and brain. So there are other good reasons for abstaining.

Why the pressure of the hand in masturbation over long periods damages the penis:

The penis basically consists of 3 balloons that fill with blood on erection. See Diagram: http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/265769o This page shows normal functions and mobility: http://www.circumstitions.com/completeman/ Masturbating can be damaging to the penis if you apply too much pressure. It damages the spongy tissue chambers of the penis. Consequently the 3 spongy chambers do not fill out with blood and expand the skin. It also means the shaft of the penis becomes narrower both heightwise and widthwise so the head is wider than the shaft. Consequently you end up with a tight foreskin. A sensitive glans (head) is a sign of damage.

There is also a minor issue that excessive masturbation (especially with the wrong technique) can cause micro-tears in the skin, which form scar tissue; scar tissue is less elastic than unscarred tissue. But this isn’t the main cause and isn’t that important.

What you need to do is allow repair to happen. This means a long period of not masturbating. Ideally 1-6 months. It does take a while for the body to repair the penis. Make sure you are not damaging your body in other ways during this time as your body has a limit on how much it can repair in one go so must prioritise meaning your body may delay your repair to deal with other damage to your body. Avoid smoking, too much screen time (due to electromagnetic radiation and WiFi damaging brain). Make sure you get enough sunlight. Good foods which help repair are: healthy fats (oily fish, avocado), and grapes.
Take a cold shower for as long as possible both morning and evening.

Once the inside structure starts to repair, the 3 spongy chambers of the penis will inflate to their proper position and this should expand the outside skin and there will be extra 'give' when trying to pull the foreskin down. The shaft will also be wider than the head both widthwise and heightwise. Doing this will mean it will be easier to retract the foreskin over the head.

If you cant abstain completely, make sure you are not using a damaging masturbation technique. Just lightly grip the penis and move the foreskin up and down. And try not to mastrubate for a long time by edging (masturbating to point of orgasm and stoppping).

Sleep naked or in loose pajamas so sleep erections arent restricted.

It is also recommended to be as thin as possible. This will improve erection strength due to less fat clogging arteries so the stretching during sleep erections will be more effective. However do not lose weight by exercise as that will mean energy goes into repair from exercise rather than fixing your penis. Best way to lose weight is by eating less. It takes 5 minutes of constant running to burn off calories in a Mars bar. See: http://uktightforeskin.blogspot.com/ for full explanation

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