Post Date December, 03 2023
Male penis development can bring excitement and happiness to young people, but it can also add annoyance. Common developmental abnormalities during puberty include phimosis and excessive foreskin.
The foreskin of children is relatively long, often covering the entire penis. By puberty, the growth of the penis significantly accelerates, and the glans also begins to expand. When erecting, it naturally exposes itself, and the foreskin recedes to the rear. "If after the puberty stage, the foreskin still surrounds the glans and cannot be exposed when erecting, it is necessary to turn the hands to expose the glans, which is called excessive foreskin.". "If the opening of the foreskin is too narrow to allow the foreskin to completely turn up and expose the glans, it is called phimosis.". Long foreskin or phimosis are harmful to human health.
There are abundant sebaceous glands on the inner surface of the foreskin and at the junction of the penis head. Often secretes a yellowish oily substance that mixes with a small amount of urine and skin exfoliated cells to form a smelly grayish white foreskin scale. "If the foreskin scale adheres to the surface of the penis or accumulates in the foreskin sac for a long time, it can easily create opportunities for bacteria. If the foreskin is not turned up clearly in time, it can cause inflammation of the foreskin and penis, causing local redness, itching, or pain.". Severe and repeated episodes can cause the foreskin opening to narrow and form adhesion with the penis head, becoming phimosis. Therefore, although phimosis is mainly a congenital disease, it can also be acquired. When phimosis occurs, there is foreskin scaling inside the foreskin sac, which can easily lead to chronic dermatitis and even penis pain.
Long foreskin and phimosis are common phenomena in young men. If the foreskin is simply too long, good hygiene habits should be established and frequent washing should be carried out to maintain local cleanliness and hygiene, which may have no impact on health. If necessary, circumcision can be performed. If phimosis occurs, surgical treatment should be actively performed.
(Intern Editor: Cai Junyi)
