What to do if a little boy has a long foreskin

Now more and more parents are beginning to pay attention to the problem of foreskin being too long in little boys. Many parents are planning to take their children to a men's hospital during the summer vacation to see how to solve the problem of foreskin being too long. What parents are afraid of is that excessive foreskin will affect their children’s future sexual life over time. The most important thing is that parents should always pay attention to their children’s physical condition. If you want to know what to do, read on!

So, under what circumstances is it determined that the foreskin is too long? The part of the penis skin that extends forward is called the foreskin. If the foreskin completely covers the glans, but the glans can be exposed by turning it back by hand, we call it "phimosis"; if the foreskin completely covers the glans, the foreskin opening is narrow and cannot be turned back to expose the glans, it is called "phimosis".

Phimosis is a common condition in boys' daily life. If it is a preschool child, 70-80% has foreskin that is too long. Why is this so? Because at this time, the child's penis has not yet developed, so the foreskin appears to be relatively long. Generally, after puberty, under the action of hormones and endocrines, boys' penises begin to develop. As the penis grows, the foreskin will naturally retract slowly and backwards. This makes the foreskin that was originally too long become shorter because the glans is exposed after the foreskin retracts due to the development of the penis, and the foreskin becomes normal. If the foreskin is still long after puberty, surgery is required.

Generally speaking, an excessively long foreskin may increase the chance of a child getting a urinary tract infection, and may also cause local infection and inflammation of the foreskin and glans. The foreskin is too long and the glans cannot be exposed. The foreskin covers the glans and urethral opening for a long time, so that the mucus secreted by the glands in the inner plate of the foreskin, urethra, coronal sulcus and other parts cannot be discharged and accumulates in the foreskin. The secretions and dirt of the foreskin glands remain in the foreskin for a long time, which will form urine scale and smegma, which are easy to breed bacteria and cause inflammation of the foreskin and urethra. Repeated inflammation will irritate the baby's penis, making the baby feel itchy and tingling, affecting the development of the baby's penis, and will also have a certain impact on the quality of the baby's sexual life in adulthood. Therefore, an excessively long foreskin will have some impact on health and should be paid attention to.

In addition, good local cleaning is an important key to preventing foreskin diseases. When the foreskin is too long, you should pay attention to turning up the foreskin of the child and cleaning it frequently in daily life to keep the area dry and clean in order to reduce the chance of local infection and prevent adhesion. If the child has simple foreskin adhesion, simple separation will be sufficient.

Foreskin that is too long does not necessarily require surgery, but if you are determined to have a circumcision, you should know that it is actually a safer operation with fewer complications, and an experienced doctor only needs a very short time to complete a circumcision. There are many surgical methods, such as general circumcision, laser sleeve excision, and ring cerclage. Doctors in different places take different approaches. Circumcision is usually performed on an elective basis and is not an emergency surgery. Most parents choose to have it done on their children during holidays or winter and summer vacations. I suggest doing better in the summer, the key is to facilitate care.

Through the introduction of andrology experts, we know that the current method to solve the problem of foreskin being too long in little boys is mainly circumcision. We hope that if you find that your child’s foreskin is too long, you can take them to have this surgery as soon as possible to minimize the harm to the child. However, if you want the surgery to be effective, you must go to a regular andrology hospital.