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Originally Posted by SteveHd  To default6789:
Scars can change over time -- lighter or darker -- so it's nothing to be concerned about. To: cirus:
My guess is that the two "piercings" are skin bridges. They are an indirect result of infant circumcision but that doesn't mean the circ. was flawed. They form during the post-operative period and are more common for a "loose" cut as opposed to a "tight" cut. Sometimes the remnant foreskin and glans will form an adhesion. In the post-operative period, parents are sometimes advised to put Vaseline on the glans as a prophylaxis against skin adhesions. Maybe that wasn't done?
They are uncommon but not particularly rare.
As previously mentioned, more surgery [more cutting] is the proscribed remedy.
More info with some pics: Botch Gallery 1 - skin bridges -- reader advisory: Pics in preceding link are disturbing some. |
Thanks, looks like this may explain my condition. Mine looks like the guy with the paper clip, on the shaft but underneath and two close together. Glans is normal. I have quite bad scaring just behind the frenulum, and the two bridges were close together and in the same area as the scar. I am not tightly cut and in fact have quite a lot of foreskin loose on the underside. Cleaning has not been easy and over time the two bridges have broken into one larger bridge. Have to admit to some stretching to make cleaning easier, also to wearing a ring through the bridge for the same reason. Dont think I will go for more surgery to remove the bridge, wearing the ring is quite sexy and I havent had to go through the pain of having the piercing. Too much of a wimp anyway.
Thanks for the explanation, its been a bit of a mystery for some time. A bit embarasing to ask a doctor.
Looks like circumsision as a practice has a lot to answer for.