I had this question for a while

Hi, my glans is completely under the Keratin layer. The pinkish colour is replaced by dark brown layer.

I’ve full foreskin coverage, as I saw 24/7 coverage is required to restore.

My question is, am I supposed to open the foreskin while peeing and how often I need to clean the glans. Also how to clean and maintain everything to start the process? Will Aloe Vera Gel help or a moisturiser or they will hinder the process? If yes then how often show I use it.

Isn't it crazy how just 7 days ago, I said I'm about to buy Chris's retainer? And now it'll be here at my house tomorrow! Very fast service.

Now that tomorrow will be my first night retaining, what am I to expect? Anyone here feel differences in sensitivity from retaining? I think I'll transition to stealth retainers once I reach closer to CI-6. But for now, I think this was worth it. Let me know what y'all felt when you started retaining. Thank you!

Hi guys i keep restoring on and off I have a dorsal slit style.I just wanna ask if you have a bit of a progress and you stop restoring for like a year or 2 ? Will the progress be gone ? And if you did restore your foreskin do you have to keep tugging to keep it ?

Hello ~

Looking for advice on how to navigate the below situation from men that may have experienced similar situations with their partners, because I assume y'all are out there.

My partner has very openly rejected the notion of foreskin restoration when I've brought it up. They have very strong views on the aesthetics of uncut penises and have rejected partners in the past. We have been together 6+ years. Over that period of time, I've come to develop views that oppose circumcision and grief over that loss/inability to choose for myself. I've deeply wished that I was never cut and to have my natural body fully intact. I know I'll never have my "real" foreskin, but I really want to do what I can to feel the best I can about my body that I can. Additionally, I've developed occasional psoriasis spots beyond my circumcision scar that have left permanent spots/marks that I know wouldn't have occurred if my natural protections were intact. My partner knows how I feel about it, but can't come to understand because of their narrow minded views on this particular subject.

Basically - My current stance is that I want to go ahead with restoration regardless of their opinion of it. They've made themselves clear on their stance, but my desire to restore myself is greater. I don't think I should compromise being happy in my body. I plan on doing it privately. At some point, they may catch me tugging or notice my penis changing, and at that point it will be their decision whether their vanity is more important than me as a person. At least, that's how I'm feeling so far.

I did some rough research. I'm naturally at a CI-2 and my goal would be to land between CI-5 and CI-6. I plan on using a mix of Manual Methods 2 and 3 to get there, no tape or devices.

As mentioned - any advices is more than welcome. Both about the situation presented and about restoration in general. Are my goals achievable? Is there an ETA for someone trying to go CI2 to CI6?

Thanks in advance!

After 40 mins to an hour I start getting a burning , the longer I wear it past that I start to feel it more and more, so I took it off to rest 3 minutes and put it back on.

Is this what gripper fatigue means or is this the tension? I'm very confused. And does this go away if it's the gripper?

Sorry if this is tmi… but I used to love my foreskin (despite being circumcised, it was rather sparing) and I’ve been suffering ever since I had some other surgeries on my dick.

Basically I went through 2 nesbit plication surgeries to correct my curvature both of which failed to work, and then had the sutures removed through a smaller incision. The trauma from the surgeries still bothers me with some scarring, fibrosis, and occasional pain, and overall less enjoyment.

I want to see a doctor about options for any form of rehabilitation but I can’t find any results for a specialist for basically surgical trauma. Anyone have any suggestions or advice as to who to see or what I can try?

hi so my foreskin is pretty long and i have an overhang and i really hate it so is there a way to make it smaller permanently without any aesthetic surgeries

Hey guys. I've been finding it really difficult to know if I've actually been progressing at all. Measurements aren't concrete, the only metric I have as objective proof is that my skin seems to roll over more often now in various positions like sitting or leaning over.

2.5 months ago I started using the CAR1. I've put in 350h of use since then, but I'm just not seeing any hard proof that I've gained. Both FEC and measured inner skin haven't seemed to change at all really. Since I began restoring in August 2023 I've put in 1312h, through a mixed effort of manuals, DTR, packers, and CAR1. A few months were taken off because of injuries, and the few months of manuals were logged as individual minutes of tension, so both will affect the 1312h number.

Despite all that, I'm still at CI3, same as where I started. I think I've grown some skin, it feels looser and rolls over more often, but the measurements with a ruler don't reflect that and it's extremely disheartening. Maybe some of the growth has gone to reducing the turkey neck but I'm honestly not sure, I've still got a hairy shaft and a bit of a turkey neck. I'm only 22, I've got my whole life ahead of me, I can't live the rest of my life with a dead stick for a dick, I refuse to.

Do any of you guys have advice for me? I don't know what to do at this point. Is it just not enough hours of effort? I know I need to increase my daily consistency and overall hours, is that all that I'm missing?

How do you go past it? Chris Brown device .

Hello, Team.

I heard you all discussing a silicone pad for the DTR pusher rod.

I am getting some minor friction blisters on glans with use.

No skin tears or serious pain though, which is good.

Can you link me to the silicone pusher pad that you all use?

I heard it can increase comfort.

-KOT

I've seen multiple people on here say that orgasm control gets easier once you get more skin, and I'm interested to hear more about this as control has always been one of my biggest problems, and I think it's because of how my circumcision was done. Penetrative sex never lasted long because I constantly had to stop and start, and it ruined the experience for both parties.

I'm at the point of restoration where I feel a lot more (I describe it in vivid detail in my recent post), but I don't feel orgasm control has really improved yet. I glide exclusively while masturbating, but I still have to constantly stop and start when edging and be REALLY careful at times. I know stopping and starting is pretty much how everyone edges but I still feel like I have to do it a lot more than I should.

I would like to know how control gets naturally easier, just natural control that I would already have if I wasn't circumcised. I can kind of control it naturally by relaxing my pelvic muscles and "shutting it off" in my head, but that only gets me so far.

Restoring on/off for several years, trying to get serious this time. Recently started inflation. Previously used TLCX.

to explain, i practice penis enlargement and currently i focus on my glans to make it bigger, but unfortunately most of the devices press on the glans i have the impression. but apart from that even when i did not practice these exercises i never appreciated that it pressed hard on my glans and i do not understand why the device does not press just on the circumference of the glans with a bell big enough to accommodate the glans inside. anyway, do you know of a device that does not press on the glans?

Has anyone made such a device for weights? I've heard of people doing something involving inflation, but never with weights. I have a pulley under my desk and I attach weights to it to tug while I sit. My idea would be to have something lift and lower the weight periodically to create cyclically loading. It seems like something easy to create, but I don't know much about small electronics that could accomplish this.

Is the scar line typically inner or outer skin? And when taping or using a device, should we attempt to attach it to the scar line, if possible? This seems to be the way to make sure the scar ends up being being extra skin near the tip of the penis, which would be ideal when one is done restoring? Or am I misunderstanding?

I'm using a DTR. Because I don't have much to work with, I have to roll the remaining skin over the bell as there isn't enough to pull it at the point of equilibrium. Does this mean I'm only going to grow outer skin? Would another method be better at this stage?

Hello. I was circumcised when I was a baby. The people who completed the restoration said they felt the sensation again as they recovered, but I don't know what it feels like because I was circumcised as a baby.Are there people who have succeeded in restoring that have been circumcised as babies? If I start restoring now, can I bring back the senses I've never felt before?

I was looking to get the mantor ds but the only thing I noticed is the air/pusher pad looks very thick and might cause unwanted outward stretch compared to other devices.Im wondering if this will result in a loose/baggy thick end result. I know it will never be a tight as how nature intended just would rather have it a tight as possible. Thanks.

I've always had a very constant near never ending amount of thoughts or internal chatter would probably better describe it.

Did this aspect of yourself get anymore peaceful as you restored?

Also side question but did you see improvements in flexibility at all? Like your pelvic area feeling less stiff and more relaxed?

Thank you!

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So my circ is Ultra tight and when erect I’m a huge grower. My pubic skin with hairs and my scrotum gets drawn up the shaft. So I have thick and dense hair up to half my shaft when erect. When soft, it’s one third of the shaft. My flaccid size is really tiny. When I fit a retainer, I push my glans „Into“ my pubic area. Then the retainer clamps on the base of my shaft. There is no shaft visible anymore. It looks like the retainer directly sticks out from my pubic hair like a micro peen. Picture here: https://www.reddit.com/r/restoringdick/s/lOhsHJKC9t

So 2 issues: first, the look: the stealth retainer is solid and in boxers it looks like a micro penis fully erected. It’s very pointy and sticking out vertically out of my pubic hair, like a boner. I can’t aim it downwards because there is no other skin to clamp on to. I really hate this look. It’s also a bit visible in jeans. Well yeah it’s solid plastic sticking out vertically around 4cm… ofc it’s visible.

Second issue: hair. As mentioned, my shaft is very hairy. Exactly there where the gripper grips onto my shaft skin at the bottom. It’s very uncomfortable with hair. I shaved it. Worst mistake ever. I got lots of ingrown hair and pimples, it was so painful, couldn’t wear any device for 2 weeks. (Edit: I use and prefer an electric razor).

But I need to get rid of the hair. Hair removal creams are just temporary, the hair falls out but the root remains. I did research on other methods, IPL won’t work because of the light hair color. Electrolysis is extremely expensive as the professional has to target every hair individually. Also, during my restoration more of this hairy skin grows as that’s the only area I can apply tension to. I might reward myself with electrolysis when my restoration is complete. Maybe in 8 years?

So I bought an epilator. I am scared. But I am sure, this is the most effective way to remove shaft hair „semi-permanent“ from my shaft.

I will Report when I did the epilation. Wish me luck and strength.

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I was cutting a bunch of tapes and thought I should take a picture of the tape in each step of the process.

I always see new users ask how to use t-taping but I never have time to write out my whole process, I figured this would be easy to understand!

I really want to start restoring my skin but I want to make sure I’m not jumping in too fast. I’d obviously be messing with a sensitive organ and I don’t want to break it lol. My main concern is what cons or issues have people ran into with tugging?

Some specific questions I’ve had are:

• Can you get erectile dysfunction or could the shaft get damaged from being pushed by devices?

• Since micro scarring can happen is it common for skin to get infected?

• If hair creeping were to occur is it easy to get rid of/avoid?

Thanks in advance to anyone who answers! I really appreciate how helpful people on here have been in helping me understand this process.

I’m trying to get back into foreskin restoration and wanted to get some device advice, or possibly methodology advice for getting up to/over the “hump”.

I tried to make a diagram of what’s happening to me as I have a CAR-1 device already and have tried some dual-tension methods before. The first diagram is just what my interpretation of “ideal” dual-tension is, to make sure my understanding is correct. The foreskin is pulled from the scar line (tension 1) and the glans is pushed back with some pusher/rod (tension 2).

The second diagram is applicable to me with my CAR-1. I’m definitely a grower, so my flaccid length is pretty short. As such, the shaft skin is already fairly “loose” and pulls up and over my glans without too much trouble. But after inflation it’s clear that my scar line is in a non-ideal place (rolled over inside) and I need more inner skin. But because I’m pulling shaft skin over the glans, it causes my penis to retract a bit, and I end up with my scrotal webbing right up near the device, and hair completely covering the shaft. This makes me feel like I also don’t have enough outer skin since it’s so pulled over.

Which leaves me going back to basics in the third diagram. My interim solution was to t-tape for a while, pulling along the scar line. But I realize I end up with the same issue - the ratio of skin on my dick is like 80% area A (hair) and maybe 20% area B (plain outer skin). If I tension using t-tape method, I’m mainly targeting area A growth and it’s difficult to focus on area B. But in my case as a grower, the skin in area A is already long enough (my circumcision isn’t “tight” when hard), so I’m not sure if there’s a more efficient method - the diagram captures my thought that the most ideal process would be a reverse-tension device that pulls or anchors the shaft skin, and transfers most of the tensioning force to the scar line, at least until an air device can be better utilized.

Ultimately, that leaves my general question as “is there such a device that is more optimized for this situation?” and if so, what is it? I was looking at the foregestalt for a minute since folks said it was a good device for starting out from zero. I’m not a fan of manual methods due to the amount of time (on a micro and macro scale) they require, but I’m beginning to think I either need to start off manually… or that I’m making a mountain out of a molehill and in the end the skin all tensions out fine and I’m just overthinking it? I’d love some thoughts and perspectives.

Is it possible to mess up the point of equilibrium when restoring while intact? I ask because this isn't something I really paid too much attention to when I started restoring as I am intact and was always manually pulling on the leading edge of the foreskin. Once I switched to using devices, it kind of got difficult to track this as I was just trying to get as much foreskin onto the device as possible (Mantor/CRT).