Uncircumcised guys tell us if your doctor retracts the foreskin

My doctor ask me to do it myself and then she do it again. It is a litte bit embarrassing for me.

The only occasion on which an MD ever retracted my foreskin was when I was referred to a urologist after a high albumen count during an employer's physical.

The year was 1969, and I was a bit short of twenty. The MD recommended a circumcision (I was one of only three males I can recall in a high school population of about 500 (in eastern Penna) who hadn't "made the cut". I turned him down because of the hospital stay, general anaesthesia, and all the extra measures recommended when an adult male is circumcised.

Looking back, it was the right decision; the foreskin started retracting much more easily around the time I turned fifty. But there are times, especially when "my endowment" shrivels up during extreme cold weather, that I still have some second thoughts.

Yes growing up all the time the dr would retact my foreskin look at the head and ureatha and then pull the foreskin back to its normal position as a teen it was a humiliating experiance

I have only had my foreskin retracted during a school medical exam in Belgium.

Undoubtedly it was done several times before, when I was much younger, but I have little memory of this. My father was American and therefore an unconditional and also unquestioning believer in circumcision, solely by reason of tradition.My mother was Belgian and therefore rejected the practice out of hand. She won the argument of course. But, to be or not to be (cut), was apparently a question that was brought up from time to time when growing up, though I was not that conscious of it all until I became much older.

Undoubtedly this aspect of my physiology was monitored closely while I was growing up.

However after the routine school exam that takes place around the time of puberty, I never again had my foreskin retracted as part of a medical examination.

At school exam in third grade the doctor examined our genitals quite careful. Palpated the testicles and ofcourse retracted the foreskin and uncovered the corona, not long time passed after that exam until i started masturbating at home in the shower while learning and exploring my body.

When i was 13 during school exam a female doctor retracted my foreskin...quite good experience

My MD never retracts my foreksin.

However, my urologist always does.

Both my MD and urologist are male.

I have recently moved and now my MD is a female. I'll see what she does the next time I have an exam.

I never find it embarrassing nor do I have a reaction either way.

Rodger

I haven't had that done regularly since my teenage years. I've also haven't gone regularly to the doctor since, so that may explain it.

The latest retractions I've had at exams have been, however, done by female doctors, after I had consulted them of a possible phimosis. Funny is that I haven't chosen them to be female, just happened to be the only available doctors each time

My urologist retracts it about half way, using fingers from both hands. He does it every time I have my DRE.

I had my foreskin retracted for every genital exam I had. When I was younger it was always done by the doctor, but as I got older I was asked to do it myself. The school doctor did always rectract the foreskin herself. I find it rather embarrassing, because it means showing my most private part, especially to female doctors

During school exams the doctor always rolled it back themself the full way down to expose all of my head. I still get it examined now but usually I'm asked to roll it down myself.

I second that hackjaun.... I hear the sex /masterbation is much better too.

I have had several physical starting at age 13 - school, sports, employment. Most practitioners would retract my foreskin. Non of them ever ask me to do it or even stated that they were going to do it. They just did it - usually after the testicular check.

At my second school medical (when I was 16 years old) the doctor fully retracted my tight foreskin and commented that it was a bit tight - since then I have been doing skin stretching exercises which have resolved the problem

No he does not but after reading these posts I am wondering if I have ever actually been given a thorough exam. Although I have never had any complaints in that region.

I have had the same female doctor for almost 7 years now, and I can't say enough good things about her. She does happen to be very cute, but I am still able to control myself when she examines me. To answer the question though, yes, she does pull back / retract my foreskin as far as it will allow her to go, each and every time she gives me a complete physical. And despite the fact that my penis is borderline hyper-sensitive, I have never had any negative experiences with her. She prefers for me to lie back on the examination table while she examines me so I can be as comfortable and relaxed as possible, pulling my foreskin all the way back very slowly and gently, carefully examines the glans along with the urethral opening, and then completes the exam by carefully pulling the foreskin back to it's normal position. Knowing what I know now, I would not feel as if I had been "properly" examined if in the future a doctor/nurse failed to retract my foreskin during the urological portion of a physical exam.

I've only had one doctor retract my foreskin. She's also the last one to do a skin-check for moles. The two doctors she sold her practice to don't believe in hands-on medicine. Not even a DRE for prostate - "the blood test is just as good." I'm looking for a new doctor in the new year.

Anyone ever interview a new doc to determine his/her exam style first?

My doctor started to retract my foreskin when I hit puberty.

She did it until I was eighteen, because now it doesn't make any sense since it is all fully developed.

Usually I'm asked to retract my foreskin by myself, when doc examines my genitals. But 2 or 3 times it was done by doc

My foreskin is way too tight to be rolled back like that. ouch!?

Never had mine retracted for an exam. The only time I was examined in that detail was an Army physical and I was asked to retract it.

Every exam I've had where my genitals have been examined, my foreskin gets retracted so that it and my glans are examined. My pediatrician would retract it for me so she could check it for a tightness issue (which I had until my late teens). Since I switched to a GP he generally asks me to retract my own foreskin. I think the very first time I saw him he retracted it for me. I'm not embarrassed by it, and I don't have a preference either way.

I was always asked to do it myself, but my last three doctors haven't even examined my genitals. When I had a mild problem down there and brought it up, the doc seemed unfamiliar with the uncut penis.

50:50 mixture of me doing it and the doc doing it

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50:50 mixture of me doing it and the doc doing it

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Since I noticed in other posts (and the little flag of course) that you are in the UAE, I wonder if the doctors took an inordinate interest in your uncircumcised condition? I can imagine them being either curious as to the differences or else disapproving of your condition because of their own background.

I've heard for instance from men who were European exchange students with American families that their uncircumcised state was often the cause of inappropriate interest by the school sports coach or school doctor, and that they were often urged to have their condition 'corrected' ...

Have you ever experienced anything similar? Being older than the average exchange student I would suppose a doctor would consider such proposals less likely to have any impact. But you never know how strongly people think on the subject of circumcision.

Ive almost always been asked to do it myself. Although the doctor has always asked if I have any problems with retracting my foreskin before requesting that I retract it.

The only exception was during an STD check up when a female nurse took me by surprise and retracted it to take a urethral swab

Agracier yes I guess that's right. I must be unusual here.

no sign of disapproval from the docs here so probably just their interest.

Doctors made it at every genital exams I had at school, each year, betwwen 11 and 15.

When I was 12 the doctor spent a lot of time to retract my forsekin, he did it many times, I was very embarrassed because this gave me a huge erection.

Gilbert, its good to see the doctor was making sure you can retract properly, although embarassing it's necessary

There have been a lot of great responses to this question. From what I have read, retraction of the foreskin would be a very important part of the genital exam of an uncircumcised male since the head of the penis is where cancers start. I wonder if, due to the high rate of circumcision in the United States, American doctors are just not as tuned in to the needs of the uncircumcised man?