Male Sexuality
Foreskin Restoration

Paul's Foreskin Restoration Diary
Part 1

November 19, 1995:

I've been restoring for only a few days and the change is amazing. Already the amount of sensitivity has increased dramatically in just a few days. I never expected this. In fact, I have this feeling that my whole body is changing. I know it might sound weird, but that's what it feels like.

I'm having trouble making the tape stick for long periods of time. Also the skin is a bit sore so I'm reducing the amount of tension.

November 22, 1995:

The change in the way my body feels is so dramatic. It's so comfortable to not have the head rub around against my underwear. Well, that's the way foreskin is supposed to be, a nice, warm, soft covering.

I was not wearing the tape today after I got out of the shower. I put on my boxers and the head of my penis rubbed against the fabric. It was the most uncomfortable feeling, like somebody scratching their nails down a blackboard. I can't believe that just a week ago, I was accustomed to feeling this annoying sensation all the time. I can no longer imagine living with the head uncovered. I don't think that I can go back. I'm getting scared. I don't think that I will be able to stop restoring. I'm committed now, whether I want to be or not.

Two months of restoration - January 14, 1996:

A few days ago I didn't wear the tape because I was in a rush. I dressed for work with some snug jockey shorts rather than the usual boxers to reduce the amount of irritation since I'm so used to having the head covered by wearing the tape. As I rushed to put the underwear on I did something surprising to me because it was completely unconscious. It's something I've seen my intact friends do when they put on their underwear. This was what I had done: I rolled the skin over the head, positioning it just right before stuffing it into my shorts! WoW!

With the help of the underwear, the skin stayed in place! It stayed in place most of the day with just a little fuss!

This had never happened to me before. I was shocked. Well, of course, this is only the first step in a long process but it's a big one for me.

I think that I've had such dramatic progress because I have been keeping the tape on 22 or 23 hours per day. It's been a real challenge, but I've been able to do it.

View the Pictures with captions.

February 22, 1996:

Over the last month there has been little visible progress, so sorry, no pictures. Even so, I know that the stretching is still working.

One thing that I notice is there is a lot more skin mobility when erect. Now, if I pull hard, I have almost enough skin to roll over the head while erect. Too bad it all goes back instantly if I don't hold it there. The extra skin mobility is a big deal because there wasn't any skin to roll over the head before I started restoring.

Another thing that I've noticed is that when I'm not wearing the tape and wearing tight underwear the new foreskin is more likely to stay covering the head. Only a few weeks ago, it was difficult to remain covered. I had to wear very tight underwear. Now it's a lot easier to stay covered than even a few weeks ago.

I'm having a harder time keeping the tape on all the time. I've been lazy lately. I had been keeping the tape on 22 hours per day. It's mostly because of all the snowboarding that I've been doing. With all the layers of clothing it's a drag to deal with all that tape and elastic, so I don't wear the tape when I'm riding. On average this month I've taken about a day or two off per week from the stretching.

I've also been having trouble with tiny tears in the skin. OucH! A day or two break from stretching seems to clear up this problem. I attribute the tearing to overzealous stretching. I've been using too much tension, trying to compensate for slacking off. I've started using the normal amount of tension and I've been concentrating on being very aware of any discomfort.

[I later realized what was causing the tears and everything. Here's an excerpt from a later entry.]

September 12, 1996:
I've noticed that lately it's been a lot easier to tape evenly so that there is no irritation or discomfort. I think this is because there is enough skin now that any sloppiness in the taping can be accommodated by the natural stretchyness of the skin. The problems that I had with the tape pulling off have gone away too. All these problems seemed to be caused by uneven tension.

March 8, 1996:

I cried today. I went snowboarding at midnight on the full moon with some friends. Well, it was almost a full moon. It was cold down in the trees, warmer than at the top of the mountain with all the wind, but it was still very cold. I had to pee. It can be a difficult thing to do with all the layers of clothing. I never restore while snowboarding because it makes it even more difficult to pee than usual. I pulled out my penis past all these many layers of clothes. The new, short foreskin was a convenient kind of handle. Pulled like this, the skin covered the head completely, just like a real foreskin would. When I started to pee I felt something that I had never felt before, something intact guys probably feel every day. I felt the warmth of the urine fill the space under the skin for an instant, just before shooting out of the opening. I was overwhelmed by a sense of loss. I don't know what else to say.

Four months of restoration - March 18, 1996:

I'm really glad that I've kept this diary. Before I took these pictures today, I was getting tired of this whole process. I thought that there would only be a little visible progress since I've not kept to my 22 hours a day, every day commitment. I'm glad to see that I was wrong. Look!

View the Pictures with captions.

April 30, 1996:

There's not a whole lot to write about. The whole process of restoration has become routine. I just keep doing what I need to do. I've been lazy a bit but not too much. I've been skipping no more than a day per week. There may not be any daily visible progress but I know that when I make the next set of pictures in about two weeks, there will be more visible progress.

Six months of restoration - May, 1996:

Well, it's not as much progress as I was hoping for but it's still good. Since I've been a bit lazy over the past month it's not surprising.

View the Pictures with captions.

May 15, 1996:

It feels like summer now. That's great. I love it. There's only one problem. Because of the heat, it's become harder to keep the tape sticking. I may change from 3M Microfoam tape which is very comfortable and very flexible foam tape but doesn't stick too well, to 3M Transpore tape which sticks much better but is a much less comfortable, plastic tape. We'll see what happens.

May 26, 1996:

Yes, the Transpore tape does stick much better as I had thought. It allows higher tension than the Microfoam tape. But it can also be very uncomfortable especially when it wrinkles or folds. I have to apply the tape very carefully to avoid any discomfort.

June 2, 1996:

The most amazing thing happened today!! I was sunning myself in a beautiful place nearby, up the canyon. Although I wasn't wearing anything it was really hot, so I jumped into the stream to try to cool off. That's not difficult because the water is really glacial runoff, so it's usually just barely above freezing. Well, I stayed in way too long and got way too cold. When I got out I looked down and got the biggest surprise. Because of the cold, my new foreskin was completely covering the head for the first time!! It was complete coverage, nice and tight and everything! Well, I was so proud that I ran over to show my best friend. He was unimpressed : ( since he's always had a foreskin, he takes them for granted and since he was busy writing a wild crazy poem to his girlfriend. But I'm happy! Needless to say, as soon as I warmed up, the effect went away and the skin pulled back again.

View the Pictures with captions.

Eight months of restoration - July 15, 1996:

I have to say that the last set of pictures, above, are shocking to me because there's so much progress. I didn't expect it. Every two months, whenever I'm about to take the pictures, I'm always discouraged. Because of this mood, I'm always surprised by the results when they finally appear on the screen in front of me.

The pictures have really helped me to keep up the effort. I'm always manic depressive about the whole process. After the pictures I'm really into restoration. After a while I get discouraged, thinking that I'm achieving nothing. The fact is that I'm impatient. Progress is there but it's speed seems glacial. I want to be finished now.

July 25, 1996:

I think that I have about a year to go before I get the results that I want. On the one hand it's frustrating because I want it done now. On the other hand, I can see light at the end of the tunnel and that's nice. In eight months I've grown about two new inches of skin! My final goal is to have plenty of coverage when erect. That's a lot of skin yet to grow. I'm not even near that goal.

I got an interesting perspective on what it is to be finished from my friend Marco who's intact. He wrote:

I looked at your restoration diary -- the most recent picture looks like that guy I met. . . who was doing restoration, i.e. it looks just like a naturally uncut guy who happened to have a short, loose foreskin. There are a lot of uncut guys whose foreskins do not totally cover the head. Anyway, your progress is VERY impressive! Congratulations!

So maybe I'm just being picky, but I really only want what was rightfully mine in the first place. Since I'm having such good progress, I'm going to stick with it.

I'm taking a week off from restoration. I can have full coverage if I wear tight underwear. It's so comfortable to have the foreskin in place. It feels really good. I just want to enjoy it for a while.

August 9, 1996:

Here's another perspective on what it means to be finished from a guy who is going through the lengthening process despite being intact.

You may ask "why would he want to mess with his foreskin if he already has one." I'm one of those guys with a sort of short foreskin. I had always thought that I was cut, because my foreskin didn't cover my ERECT penis. [emphasis added] After a little research on the net I discovered that there are different sizes of intact foreskins, and mine was one of the short ones. I had always loved to look of a foreskin, and always wished that mine covered the glans when erect.

Now that the lengthening process has begun, my penis has become much more sensitive, and I even believe it may have already lengthened some.

This much skin is something that most circumcised guys could hardly even imagine.

September 12, 1996:

I've noticed that lately it's been a lot easier to tape evenly so that there is no irritation or discomfort. I think this is because there is enough skin now that any sloppiness in the taping can be accommodated by the natural stretchyness of the skin. The problems that I had with the tape pulling off have gone away too. All these problems seemed to be caused by uneven tension.

I haven't added an entry in a while that's mostly because lately there's not been a whole lot to say.
Look for a new set of pictures this weekend.

View the Pictures with captions.

Ten months of restoration - September 15, 1996:

The pictures above tell the story. There is more skin although not much more coverage. The thing that I notice most is that, although I still have no coverage while standing at room temperature, after I stand the skin pulls back much more slowly than it ever has before. It's slower and slower all the time. I know that sometime soon it won't pull back at all, probably by December.

September 28, 1996:

I've decided to take a few days break from restoration. I'm using a tape ring to hold the skin in place so that there's none of that annoying rubbing of the head against the underwear. An o-ring would probably work just as well. This way I can wear boxers rather than the tight uncomfortable kind of underwear. Anyway, it's so nice to be free of the tape and elastic that I can hardly believe it. I can't wait until I'm able to wear boxers without the tape and still have coverage. That's still many months away.

October 24, 1996:

Well, the few days break that I mentioned in the last note has lasted for a month. I've never taken this much time off. I've been using a tape ring only. It's just that I've had a lot of crazy things that I've had to deal with and that's taken all of my concentration.

Apologies to all who have emailed me lately. I haven't even read my email in a long time, let alone replied to anybody. I'll get to it soon.

Twelve months of restoration - November 18, 1996:

Well, I'm back, finally. In the past two months I've been a little crazy and I haven't been good at all about applying the tape. It's not that I've skipped days or anything. I've skipped weeks. I've never taken this much time off. It's not surprising that I have no progress to show in the next set of pictures.

View the Pictures with captions.

Back to my restoration page.
Back to my main page.

Email: paul001@indra.net Copyright © 1995-1998 Paul Russo, All Rights Reserved