Penis skin bridge: fix or not?

[Anonymous]

I'm a 30-ish gay male that just came out of the closet so haven't had a lot of sex. I've got a skin bridge on my penis due to an incomplete circumcision done at birth. For those that don't know, a skin bridge is a piece of remaining foreskin that connects my glans (head) and my shaft. I have no idea why my parents never got it taken care of when I was a baby. Mine is about 3/4" around, which is pretty big for a bridge. It doesn't hurt, either during sex or masturbation, so I haven't really given it a ton of thought.

In the limited times I've had sex (including receiving oral), nobody has pointed it out (and it hasn't always been in the dark), but I'm still a little self-conscious.

so what do you guys think I should do? should I get it fixed? (re-circumcised) I don't know if that will change my sensitivity or not.

Is a skin bridge cool? Is it gross? Would nobody care? What would you think if you were giving head to someone with one?

thanks guys, this informal poll will really help me figure this out

[Mogget]

If it doesn't hurt and no one's even mentioned it before, I wouldn't worry.

[Neutrality]

I wouldn't think twice about it if I was sleeping with you...and especially if we were in a relationship...I saw why get risky surgery when to me it seems like a non-issue.

Definitely not an issue. If your dating someone who is bothered by something as trivial as that....they're not worth your time. And since nobody has mentioned it, it obviously wasn't an issue for them either.

[Anonymous]

Cool guys! OP here. You are making me feel a lot better about myself! Glad everyone so far has been cool with it!

[Gravity]

Just another voice to tell you not to worry about it. If you wanted to do it for yourself, that would be another thing, but anyone worth caring about won't mind at all. In fact, I was with a guy for years who had a similar - though not the same - "unusual" aspect to his penis, and it never once bothered me. To tell the truth, it used to make me think "normal" penises looked a little weird.

[KaraBulut]

The skin bridge is called a "frenulum". If your frenulum is functioning normally, then there's no issue and it's doubtful that anyone who gets close enough to inspect it will have any response other than, "That's interesting. Never saw that." before they go back to whatever it was that they were doing.

If it causes you pain, if it's too tight or it is such that it would tear during sexual activity, the frenulum can be trimmed without redoing the circumcision. If it's something that is bothering you, discuss the options with your doctor. If it's not bothering you, then it's not necessary to do anything about it.

[Bobbgooduk]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

I think it would be rather nice to have an unusual willy to play with!

Seriously - why risk changing it now - it doesn't hurt, your penis still works fine, I really don't think anyone would find it gross. If you have it done and it spoils things for you, you can't have it reversed.

My partner had to be circumcised as an adult because the texture of the foreskin began to change - it became brittle and split easily (can't remember the name of the condition) so he's cut and I'm uncut - we have one of each to play with!

[Anonymous]

I had 3 skin bridges. Kept me from showing myself to anyone until the depression got so bad (aged 35!!) ..

in the end I had 2 operations to correct things. It improved things (visually). It was not painful or problematic - I just wish I had had it done in my teens

But some people seem to have them .. and live with them.

Have even seen them on porn videos - so it didn't make them self conscious!!

Conclusion .. it is down to the individual

[VyreRain]

Couldn't you just get un circumsized? Wouldn't that like ...?