PSA foreskin adhesions

BabyWishing

Just want to warn other ftm like myself about what my son just went through. Make sure you are still pulling back your babies foreskin all the way and cleaning it regularly, if your little boy is circumcised. Apparently the foreskin can re-adhear to the head of the penis if you do not pull it back regularly. I knew this could be an issue right after circumcision, but not at 6 months. Our pediatrician has checked my son at each well visit, but at 6 months he noticed that he had forskin adhesions all the way around his penis and the head was essentially two thirds covered. It has to be corrected or can cause problems later and by corrected, it basically has to be ripped back. Our pedi said to try to pull the skin back a little more each day after his bath. At first it would not budge, but on the third day I gave DS a 15 minute bath and let him really soak to soften the adhesions. It worked, thank goodness! From what I have read, if it is not corrected by about 1year, it can require surgery. DS only cried a little right when it separated and I have been told to put vasaline on it at every diaper change until it is healed again. It ended up being an easy fix, but definitely something I wish I had know about before, so I could have spared DS the pain. Adhesions are something to be aware of until they are out of diapers.

wimamaof2

@BabyWishing, thank you!  Glad to hear your LO is doing ok.

snowflake143

I hadn't heard that, thanks for the info!

BowWowBowie

Even after diapers! A friend of mine's 4 year old had to have surgery because it re-adhered. They figured if he was going to the bathroom by himself he should have been fine. So definitely even when you LO is using the bathroom solo, still check in the bath! 

Kern91

This happened to my husband when he was a baby so my MIL told me all about it! I'm sure my facial expression was a great one because I have never heard of this as well! The doctors actually pulled it back for them and he didn't need surgery. FYI not sure if you care to know but you can't tell that anything like that even happened to him now as an adult. 

I didn't know it could happen still as they got older so this will be something to keep an eye on so thanks for sharing this info!

nycmommy13

We were told about this by our doctor as well. There's a secretion that can act like a glue if not regularly cleaned. I make sure I clean it really thoroughly once or twice a day during the diaper change.

missphil

Well I pulled it back to make sure it hadn't reattached and my LO peed on me haha