Anyone have experience with a little boy with penile adhesions?

Re: Anyone have experience with a little boy with penile adhesions?

• KaLikeAWind member

  January 2016

  Our pedi just told us at his 6m appt that it was 'trying' to reattach, and for the first time told us about pulling the skin back. This had been discussed on this board previously (pulling the skin back), and I had asked at the 4m appt if we should have been doing it, and was told it was doing fine so no worries. But we were not told at the time of circ to do it, which annoys me because if it hadn't been for this board I might not have known to ask. And then to be told I didn't need to do it, and here we are now being told to do it. I'm just a little annoyed at the whole situation
  
  Anyway, to more accurately answer your question - we have a little bit going on here, but it doesn't seem to need any correction other than pulling back every diaper change.
  Try not to beat yourself up, it sounds like you were doing the right thing... You were doing more than we were by already pulling back at every change!

  

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• aj1327 member

  January 2016

  ^^^^ Same. I've been pulling back but need to be pulling harder...

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• klkonwi member

  January 2016

  Try not to beat yourself up its very common because peds/docs don't educate how hard you need to pull back.

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• KaLikeAWind member

  January 2016

  klkonwi said:

  Try not to beat yourself up its very common because peds/docs don't educate how hard you need to pull back.

  How long are we supposed to be doing this?

  

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• klkonwi member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  I still do it....... That's a very good question. I assume until the fat pads are gone (we have a big old fat pad that pushes the skin up and around it so it needs cleaned/pulled back often.
  We just do it once a day in the bathtub

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• klirwin82 member

  January 2016

  Were your LO's circs done with stitches? My guy had surgery to correct penile torsion and they did the circumcision as part of the surgery. It was stitched and then glued. I asked the urologist about pulling anything back and he said absolutely not - I'm guessing the stitches are the difference?

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• KaLikeAWind member

  January 2016

  ^^ interesting. (Tho I'm sorry your LO had to have surgery @klirwin82 )

  

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• klkonwi member

  January 2016

  @klirwin82 no a circ is not done with stitches.
  Yours is a different circumstance/diff procedure.

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• klkonwi member

  January 2016

  I'm guessing they had a reason to put stitches in but normally a circ doesn't have them

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• klirwin82 member

  January 2016

  @klkonwi Is it normally just glued? Yes, the stitches were awful. I was already worked up about him being under anesthesia and then seeing the stitches was gruesome. So relieved it's healed.

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• APago member

  January 2016

  Glad to see this post. I was wondering the same thing as @mellymar...how long are we supposed to do this?
  
  I have continued doing this since his circ healed but clearly not pulling hard enough because my LOs has somewhat reattached! So today I was a little more forceful with pulling it down, and some white stuff oozed out!! it's now a little red around that area...nothing alarming but it is slightly red. I'm going to ask his doctor about this but was wondering if anyone has dealt with this?
  
  I feel terrible for not doing a better job and being more aware of the fact that it's starting to reattach

  FTM - EDD June 16 2015

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• staceyfern member

  January 2016

  So I could see that my LO was starting to reattach. I took him to the urologist this morning and he had to pull at it to separate it better. Now I need to pull it back at every diaper change and use Vaseline for the next 6 months. I think this is bc it was not emphasized enough. He handled it very well this morning but I am so grateful hot the snow day so I can be home with him and changing his diapers today.

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• staceyfern member

  January 2016

  I have a question. My DH was wondering what would happen if we did not keep pulling it down. How would it affect him in the future?  Anyone know?

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• klkonwi member

  January 2016

  Yes he would have to be recircumsized if the skin reattached. 

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• virginiaunicorn11 member

  February 2016

  When we were deciding whether or not to circumcise LO, all the "pro" arguments were that it was a quick thing, with low risk of any complications. Reading everyone's experiences here, I feel like circumcision is yet another area of babies/parenting where there's a lot of dishonesty and misinformation.
  
  This is in no way a value judgment for or against circumcision, or a criticism of any mother/parent and their decision on the topic.  

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