So what's everyone's reasons for pulling back? Will be interesting to know what the most popular reason is, as I see quite a lot a different reasons looking back over older threads
Personally for me it's only down to aesthetics. It just feels more masculine to have the helmet on display ;D almost like you're not fully naked until the foreskin has been pulled back :)
I think we will all count aesthetics (the look) as a reason why we practice pulling back.
I'd like to add pleasure and enjoyment, which I surprisingly rarely see on here. On the most basic level, touching and moving and manipulating my foreskin behind my glans feels good. Having my glans exposed and slowly/lightly stimulated for days, weeks, and months has heightened many of the hookups that happen during those spans.
I also like just working towards a goal and seeing what's possible with my foreskin. Most people will never see or know how we've changed the look and feel of our penises, so it's really about us doing something fun or novel or enjoyable for ourselves!
Lastly, I don't count looking cut as a goal. I actually think an exposed glans prominently leading out from a relaxed short retracted foreskin is the aesthetic ideal (lots of Greek statues would agree), and that's the whole and complete look that I desire.
I don't know does everyone think this way or just an assumption it's all about the "look". I guess you could also argue what the "look" is us guys are seeking! For example I'm not look for the circ look, just the bare helmet on full display ;D, where I've seen many just want to look cut
If I'm honest I don't think I'm in it for the looks at all. I love a good foreskin. I do think that it's hot to see a guy pull back and expose the head, but I find it hotter to know there is skin to pull back, possibly understanding how good it feels to do that.
For me I pull back to help stretch and loosen the skin as well as for improving hygiene. I also like the lessened sensitivity and quite enjoy the whole pulling back experience, as in its enjoyable doing things with your dick isn't it!
Hopefully that makes some sense.
Quote from: CuriousSkinner on 2022-12-26 22:25:25If I'm honest I don't think I'm in it for the looks at all. I love a good foreskin. I do think that it's hot to see a guy pull back and expose the head, but I find it hotter to know there is skin to pull back, possibly understanding how good it feels to do that.
For me I pull back to help stretch and loosen the skin as well as for improving hygiene. I also like the lessened sensitivity and quite enjoy the whole pulling back experience, as in its enjoyable doing things with your dick isn't it!
Hopefully that makes some sense.
Perfectly :) this was my point about the looks, it's not always the cut look that some guys are looking for but just a bare head ;D
For me it's mainly comfort.
I also, of course I prefer the look.
For many years, when younger, the idea of pulling back was fascinating.
But as my frenulum was to short it wasn't possible.
That changed one fateful day when it snapped, (not something I would recommend trying)
Since then I've found that keeping things tucked in using the spoon method is far more comfortable than trying to keep the head covered.
Mainly because the foreskin refuses to stay forward and retracts on its own, and will leave the inner foreskin exposed which is not comfortable.
Well for me, i started to pull it back so i was ready for sex. I was 16 and thought it went in like that, and if they wanted to touch it or suck it, i would have to get used to it being touched and felt.
I now keep it like that as i like how it look's and feels.
Quote from: Stickler99 on 2022-12-27 08:23:21
For me it's mainly comfort.
I also, of course I prefer the look.
For many years, when younger, the idea of pulling back was fascinating.
But as my frenulum was to short it wasn't possible.
That changed one fateful day when it snapped, (not something I would recommend trying)
Since then I've found that keeping things tucked in using the spoon method is far more comfortable than trying to keep the head covered.
Mainly because the foreskin refuses to stay forward and retracts on its own, and will leave the inner foreskin exposed which is not comfortable.
See you have a PA in your avatar, is that why it's more comfortable?
Can feel your pain on it snapping. I caught a sharp thumb nail on my urethra once and bled so bad :o
I started pulling back in the sense of this site about age 14 (2004). Initially started it as I wanted circumcised but gradually the idea of simply retracting/using the spoon method won me over.
I was retracting about age 7/8 (1997/98) when bathing as my parents taught me to pull it back for washing.
I started out doing a few hours at a time then moved to days then weeks. I class myself as a part timer as I still cover my glans.
Alot has changed since I started. My glans is smoother and more bell shaped with my glans and coronal ridge visible through my foreskin.
Quote from: scotsguy27 on 2022-12-27 12:50:50
I started pulling back in the sense of this site about age 14 (2004). Initially started it as I wanted circumcised but gradually the idea of simply retracting/using the spoon method won me over.
I was retracting about age 7/8 (1997/98) when bathing as my parents taught me to pull it back for washing.
I started out doing a few hours at a time then moved to days then weeks. I class myself as a part timer as I still cover my glans.
Alot has changed since I started. My glans is smoother and more bell shaped with my glans and coronal ridge visible through my foreskin.
I consider myself a part timer as well. Generally don't go longer than a few weeks. I find a few weeks covered will bring back the sensitivity (the nice kind!) and then I get to start over again :)
All indicators show it is supposed to come out once relevant.
I think for me it was growing up in a place where the vast majority were cut. An exposed glans just seems normal.
Quote from: Argon on 2022-12-31 01:25:17
I think for me it was growing up in a place where the vast majority were cut. An exposed glans just seems normal.
I can definitely understand that logic! Here in the uk circumcision is rare but for some reason we all drew cut cocks on the classroom tables ;D
Quote from: jimmy on 2022-12-27 09:57:45
See you have a PA in your avatar, is that why it's more comfortable?
Can feel your pain on it snapping. I caught a sharp thumb nail on my urethra once and bled so bad :o
No, the PA isn't a factor in the discomfort.
It's just that it doesn't feel right if things aren't pulled back and tucked in.
I really prefer the look of a bare glans, particularly one that has undergone the changes in color and texture from long term exposure.
And although I didn't expect it, I REALLY love the changes in sensation that have come with permanent retraction. It's not that my glans became less sensitive, but things just feel different. I can sense light touch directly on my glans just as well as before, but instead of being a painfully intense sensation, it's now just pleasurable. My orgasms are just as pleasurable, but more intense. And it's be interesting to notice that as the sensations from my glans changed, I naturally transitioned from masturbating by pulling my foreskin back and forth to direct stimulation of my glans and inner foreskin.
Aesthetics (it simply looks better)
Hygiene (It feels cleaner when I pee)
When I originally started retracting, it was the standard occasional reasons: basic hygene, and masturbation.
I started retracting regularly at night when I was about 19 - for some reason, it helped me sleep. By the time I was in my early 20's, I couldn't sleep at all, unless everything was pulled back.
By the time I was 30, temporary retraction was no issue at all.
One day, when I was "radom page" surfing on Wikipedia, I happened upon the page about the coronal ridge of the glans. I realized that mine had apparently come to resemble that of a circumcised man, even though I was uncut:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_of_glans_penis#/media/File:Corona_of_glans_penis_comparison.png
I think that all of those years of keeping my glans exposed for 8-10 hours a day caused partial keratization, and this expansion of the ridge - which in turn made keeping the foreskin retracted far more easy.
By the age of 35, my foreskin kept slipping back unless I wore tight underwear. If I went outside during the colder months, it was guaranteed that my foreskin would retract fully, no matter what I did.
Such was the case a year ago, when I made the decision to just stop interfering. It's clear my foreskin didn't want the job of covering the glans anymore, and was content to lie back and relax.
Settling into this "New Normal" was the toughest part. Things didn't start feeling proper again for around three months. It took six, until I could again walk and run comfortably as I did before.
These days, the thought of pushing the skin back down again strikes me as impractical and absurd. I doubt it would even cover the glans halfway, even if I tried.
Quote from: HeroicGlance on 2023-01-02 15:39:06
By the age of 35, my foreskin kept slipping back unless I wore tight underwear. If I went outside during the colder months, it was guaranteed that my foreskin would retract fully, no matter what I did.
Such was the case a year ago, when I made the decision to just stop interfering. It's clear my foreskin didn't want the job of covering the glans anymore, and was content to lie back and relax.
Settling into this "New Normal" was the toughest part. Things didn't start feeling proper again for around three months. It took six, until I could again walk and run comfortably as I did before.
These days, the thought of pushing the skin back down again strikes me as impractical and absurd. I doubt it would even cover the glans halfway, even if I tried.
That's incredible!
Anyone staying retracted to help with scrotal webbing? I saw somewhere the suggestion that it can help.
Quote from: soundsgreat87 on 2023-01-02 21:08:50
That's incredible!
Not so much, when you consider that by the time I was 35, I had been retracting every night for 17 years. Further, over the past year, I've been diligent about exfoliating the retracted skin on the shaft - that has really helped "tighten up" things.
When I was younger, if I tried retracting while awake, I doubt it would have stayed in place for more than an hour.
Aesthetic, hygiene, glans sensitivity, basically.
Quote from: Test123 on 2023-01-02 22:09:21
Anyone staying retracted to help with scrotal webbing? I saw somewhere the suggestion that it can help.
What's the problem with scrotal webbing?
It's where some of the scrotal skin extends onto the penis (if you search with Google you'll find example images). Retracting the foreskin helps because there's then more skin on the shaft and so less gets pulled up from the scrotum.
Quote from: Test123 on 2023-01-03 21:03:07
It's where some of the scrotal skin extends onto the penis (if you search with Google you'll find example images). Retracting the foreskin helps because there's then more skin on the shaft and so less gets pulled up from the scrotum.
Yes I know what it is I was just wondering what the problem was that you was experiencing
Aesthetics, it's much cleaner and I used to have a very sensitive head. Now I am permanently retracted I can enjoy different sensations.
For me its many reasons although I like being uncut. I like to be ready for sex at any time so I like the hygienic aspect and being free of the unexpected smegma or yeast infection. I think it gives me a better hang. I like getting the glans desensitized. I don't like the sudden shriveling of the foreskin and pushing inward of my penis when its a little chilly or I'm nervous about something.
I originally retracted out of insecurity, but later, I mostly do it for auto-erotic reasons.
For me it's always mainly been the look - I just liked the way retracted foreskin looked, particularly when soft. I grew up in the UK, and most are uncut here, so I guess the exposed glans was more of a novelty
For me, it's mainly just the horny excitement of knowing my glans is bare and exposed in a way that it's not "supposed" to be. The extra sensation, hence extra awareness of my cock, is a bonus, and when this starts to fade it is a sign to me to go covered for a while so I can enjoy that all over again when it's come back. Starting to wank skinned back and lubed up years ago meant that a reduction in over-sensitivity wasn't an issue for me when I started retracting.
Quote from: GarethUK on 2023-01-12 17:55:33
For me, it's mainly just the horny excitement of knowing my glans is bare and exposed in a way that it's not "supposed" to be. The extra sensation, hence extra awareness of my cock, is a bonus, and when this starts to fade it is a sign to me to go covered for a while so I can enjoy that all over again when it's come back. Starting to wank skinned back and lubed up years ago meant that a reduction in over-sensitivity wasn't an issue for me when I started retracting.
Ditto - I'm nearly totally aligned with this. This round of retraction has the easiest in terms of my foreskin staying back 99% of the time as well as times when it felt like it was creeping forward and then stopped itself. However, this time the level of constant residual arousal has been it's highest. Think my glans is no longer 'ouch' sensitive, but still 'mmmm' sensitive. But it's been a distraction to my daily productivity demanding my attention at in opportune times
Hygiene and I do not have to worry about stream during pee and even after pee
no need to wash penis as no residual of urine will stick there.
No bad foul even if not washed or not took bath for few days in winters.
Quote from: Vivek_mail82 on 2023-01-13 02:01:34
Hygiene and I do not have to worry about stream during pee and even after pee
no need to wash penis as no residual of urine will stick there.
No bad foul even if not washed or not took bath for few days in winters.
Did you know your whole body is full of microbes? But your kidneys are better filters then nasa could make? Behind the filter, no microbes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270
If anything is pure in your body, it is your pee. Only when it gets out some microbes jump in at the end of the tube. Because for them it is full of nutrients. For hygiene, mouth and hands are most dirty. The stinky exit at the back comes second. That mainly contains very useful microbes. You would not survive for a week if they were not living with you. But still pretty stinky microbes.
Nothing dirty about a drop of pee though. I actually do not like it either. It is in my mind so I still do not like it. While I know it is far more cleaner than kissing or even just shaking hands. I still do not like it.
The way it feels. Also the fact that if I manage to make it stay for at least 10 hours, it means that i will feel my penis more in public. Why would I want to feel my dick while in public? Because i have low confidence, when it comes to how attractive and desirable i am and i believe that feeling it more in public will make me more confident because i will feel more like the same person both on intimate and other moments, something which is not true right now.
Solving identity issues by freeing the glans basically
Now that my foreskin is finally behaving and staying retracted for the last few months, these are my reasons for doing this-
1. no more yeast infections or balanitis
2. less sensitive glans that feels good bare against underwear, towels etc..
3. I feel more sexual, having my glans out
4. I feel more masculine with glans exposed in gym lockers, showers, saunas
5. I feel that I can last longer in bed
6. My penis looks bigger and the glans has definitely flared and grown and looks like a bigger mushroom
7. Lastly, I really feel I can urinate better and empty my bladder more fully. Even though I would retract to pee, I feel that keeping the glans out is keeping cleaner and the foreskin is not pushing my penis in and somehow this extra little hang has improved my urinary system. I wonder if anyone else noticed this.
Brand new on here but I'm looking to potentially stay retracted most of the time, desensitize slightly and flare out my glans more so it's more prominent when I freeball
Just wanted to be like "one of the boys". But now that I am older I love my foreskin and knowing I keep skin it back and keep it that way is a win win for me!
My glans is so sensitive that it hurts with any direct contact, and my sexual activity suffers from it, so I'm trying to minimize its sensitivity. Only pulled back from 2 weeks.
Quote from: Titobus on 2023-02-03 23:03:21
My glans is so sensitive that it hurts with any direct contact, and my sexual activity suffers from it, so I'm trying to minimize its sensitivity. Only pulled back from 2 weeks.
I had the same. Very much so!
Wish there was some sort of machine to quickly swap penises (anonymously of course) for a trial just to feel the difference. Not too long however, please. ;-)
I am very glad my glans now is truly a comfortable end of my penis. To put it in words, under the irritation is a very pleasant sense. But when a glans cools down and does not panic anymore. It will take some time. Penises are hard learners so do not rush it. There is no instant cure. Just look around here. You'll be in for a pleasant surprise, including in sexual activities. You'll get a lot of extra penis for you efforts.
For me 100% is the look, and I think that's been influenced by watching porn since I was a boy. I just think my cock looks so much better with the glans exposed. I almost would never show anyone it without skinning back, I think it looks awful with my foreskin covering the glans.
Quote from: smibmth on 2023-02-18 18:45:38
For me 100% is the look, and I think that's been influenced by watching porn since I was a boy. I just think my cock looks so much better with the glans exposed. I almost would never show anyone it without skinning back, I think it looks awful with my foreskin covering the glans.
Same here... I also do it for the look.
Same here. Ever since I saw the first penis with a bare head I thought it looks a lot nicer than the covered version.
This never changed. I still do it for the look.
Like Tom76, my inspiration came from having seeing the first person when I was young. The person I was observing was my dad. When I was young, on a few occasions we'd end up showering together, saved time. Must have been 5 or 6 then, when I finally came to realize that he kept his foreskin retracted. I began from there. Later I saw boys at school which in actuality were circumcised but I didn't know that that was a surgical process. In my early teens, I also got to see a few cousins that kept theirs retracted. If there was a case of wanting to fit in that was the motivation and the process of staying retracted was both enjoyable and frustrating at times. :)
For me is about fungus and balanitis. I can't live without pulling back. But I'd like to know, Will I need do this forever? For fungus problems, anyone tries to stop and it's not come back again?
Recurrent UTIs and mild Phimosis. Adult circumcision was not an available option. A nurse in my urologist's clinic advised me to retract. Having mild Phimosis helped me to keep the foreskin retracted behind glans. It took almost 2 years to achieve permanently retracted status. No UTI since then.
I do it for the look, the feeling and to be less sensitive.
Never thought about it before, really...
I mean: I grew up in the USA, and when I went into that first post gym-class shower in junior high, I realized that every other guy's dick was - different. I had no idea what had happened to those other guys, but it looked stunted and - well, injured.
It wasn't until literally years later that I learned what circumcision was, and I was relieved to realize that I was the natural default, and my suspicions were correct:
All those guys had half of their dicks cut off...
However, that having been said:
Being a pubescent teenager and naturally curious about my own body, I wondered how it felt to "be like that." This was further reinforced by my increasing interest in the opposite sex, and suspecting that most women preferred cut men (Because - of course- I saw nothing but cut men in my first exposure to porn, and figured that was what women wanted - god, I was a dumb kid, LOL!)
The first time I fully retracted, and tried just walking around for a day, the interior of my foreskin literally blistered, and took two days to heal.
When I got my first serious girlfriend, I always kept it retracted when we were together because I figured that was what she expected. We had sex over 100 times before I told her that I was uncut. Turns out she had never been with an uncut guy, and asked me to show her how it worked.
Thinking back, I wish it had been filmed, with David Attenborough narrating - but that's aside from the point.
I started retracting on a regular basis when I discovered - for some reason - it helped me sleep. This was in my 20's, and I continued doing so for years.
At a certain time, keratinization kicked in, my coronal ridge expanded, and during colder months, I found my foreskin slipping back on its own.
Here's where I am now.
Quote from: HeroicGlance on 2023-03-09 03:34:21
Thinking back, I wish it had been filmed, with David Attenborough narrating - but that's aside from the point.
Hahahah :D I loved that bit of the story
1- I liked the looks of the glans showing with the wrinkles just behind it; 2 - I wanted to desensitivize the glans becase before I couldn't even touch it, or just the hot water from the shower was hurtful, or if I had an erection and the glans were exposed it was very uncomfortable in the underwear; 3 - my boyfriend has a naturally short foreskin with a big head, so his foreskin is always behind the glans since his teenage years, so I wanted to know what was his feeling/sensation; 4 - I wanted to have less smells in the glans, 'cause he complained in the beginning; 5 - I wanted to have a smooth and dry glans like my boyfriend's; 6 - I wanted to know, as much as possible, how circumcised guys felt sex; 7 - I wanted to delay my ejaculation because I was too quick.
For me it's the look and easiest hygienical care. You just don't meet to care about smegma under foreskin.
Most of the older males that I saw as a child (my father, brother and cousin), have bare glans. So I got the idea that glans are supposed to naturally become permanently uncovered as you reach adulthood.
Quote from: James84 on 2023-05-04 20:02:36
Most of the older males that I saw as a child (my father, brother and cousin), have bare glans.
Are they circumcised or also permanently retracted?
My father and brother have a naturally short foreskins, I witness how my brother went from full coverage to always retracted during puberty and my cousin was circumcised as a baby.
Aesthetics, sensations, don´t know just feel right for me. Could be also something about adutlhood you know.
Just like PossibleMagician, I do it mostly for autoerotic reasons when the mood hits.
This is because there is a sense of value among older Japanese men that it is normal for adult male cocks to have their glans fully exposed, otherwise they are immature and embarrassing.
My father retracted full-time and started me retracting when I was late 13, early 14. I continued off and on for a few years and by 17 I started retracting full-time. I think having the glans exposed looks much more masculine.
I think I do it for a number of reasons, in no particular order:
1. Hygiene, especially after using a public restroom when I might not be able to shake off as well as at home.
2. The look, especially when soft. I love a bare, dry bell end with a bit of a foreskin turtleneck. Also, it seems like almost everyday is a "good dick day" since I've been pulling back. It's not as small as it is covered.
3. The feel of my head rubbing on my clothes all day. It's just hot.
4. Fitting in. My boyfriend, dad, older brother and at least three of my five nephews are cut, so I guess it feels good to be "one of the boys."
Quote from: Jake18 on 2023-08-26 19:56:26
My father retracted full-time and started me retracting when I was late 13, early 14. I continued off and on for a few years and by 17 I started retracting full-time. I think having the glans exposed looks much more masculine.
Which country are you from mate?
I originally did it for the look, but the change in sensation and the new varieties of masturbation styles it enabled were a pleasant surprise bonus.
Skin was rolling back (even when flaccid) on occasions, so I wanted to take control of the situation and decide for myself when and how often I was pulled back. Not particularly interested in the look or the lower level of sensitivity, but defintely like the feeling of being naked and pulled back
Partially the look, and also because i wanted to see what being circumcised was like.
"mmmm sensitive" totally says it all! Great to be able to manage foreskin use to keep things at that level.
I love the sensation of a dry glans. My wife too !