Pulled back — living with a bare head

Quote from: Derek on 2024-04-09 13:12:40We have an introduction section on the site. What if we simply add the same sub-column there to allow users to add pictures, replacing the gallery?

Pictures is always a risk when you run a site. Depending a lot as well on where someone runs the site from. Because you never know what the cat brings in. Many happy retractors here but it also can attract weird people. On a site that is for free to use. That point is very clear. And lots of respect for the guys who have been keeping this forum up and running for so many years. And keep the floor clean. I signed off, several years ago, then signed up again. Back then, I would get private messages from men who actually wanted to take a plane to check out my member. While I already have someone on the sofa to do that. And if anything is not a public place, it is my penis. The fact you can see mine here in my profile picture is something I would never do on any other site, it is a sign of confidence and respect.

Many years ago, I found the blog of SoundsGreat. Then this forum came. Great work, not just for me, as I suppose I am not the only one with a penis thinking about retracting mostly all the time. Even better because with the update, what works now works a lot better.

What you suggest is not so bad, adding pics in the introduction section. But I think us guys, serious guys, like to compare. So a gallery would be nicer to have.

We have an introduction section on the site. What if we simply add the same sub-column there to allow users to add pictures, replacing the gallery?

After six years of practicing foreskin retraction, my inner foreskin is quite dry, but not entirely. The sebaceous glands, which produce oils, do not disappear. So, while the skin has become drier, it's nearly impossible for it to become completely dry. However, the output of these glands has significantly decreased over time.

Maybe I'm missing something, but when did he say he touches kids' penises?

Quote from: stephen.reilly79 on 2024-04-01 00:18:25It's arrogant to assume that all western customs are the gold standard. I suffered from some phimosis and a nasty bout of balanitis as a child and I really wish I could have felt comfortable speaking to someone about it. After far too long I eventually plucked up the courage to tell my mother who, to my horror, wanted nothing to do with it and referred me to my father. So I had to pluck up the courage to talk about it a SECOND time. He looked at it but had no clue and so referred me back to my mother with instructions to take me to the doctor. I then had to find the courage to talk to a THIRD person about my intimate problem, this time a complete stranger. Note that western culture made talking about a perfectly simple health problem into a nightmarish taboo topic that it never should have been.

So while I get where you're coming from — obviously we have to safeguard children — the reality is that the vast majority of people aren't sexual abusers and are interested only in helping, not harming. Being too draconian and refusing to talk about health issues, and their prevention, is also harmful. As I understand it Japanese culture has a very different approach to sex, sexuality, and sexual health which might seem unusual to a western observer, but different doesn't always mean bad. Japanese people seem a lot more comfortable talking about their sexual health (and its preservation) than British or American people, and I for one believe that's a good thing.

Living with a retracted foreskin has long since been a Japanese tradition taught to children by an older, respected male. It almost certainly came from a place of trying to prevent health issues, which I expect is just the same as the tradition of not wearing footwear indoors. If you consider the penis as just another piece of the anatomy instead of something that should never be talked about, then it's no more unusal for an older person to teach skinning back to a child than for them to teach them to regularly wash their hands.

I'm trying the paper rolling method right now. I look forward to seeing what this method gives me, as other methods have resulted in a lot of soreness for me.

Great point... but are we ignoring the part where he touches kids penises? I mean... that comes across as weird no matter what way you look at it.

We need to be more open about talking to people about our more intimate regions, I wholeheartedly agree. However we shouldn't make excuses for things just because "they're a different culture"

I can't make any promises, however I am a web development student and have some experience with PostgresQL so if you are in need of a gallery extension that's free, I can put my hand in the ring to see how easy it would be to make one for the forum!

Thanks for reading!

Great pictures. And with the update, they resize with the screen size. A whole lot better then with the old version! So far so very much better.

To have a gallery back it costs some money ($49 for the pro version) and of course the willingness to install it. I cannot decide that because it this not my website. I am just a humble visitor.

If anything is basic, it is the I show you mine, you show me yours thing. No matter what preference you have/are. Onner to topic, yes I like to see them, how other guys are doing. I am in the (gay) online business for 25 years, would wake up at 7 with a coffee, seeing the members of my members. I have seen more penises than any happy hooker did (friend of mine, by the way), and before breakfast. But never ever posted mine. Here I do and did. Because this place is educational. There is nothing gay about it. Nothing offensive either.

In the old gallery some were older than the pope's (trying to catch up with him at my age!!!!). Nothing wrong with starting a new one. Even better if all would make better pictures, like it is not yesterday's shrimp from the market. I love my penis, I hope you do too, and I am not looking for dates here. Trust me, I absolutely don't.

I promise, I will post some pictures of mine, to see how I am doing. Everybody welcome to post yuck under it. I show you mine, you show me yours is like peeing in the snow together, us boys like that. It would be great to have a new gallery here.

Here are some images of mine.
Since the gallery is gone I (re)post them here before they are gone forever.

its Relly Odd as I have had the Same experience I had used the spoon Method and was Looking at Drying  Methods However My inner Forskin Seems to have dried out on it's own that seemed some what strange to me.

Quote from: stephen.reilly79 on 2024-04-07 20:36:03I had to use a little saliva to lubricate the spoon handle in order to tuck the skin under correctly, which wouldn't have helped. Do you not do the same?

Well, I just use a water instead of saliva. I have no idea why my inner foreskin is drying (not as much as if I used drying methods).