Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 11:12:32 -0500
From: CircInfoNe@aol.com
Subject: Action Alert, Men's Fitness

ACTION ALERT
MEN'S FITNESS, JANUARY 1995 ISSUE, P62
"ASK OUR EXPERTS:  Advice on the issues you care about most" 

REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
I've been hearing a lot about foreskin restoration.  How does one go about
it, and is it true that it heightens sexual sensitivity?  Name and address
withheld.

It was no stretch for Cappy Rothman, MD, chief of urology and director of the
In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Recovery Program at Century City Hospital
in Los Angeles, to answer this.

Two methods of restoring the foreskin have been suggested:  surgery and
stretching the skin on the shaft until it extends past the head of the penis.
I recommend neither.  The surgical procedure, which involves a scrotal skin
graft, has been done only a dozen or so times, and the possible complications
exceed the benefits.  Stretching usually involves extending penile skin past
the tip and taping it or hanging weights on it for a prolonged time.
However, the skin will not stay in its new position on its own.  You're not
really restoring your foreskin in either case, nor will you enhance sexual
excitement.

Some circumcised men seem to think they're missing out on the complete male
sexual experience.  While it's true that uncircumcised men may have a little
more sensitivity because the head of the penis is covered and  hasn't been
desensitized, they also sexually transmitted diseases and are also more prone
to phimosis, a constriction that prevents the foreskin from sliding off the
head the way it's supposed to.

Address your questions to Ask Our Experts, Men's Fitness, 21100 Erwin St.,
Woodland Hills, CA 91367.  Please include your phone number.

Dr. Cappy Rothman, 2080 Century Park E, #907 Los Angeles, CA 90067, (310)
277-2873.

Pass this on to as many activists as possible.  We've got to get this
addressed!