Boy's penis

[david.cragg9]

 

 Hi I was trying to get in contact yesterday but had trouble with the password, hope you can help, I have a 5 year old boy and he tends to touch him self, Tryed to pull the skin back but unsucessful, do I in form the doctor?

Karen

[zgma]

Hi Karen,

 

Are you asking about whether to inform the doctor that you couldn't pull the skin back?  It is my understanding that the foreskin doesn't fully retract until 5 or 6, so I wouldn't worry about that.  If it worries you, check with a doctor to ease your mind.

 

If you are asking about checking with a doctor because he touches himself... that's totally normal and nothing to worry about. 

[Philtaz]

It's just something that little boys do, he'll soon grow out of it.  It will be difficult to retract the foreskin at that age anyway.

If by some quirk of fate he persists and does retract it DO NOT attempt to roll it back into place, as this can cause a condition called paraphomosis.  Seek the advice of your GP, though as I said this is a difficult thing anatomically for a child to do at that age.

[stoo_pid]

I would still strongly recommend you ask the doctor to look.  I had a similar problem which was ignored (even though my dad had to be circumcised for the same problem) & I was eventually circumcised - at age 19!  No regrets at all about having it done but I had many years of discomfort because no-one did anything about it when I was a kid.

It so happens that my nephew (who we were caring for when he was the same age as your boy) seemed to have the same problem.  We took him to the doctor who at first was totally dismissive but I insisted he checked properly.  Within seconds he realised that things weren't quite right & referred him to a specialist.

There is no way any of us can tell if your little boy has a problem or not - make an appointment with the doc.

 

[Hammer]

Touching himself is perfectly natural. Try not to draw too much attention to it as it will just encourage him to do it more.

 

Philtaz, you made me laugh saying little boys grow out of it - us men will never stop 'rearranging ourselves' in public LOL !!!

 

 

[punkmuppet]

I think you meant you were looking to see if anything was wrong and couldn't pull the skin back? If so then like everyone says, it's nothing to worry about. If he seems really agitated by his penis then you probably should take him to the doctor.

[zgma]

stoo_pid makes a good point though that if it's worrying you, you should probably go to the doctor to get his foreskin checked out anyway in case there is a problem.

[claireking]

hi there. dont worry about it. my 6 year old does it its just part of childhood and he is just finding different parts of his body, really nothing to worry about just let him do it.