Get Virtual Care
  • Primary Care
  • Urgent Care
  • FAQs
  • Support Center
For Businesses
  • Direct Primary Care for Organizations
  • For DMEs and Pharmacies
  • For Health Plans
  • For Providers
About Us
  • Who We Are
  • Why HealthTap
  • Our Standards
  • Contact
Log in
Book a video appointment
Book now
  • Get Virtual Care

    • Primary Care
    • Urgent Care
    • FAQs
    • Support Center
  • For Businesses

    • Direct Primary Care for Organizations
    • For DMEs and Pharmacies
    • For Health Plans
    • For Providers
  • About Us

    • Who We Are
    • Why HealthTap
    • Our Standards
    • Contact
Log in to HealthTap
HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

Used a steroid cream for a month and stretched my foreskin, but it still doesn't retract. is a partial circumcision effective? will it reduce sensitiv

A doctor has provided 1 answer
Dr. Robert Jackson answered

May be: See your urologist for evaluation and to discuss treatment options.

Answered 9/28/2016

5.2k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

I was circumcised in 2015 but have noticed that the area where my forskin was removed is constantly itchy and dried up. Ive applied epimax cream but still dries up from time to time and sometimes even flakes off dry skin. ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

I've been using and anti fungal cream mixed with steroid for my infected foreskin, it seems my penis is shrinking, is this possible, can it be helped?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Can person with tight foreskin, who is using the steroid cream to make it looser, end up with a yeast infection there?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

For years I have feared sex because of my tight foreskin and recently I messed up an amazing opportunity with a girl because of it. When Im fully erect I can pull the skin back over the head but its pretty uncomfortable could steroid cream help?

4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

A member asked:

Is there any cream available in pharmacy for phimosis to lose the foreskin? I really dont want to get a circumsion?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

People also searched for:

In trying to stretch a tight foreskin, using the steroid cream, how many times a day would one stretch in order to solve the problem in a month?
Foreskin a bit red, it comes and goes sometimes not red then next hour it is. Antifungal,steroid cream not effective. Doc said no balanitis, what's it?
How to stretch foreskin with steroid cream?
Is circumcision the only options for a case of phimosis with scar tissue? Is it the only option? The only thing to do? Or would the alternative treatments/options work? The steroid creams - betamethasone, stretching, preputioplasty, etc? What about partia
Aside from circumscision are there any other cures to phimosis? Any creams? I can still pull my foreskin back almost the whole way its just abit tight . I really dont want a circumscision?

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited

For Businesses

Direct Primary Care for OrganizationsFor DMEs and PharmaciesFor Health PlansFor Providers

Company

About UsSupport CenterContact Us

Health Content

Health TopicsDoctor Q&A by Specialty

Join Us

For DoctorsJobs
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.