Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
I was born 14 weeks premature and was told that I should not be circumcised so young. I believe I have a condition called aposthia, but I need help in identifying what it is.
Please help.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
I have seen images sent by you (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Aposthia is the absence of skin covering the glans. In the flaccid state, there is definitely a skin covering your glans. In the erected state, definitely, the glans skin gets pulled behind the coronal sulcus. So I do not think you have any abnormalities.
I hope this helps.
Kindly revert in case of further queries.
Thank you.
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
Thank you for your reply.
The skin covers the glans because I stretched it over in my 20's to regain the coverage. I also have a pretty wild vertical scar coming down from the corona.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
Yes, the scar is very faint. There might be some operative procedures that were performed in childhood that you may not know.
It appears perfectly fine with excellent erection. Also, your skin reasonably covers the glans. And if it is not covering, there is no harm at all.
I hope this helps.
Please revert in case of further queries.
Thank you.
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
Thank you for your reply.
I do not like living in the dark and do not like being considered circumcised. I am not. I stretched because I do not want to be exposed. The vertical scar does not seem surgical to me. Is the horizontal line a man-made scar? This is my theory. While my foreskin was developing, it adhered to the point behind the center of my head.
As the foreskin continued to grow, it split into a V, and the adhesion eventually separated. My mother said she remembers seeing the foreskin separated, but it was not operated on. Eventually, I think it straightened out horizontally, creating that horizontal scar or line. Widening my foreskin and causing the remaining prepuce not to operate as normal, but mimicking circumcision.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
Vertical line, what you are calling is the frenulum. It is normal for everyone. The horizontal line is very faintly visible, which I do not think of as a scar. Your prepuce covers your glans adequately, and frankly, it does not seem like a circumcision to me. Your penis appears absolutely normal.
And in erection, by default the prepuce skin gets pulled behind, exposing the glans, which is normal. Your foreskin adherent theory is also possible. But whatever happened in the past, your penis appears absolutely fine now. Nothing to worry at all.
I hope this helps.
Kindly revert in case of further queries.
Thank you.
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
Thank you for your reply.
I was actually talking about the vertical scar on the dorsal side. I agree, nothing to worry about, and it does not cause problems. I am very against infant circumcision, and I cannot live circumcised if I was not in the first place, if that makes sense.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
I doubt there is any scar on the dorsal side. And I think you are not circumcised. So feel normal, as no one can say you are circumcised. For me, you are uncircumcised only.
I hope this helps.
Please revert in case of further queries.
Thank you.
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Answered byDr. Khant Shahil Rameshbhai
Medically reviewed byDr. Vinodhini J.
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