Tip for Loosening DTR Gripper

[RobertW]

My new double-fold of skin is thick, so the DTR gripper is tight and eventually pinches my skin after several hours, requiring slight adjustments.

Last week, I discovered I could stretch the gripper just slightly, but enough to be more comfy, by pressing the gripper onto a ping pong ball overnight. The ping pong ball is just barely larger in diameter, so it does not deform the gripper.

I haven't done this long enough to know if the gripper will require periodic vacations on the ping pong ball, or if the new size is permanent.

I wanted to pass this along for anyone else who might benefit.

RobertW

[Americut]

Perhaps the temperature of the gripper while its being slightly enlarged, could determine the time span of this adjustment.

[foresknhunter]

I have been restoring for over 2 years now with the DTR and after corresponding with the maker of the DTR when I experienced alot of slippage, I learned that I have a thick foreskin. He recommended that I replace the gripper that came with it with a baby bottle nipple. I had to cut off the nipple and the outer edge, but because of it's larger cup size it accomodated the thicker skin and gripped my skin better so it didn't slip off.
It took some fine tunning, but I've been very pleased with the results and now have a 1 in stretched overhang when erect and am looking into the TLC line for a change of pace.

[Sundance]

Ping Pong Ball sounds good to me. I need to try that today after I first wore it for 1 hr 30 min I had pain. Then I put it back on a little later and wore it for 3 hours and pain came back and looked like blisters where skin folded under on bell. Lucky they wern't blisters and skin went back to normal. SO tomrrow it is to Big 5 and et ping Pong Balls.