Distalero
June 16th, 2007, 12:54
The real title of this post should be Reality Check. By no means do I want to step on anyone's motivation (my constant exhortation is to continue on), but every once in a while someone needs to remind us of the general realities of restoration. .
1. Appearance vs device/method: I began this whole thing about 4 years ago, with this issue uppermost in my mind, too. Now I realize I haven't thought about it for years.
Now, I'm willing to accept that maybe that's all some restorers will ever have as the only goal. I just read a post, though, where a person was concerned about finding THE device to use so that the result was (and I may be paraphrasing here), "clean and natural". No single method or device will ever guarantee anything but what will actually happen if you continue on with restoration. This may not be anyone's strict definition of clean and natural. So, you might as well choose something and begin. What we do is not true "restoration" of that tissue which was taken from us. What we DO do, is grow new tissue to cover existing structures, corona, glans, et al, and WE do that with our manipulations and efforts, our guessing and experimentation, not the device on it's own. Ain't no magic bullet, folks, just reasonable methods, to effect an unnatural practice (restoration) with no guarantee.
Do the newer folks realize that what's required is far more skin than just "down to the tip"? You have to grow enough skin to completely counterbalance any pull back towards the pubis, in all situations. Takes a ton of skin, people, if you want coverage in all situations. This may not conform with some concept of appearance.
So: will "appearance" be the primary goal, after a while, for most of us? I doubt it, not for most who stay with this process. I haven't seen a reference to the dreaded "loose sock" here, but believe me, I'd take a loose sock if it meant reaching the goal of constant coverage, any day. Thing to remember, though, is that Nature herself has bestowed loose natural foreskins to some intact guys, some long, some short so it's not any sort of unnatural phenomenon to begin with (and certainly not the "perfect" image of what seems to be expected by circumcized guys), and also, what many restorers, including yours truly, have experienced is the dartos tunic aiding in keeping the skin tube relatively tight to the glans most of the time. But that's if you have something approaching reliable coverage (big "if").
2. The real goal: I seldom see any reference to the true magic that happens with coverage. I suspect this is because many folks on forums are new to the process, and as such we all think we are the baseline of experience. We don't know what truly exists until we put in the time and discover it (bit ironical, there: you have to cover to discover).
"Coverage" refers to any sort of coverage that keeps the glans and what old inner mucosa they left you with, which can range from the skin tube you yourself grew, or just cross taping loose shaft skin over the glans. If you have enough to cross tape, you have magic on your horizon. Keep things covered long enough and you will experience a profound and increasing sensation of pleasure; pleasure you can share with another human being, with your approach to life itself. THIS is the real natural gift that was stripped away from you, not "looking" like something. A fundamental change in pleasure takes a while to appear, and in my case it has intermittently continued to grow. Good news. As you get older, loss of sensation becomes much more of an issue, although I've read posts from young guys who already suffer from little sensation from an organ designed for this. Think about it. Nature/God/Existence/Whatever meant for you to interact in this world, at times through ecstacy. How's that for a radical concept. It was your birthright. You can too, if want to put in the time and effort to achieve this. Standing there, looking "natural" has nothing to do with this. Coverage of abraded, neurologically overwhelmed tissue does.
So: tug with whatever means or method, don't worry about appearance or the "right" device (other than the right one for you: one you can live with over time), because whether you know it or not, you are restoring much more, much deeper than just a skin tube.
1. Appearance vs device/method: I began this whole thing about 4 years ago, with this issue uppermost in my mind, too. Now I realize I haven't thought about it for years.
Now, I'm willing to accept that maybe that's all some restorers will ever have as the only goal. I just read a post, though, where a person was concerned about finding THE device to use so that the result was (and I may be paraphrasing here), "clean and natural". No single method or device will ever guarantee anything but what will actually happen if you continue on with restoration. This may not be anyone's strict definition of clean and natural. So, you might as well choose something and begin. What we do is not true "restoration" of that tissue which was taken from us. What we DO do, is grow new tissue to cover existing structures, corona, glans, et al, and WE do that with our manipulations and efforts, our guessing and experimentation, not the device on it's own. Ain't no magic bullet, folks, just reasonable methods, to effect an unnatural practice (restoration) with no guarantee.
Do the newer folks realize that what's required is far more skin than just "down to the tip"? You have to grow enough skin to completely counterbalance any pull back towards the pubis, in all situations. Takes a ton of skin, people, if you want coverage in all situations. This may not conform with some concept of appearance.
So: will "appearance" be the primary goal, after a while, for most of us? I doubt it, not for most who stay with this process. I haven't seen a reference to the dreaded "loose sock" here, but believe me, I'd take a loose sock if it meant reaching the goal of constant coverage, any day. Thing to remember, though, is that Nature herself has bestowed loose natural foreskins to some intact guys, some long, some short so it's not any sort of unnatural phenomenon to begin with (and certainly not the "perfect" image of what seems to be expected by circumcized guys), and also, what many restorers, including yours truly, have experienced is the dartos tunic aiding in keeping the skin tube relatively tight to the glans most of the time. But that's if you have something approaching reliable coverage (big "if").
2. The real goal: I seldom see any reference to the true magic that happens with coverage. I suspect this is because many folks on forums are new to the process, and as such we all think we are the baseline of experience. We don't know what truly exists until we put in the time and discover it (bit ironical, there: you have to cover to discover).
"Coverage" refers to any sort of coverage that keeps the glans and what old inner mucosa they left you with, which can range from the skin tube you yourself grew, or just cross taping loose shaft skin over the glans. If you have enough to cross tape, you have magic on your horizon. Keep things covered long enough and you will experience a profound and increasing sensation of pleasure; pleasure you can share with another human being, with your approach to life itself. THIS is the real natural gift that was stripped away from you, not "looking" like something. A fundamental change in pleasure takes a while to appear, and in my case it has intermittently continued to grow. Good news. As you get older, loss of sensation becomes much more of an issue, although I've read posts from young guys who already suffer from little sensation from an organ designed for this. Think about it. Nature/God/Existence/Whatever meant for you to interact in this world, at times through ecstacy. How's that for a radical concept. It was your birthright. You can too, if want to put in the time and effort to achieve this. Standing there, looking "natural" has nothing to do with this. Coverage of abraded, neurologically overwhelmed tissue does.
So: tug with whatever means or method, don't worry about appearance or the "right" device (other than the right one for you: one you can live with over time), because whether you know it or not, you are restoring much more, much deeper than just a skin tube.