Dry and flakey

[Genisis]

I have been restoring just over a week now and beginning to notice that my penis is getting a little dry and flakey around the area that Im trying to restore. If I recall, I read somewhere that means new skin is starting to develop. Is this correct? Is this the beginning of the "new". Is anyone familiar with this happening?
Thanks for any comments. I truly hope this is the beginning of growth....I want to be restored so badly.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Genisis

I have been restoring just over a week now and beginning to notice that my penis is getting a little dry and flakey around the area that Im trying to restore. If I recall, I read somewhere that means new skin is starting to develop. Is this correct? Is this the beginning of the "new". Is anyone familiar with this happening?
Thanks for any comments. I truly hope this is the beginning of growth....I want to be restored so badly.

Hi,
Don't fret about flaking. The outermost surface of the skin (epidermis) does not expand, it merely sloughs off. As the inner layer of skin (dermis) expands that outer layer first distorts and then breaks up. It's a good thing.

[ReGrowthFanatic00]

Genisis, what method of restoration are you using?

[Genisis]

Im using the DTR and switching back and forth from DTR to DTR tugging in the evening.
Trying not to be to aggressive as Ive read on this forum that "less is more" so Im trying my best to be as patient as possible.
The reason for my thinking on switching to tugging in the evening is to (1 give my skin a little time to breath a little better for a while (2 try all the alternatives that is possible with the DTR for "maximum" results.
I was hoping that the sloughing was a good thing and meant that "something" was beginning to happen. Thanks for the replies!

[Distalero]

Dry and flaky can mean a minor fungus infection, or at least a contact dermatitis, which means your skin is reacting to coming in contact with something that is an irritant.

Notice I said CAN, not DOES, but it if continues, you have to consider what I'm saying here.

[(CG)]

HI ALL:

I'm with Ron on this one. I have from time to time seen flaking as well. I assumed that this was a by-product of tugging and never really worried much about it, although I did keep an eye on it. Tends to kind of come and go.

[Genisis]

Let me say that it is not a REALLY bad dry and flaky..its a very small amount of both. If I had to scale it...1 hardly noticeable and 10 dick falling off....it would be a 1.5

[Distalero]

Originally Posted by admin

Hi,
Don't fret about flaking. The outermost surface of the skin (epidermis) does not expand, it merely sloughs off. As the inner layer of skin (dermis) expands that outer layer first distorts and then breaks up. It's a good thing.

Uh.......... no. In fact, decidedly no. (meant to say that in my last post).

The epidermis contains all the layers of skin, including the germinal layer (the layer that grows new cells which rise to replace the outermost layer, to flake off.

The dermis is the layer BENEATH all the layers of skin (under that, generally speaking, is the subcutaneous tissue, and under that lies the fascia covering skeletal muscle). The dermis contains connective tissue, and organs such as sweat glands, blood supply, etc. If this was to be exposed you would have a bloody mess, and the definition of an open partial thickness wound.

This is basic information, found practically everywhere, if you have trouble believing my knowledge.

Again, if someone is seeing some sort of accelerated flaking, and particularly if that flaking action is exposing cells less keratinized, then you are looking at an infestation, or a contact dermatitis as the usual culprits.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Distalero

The epidermis contains all the layers of skin, including the germinal layer (the layer that grows new cells which rise to replace the outermost layer, to flake off.

Thanks for the clarification, although I must say it's easy to sound like a dick about it. I'll just give you the benefit of the doubt that you weren't trying to be as snarky as I read it.

So where I said dermis I meant germinal epidermis. Is there a word for what I was calling epidemis? Like epithelial epidermis?

Cheers,
-Ron

[Distalero]

There are general layers above the basal layer, which is called the stratum germinativum (layer that germinates or "grows"), but this stratum (stratum germinativum) is really a combination of the stratum basale (the base layer) which is the true germinating layer, and stratum spinosum (spinosum meaning "spines"), which I hesitate to mention because, while it's accepted as a stratum, it's called the spinosum due to what are really artifacts created by tissue slide preparation; there aren't really spines as such, existing between the cells.

Basically what happens overall, is that new cells are produced at the bottom layer, which eventually fill with keratin, dry up and die, and eventually become exposed as the outside surface when those dead and dried cells above them flake off (this kind of flaking is essentially microscopic, not on the gross, noticeable level).

There ARE layers to the drying/dying cells, as I mentioned, or at least these are what I learned way back when:

Above the stratum germinativum is the stratum granulosum (layer of cells that are flattened, and filled with granules of a precursor to keratin, roughly speaking), and above that is the stratum lucidum (layer of a clear appearing band of dead cells), and above that lies the stratum corneum (layer of horn-like material; "corneum" refers to horn-like) which is what you are referring to. It's the outermost layer, which contains flattened cells with true keratin.

It's this outermost layer that is waterproof, and serves as the outer "container", if you will, of the more than 70% water which makes up you and yours truly.

Sometimes I'm a bit pointed, not really snarky (much), and occasionally I live up to the junk-yard dog when somebody is bullshitting, but where there's a chance to teach, then both my 30% container, with it's 70% water sloshing around, is pointed towards knowledge, not belittling.

For our purposes we can now call the stratum corneum "Ron's Layer" because it's easier to remember, and so the newbies can understand that skin, like everything else in our bodies, ain't so simple, even though we can look down and stare at it