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    Foreskin for Clear Skin?

    By Julia Wallace Posted on 11.21.2008 18 Comments

    It sounds like just another uber-meltable cheese product, but Vavelta is actually miles away from anything you'd want to put in your mouth. It's a radical new treatment for facial pitting, scarring, and wrinkles made out of—what else?—newborns' foreskins. Foreskins have long been treasured by cosmetic dermatologists because they are rich in fibroblasts, tiny cells that play a crucial role in healing wounds and generating collagen and connective tissue.

    11.24.2008 at 03:41pm - Comment by Jackno

    Bkdude, if that happened at 8 yrs, the surgery was probabaly not needed. A big problem in the US is that medical professionals did not (still don't ) know how to deal with the foreskin. My sons dr wanted to pull back the foreskin and that is known to cause problems. One should wait till older (15 yrs for some). Most of the infections/tight... is due to toucing and forcing by drs and parents. Having this part of the male genitals, I can say it feels so very good. It is really bad that people cheat their boys out of the possible sensory aspect of their body. Just some science for pop sci.: Male Glans (head): 4,000 nerve endings Female Clitoris: 8,000 nerve endings Male Foreskin: 20,000 nerve endings The Male Glans: Contains about 4,000 nerve endings, but they are pressure/pain-sensitive, not touch sensitive. These pain-sensitive nerves are called "Free Nerves" Male Foreskin: Contains about 20,000 nerve endings which are extremely touch sensitive (like the female clitoris). These touch-sensitive nerves are called "Meissner's Corpuscles" "Circumcision cuts off 'more than 3 feet of veins, arteries and capillaries, 240 feet of nerves, and 20,000 nerve endings" (Fleiss 1997: 5) If you are circumcised, your nerves are pressure nerves, not touch nerves, so you are unable to ever feel true touch, only pressure. This is one of the reasons circumcised males tend to focus on getting to the orgasm instead of enjoying the sensation, and is also a reason so many circumcised males prefer anal sex (tighter = more pressure). Interestingly European males tend to last longer and have less erectile issues than American males, and 95% of European males are NOT circumcised. PE and ED are more apt to occur for the cut.



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