Pork wrote:
> Dear all
> I heard about a treatment for tight foreskin on a green
> website and thought I would share it with you all to see how many of
> you have heard of it. I am used to using topical antibiotics for
> balanitis but a mother mentioned that her 5 year old with a tight
> foreskin had been given betnovate to rub on bd and that it seemed to
> be doing the trick. Does any-one out there use it? If it works it
> would be a much simpler treatment than circumcision...
>
> Dr P A Hussey
Our local surgeon recommends this. I can't recall now whether it was full
strength or diluted Betnovate, but the combination of steroids and regular
attempts at retraction of the foreskin does the trick.
Just remember to advise the parents not to take a video for the family album
- Mr Plod might misinterpret the procedure.
Michael
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