Hygiene

Just out of interest, what is your routine for penile hygenie?

Please state whether you are cut or uncut, and what you do.

I ask this because lately my glans has been constantly dry and gets sore from sex afterwards. I didn’t used to have that problem.

Any ideas?

My routine is as follows:

I’m uncut, and once, maybe twice a day I use just cold water to give my glans a bit of a clean, although it rarely seems to really need it.

Cut.

Wash regularly(as I hope everyone does). I do my pubes with shampoo. I get a bit dry too, especially when I was hanging. I just apply Johnson’s baby lotion in the morning (after hanging, when I was doing hanging) and that took care of it. I actually got compliments from my girlfriend about how soft the skin was from the lotion..

When I was wet jelqing with Albolene I NEVER had any dryness. That stuff is the best lube I ever used for wet jelqs.

Then I keep the pubes trimmed with my beard trimmer and keep the scrotum nicely shaved (every other day). I used the edge gel for sensitive skin, with aloe.

I’m semi-cut. I did some foreskin restoration for awhile. Personally I like a cock to be a little ripe. The smell is really intoxicating. I leave mine unwashed most of the time, and on an uncut guy I like the same.

If, however, someone has any irritation from this, then I suppose cleaning is called for. My understanding, though, is that too much cleaning, especially with soap, can dry things out.

ICM: I don’t think water alone is bad at all. I think something else is going on, probably not at all serious. Moisturizing, as seanjacobs suggests, sounds like a good routine for dryness. Good luck.

Thanks for the advice.

I thought moisturisers might affect the glans in some unwanted way, but I’ll give it a go.

It may well coincide with the fact that I’ve been hanging recently.

Is it a general hanging thing? Will it go when I stop, and is it a sign of damage?

When I was hanging, I was using theraband and baby powder. The baby powder was drying the skin out and the theraband was causing slight friction which wears on the surface skin and again will cause “dry” skin.

Any hanger will cause the slight friction.

But on the glans Sean? Normal skin dryness is ok but I mean the actual glans itself not being as ‘lubricated’ as it was in the past.

I’m uncut and take about 3 to 5 showers per day. (always take a shower after shitting or after exercise) I wash my unit and ass with an antibacterial soap that contains melalueca oil. (always making sure to pull back the foreskin on my unit and wash under the glans area.) In addition to that— a quick rinse with warm soapy water in the bathroom sink after sex or masturbation or sometimes a shower for two before calling it a night and getting some ZZZZZ’s. I lubricate my unit with olive oil before pumping sessions. A dash of my favorite cologne on the pubic hairs and shaft. Pubic hairs kept nicely trimmed and low cut and no hair in the crack of my ass.