Yes the term is usually just describing the bottom portion, but it is the same thing: borrowed skin. Sure the skin has to grow to accommodate length beyond a certain point, however it is definitely possible to have hair creep from length gain before the skin catches up especially if the skin isn’t being stressed to induce growth. I think it all really just depends on how much skin you have to begin with. For somebody who is uncut, they may still experience turkey neck and borrowed skin from the pubic region, but it is far less likely if they have any amount of overhang to begin with. Why? Because the body will borrow the skin from the place of least resistance, in this case the overhang instead of the pubes. For somebody who is cut and already has hair up some of their shaft there is no place else for it to come from so it just gets worse.
It is not uncommon for somebody to gain 1/2” or so length in a month (albeit not consistently), yet skin doesn’t grow that fast. If it did I could have been done restoring my foreskin many months ago (I am 14 months into it). If somebody puts on that much length they are going to get some hair creep unless they have some excess skin.
Although I don’t know much about hanging, having done restoration for so long I have got the skin growth part down pat. :) Hanging with the foreskin down would be reasonable as long as the top part of the hanger was far enough away from the pubes. If it is too close to the hairy shaft skin then it won’t be stressing good hair-free shaft skin for growth. The skin under the hanger isn’t being stressed for growth at all and the effectiveness of the stretch drops off the further it gets from the place where it is being stretched. So if the pubes are too close I would suggest not pulling the foreskin all of the way down but only partially as SS4 suggested.
If hair creep does start happening, a little bit of skin stretching will correct it rather easily. Just be sure to stress the area you want grown.
Hot.Toto, you should look into manually stretching your opening. If you can fit a couple of fingers in then just spend 15-20 minutes a night stretching outwards to enlarge the opening. Worse case go see your doctor and they can give you a cream to help thin the skin and make stretching easier.
- Chris