Question: My husband a very active, healthy, non -circumcised 72 year old, had to have a small portion of the tip of the penis and a small portion of foreskin removed due to a film of white growthlike material growing(over a long period of time) over the head of the penis making it difficult to urinate. He objected to a full circumcision. We have researched and questioned other professionals extensively and do not believe full circumcision is best at his age. The surgeon/urologist said he removed or stripped off a lot of fibrous like fiber that had basically prevented the pushing back of the foreskin for all of my husband's life because he (urologist) thought the foreskin needed to be retractable. This seemed a bit radical to us but it was done during surgery. Since the procedure, done in hospital by this urologist, my husband still has a tiny area of redness that has not cleared up to normal pink color and an almost constant itching in the area under the foreskin on that side of the "head" of the foreskin that is left after the procedure. The foreskin has now grown back to the shaft of the penis as it always was (only about 1/4 cm is visibly red)so it is not possible to see how large an area this might have been. All swelling of tissue has gradually gone back to a normal appearance except for a tiny amount of swelling in this same area of the foreskin. We wondered if it is possible that the surgeon utilized the wrong type of suture material when "stitching" up the cut foreskin. He said it was a dissolving type of material but it seems almost as though the underlying stitched area has an irritant concealed there. Can this be viewed by an x-ray or some type of ultrasound scan ? Is there a gentler, more delicate procedure that can be done by some other specialist to that tiny bit of foreskin without more of a circumcision-like procedure? It has been several months and the urologist just wants to do more of a full circumcision procedure. There is no pain in the entire area of the penis nor in the entire shaft or foreskin but there is an annoying frequent itching/ burning that is almost as though something like a thread or piece of foreign material is caught there. What type of specialist can we consult to determine what should be done. As this must have been a very traumatic tissue removal is it possible we need to give it much longer to heal? The rest of the area visible has slowly, over several months, returned to a healthy pink color but it has taken a long time.

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To clarify: The foreskin can not be retracted at all but appears loose along the shaft as it always had in the past. Only the top 1/4 inch around the opening appears to be attached to the penis The urologist would not allow my husband to push back the foreskin right after surgery because he said it would probably cause excessive bleeding. 7 day Follow up from surgery he said the same and the 2nd followup the skin was already fairly attached to the penis. As he stitched all around the opening of the foreskin it seems as though he simply stitched it too tight. (The stitched area is underneath the end of the foreskin and not at all visible.)
This urologist only wants to do more circumcision or partial circumcision. Is it possible after this amount of time that my husband can gradually push the skin back so that it will work loose and push back? He has normal erections with no pain and no pain other that that constant itching/burning in the one area .
Should we request ultra sound to determine if stitches remain?

We were wondering if you could recommend anything to help with the itching/burning in the area of the foreskin to help it heal faster. Is there anything natural or herbal that we could use to promote healing.
Also if these were not the natural type of stitches that dissolve on their own will they eventually breakdown and dissolve anyway?
Could a dermatologist be able to gently remove the stitching or must my husband undergo local anesthesia and have more foreskin cut off by the urologist/surgeon? We want no more trauma to his system.
Thank You!