{"id":2380,"date":"2024-02-21T16:33:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/?post_type=condition_faq&#038;p=2380"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:33:18","slug":"how-is-phimosis-treated","status":"publish","type":"condition_faq","link":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/condition_faq\/how-is-phimosis-treated\/","title":{"rendered":"How is phimosis treated?"},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","faq-category":[58,74],"service_type":[],"class_list":["post-2380","condition_faq","type-condition_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq-category-andrology-faq","faq-category-phimosis"],"meta_box":{"faq_title_t3lmo":"How is phimosis treated?","faq_description_70nds":"","faq_textarea_60nds":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Physiological phimosis (congenital) typically doesn\u2019t need treatment. Usually, your child grows out of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pathological phimosis, also called secondary phimosis, does need to be treated.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initially your doctor may suggest using a steroid cream to apply to the skin of your penis.The downside of this is that once you stop using the cream the chance of recurrence is quite high.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can also\u00a0 start gently stretching the foreskin after about two weeks of using the steroid cream. You should stretch the skin very gently, pulling it back only as far as you can without putting on too much pressure .<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next step would be surgery. If conservative measures fail, then you have the option of a radical or partial circumcision ,or even preputioplasty. Before making such a decision your Urologist will guide you to the best solution for you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/condition_faq\/2380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/condition_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/condition_faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=2380"},{"taxonomy":"service_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_type?post=2380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}