Re: tissue expansion

My POV...


While new foreskin cannot be regrown, it can be permanently stretched using a method called "tissue expansion" It can take two to four years to achieve this. Iodine is used in the healing process to kill off dead skin, and does not actually regrow anything.

In the instances where there is not enough donor skin to cover the excised area, a method called tissue expansion is performed weeks in advance. Tissue expansion allows the capability of using the patients own skin for graft or flap reconstruction. This technique involves implanting and empty silicone balloon next to the area that was removed. The balloon is inflated with saline periodically to stretch the tissue and muscles until the desired size is achieved. During the expansion, nerves and blood supply are maintained. It is mostly used for harvesting tissue needed to re-build the scalp, face and torso because of the type of skin needed. Disadvantages include more than one operation and scar, as well as pain and discomfort during the expansion process.

For Foreskin Restoration[edit]

Circumcised men can use non-surgical tissue expansion techniques to expand their surviving penile skin, making it a longer tube so it can function like a foreskin.[8] Methods may involve securing a tension strap or weight to the skin with tape, or gripping the skin with a tapeless foreskin restoration device that uses straps, or weights, or tension derived from internal expansion of the device. Some men succeed by tugging on the penile skin regularly with their fingers. The total time commitment to go from circumcised to an uncircumcised man's appearance and function might be 2 to 4 years (or more, depending on the severity of the circumcision) while tugging up to 12 hours per day. A foreskin restorer does not usually involve his doctor in the process.[citation needed]




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_expansion




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9B23xnIoTw




http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/kimmel_cancer_center/centers/melanoma/treatmen...



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