• UnPassive@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m restoring my foreskin right now and so thinking about this reminds me of people who take the tomato off a hamburger and then add ketchup…

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      16 hours ago

      Tomato and Ketchup are not equivalent. Ketchup tastes nothing like a tomato. Nobody would stick a French fry in a cup of tomato puree.

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        10 hours ago

        Ketchup is made by combining tomatoes, sweetener (often sugar or high-fructose corn syrup), vinegar, salt, and spices. Tomato puree is made by blending tomatoes and adding water, sometimes salt and some spices. True, they are not the same, but dipping a fry in tomato puree wouldn’t be that bad.

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          15 hours ago

          Not marinara, just pureed tomato. OP said it was dumb to remove a tomato, yet use ketchup, so the comparison is raw tomato vs. ketchup. Tomato puree is the same as raw tomato, marinara is not.

          Marinara on a burger, especially one seasoned like a meatball, is delicious. Add a slice of mozzarella, and you have a Cheeseburger Marinara. Just a different configuration of a Meatball Sub (one of my favorites). Now I know what we’re having for dinner, with fries. Thanks for the inspiration.

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          14 hours ago

          Yup! And I highly recommend it. Just from the small gains I’ve made and the difference it makes, I’ve become pretty much completely anti-circumcision. Definitely completely for babies.

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            13 hours ago

            Arent irreplaceable glands removed during a circumcision? Might be able to lengthen skin to form something like foreskin but isn’t it impossible to regrow the glans?

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              9 hours ago

              Glans is the tip/head/non-skin end of your penis and it should not have been touched during circumcision. Maybe by mistake something happened.

              But there are body tissue structures that are removed and lost forever from circumcision. Namely the “rigid band” and part or all of the “frenulum”

              So a restored foreskin is not quite the same. But people who get circumcised as an adult and then later restore say that restored is about 70-80% as good. And far better than nothing!

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              9 hours ago

              Start with a bunch of research. I believe there’s a beginner’s guide on the foreskin_restoration subreddit.

              But the way to get started today is “manual methods” and “Andre’s method” is a really popular one.

              Most people buy a foreskin restoration device or two. I like the car-1 and Mantor DS. Just ordered a Restore In Comfort packer too. And I T-tape at night towards my head (this is part of why a bunch of research is where to start - I’m sure these words mean nothing to you right now).