Unfortunately, not every circumcision has a suitable outcome. Sometimes, too much skin is removed and the shaft skin is too tight during an erection. Sometimes, the skin is so tight during an erection that the scrotal sack is pulled up onto the penis to form a turkey neck. In extreme cases, this can force the testicles inside the body and be painful.

Another side effect of circumcision is when the skin is unevenly removed by the doctor. If too much skin is removed from one side of the penis that has been tightly circumcised, the penis may have a bannana-type curve when erect.

Foreskin restoration helps with these types of problems. By growing new skin, the problems of the skin being too tight or being unevenly distributed go away.

To many, the circumcised penis looks naked and unnatural with the glans exposed and a circumcision scar circling their shaft. An intact, covered penis looks different than a circumcised penis. A foreskin is part of the natural body. By restoring the foreskin, the penis can be returned to almost its natural appearance. The restored foreskin covers the glans and resembles a natural foreskin. The circumcision scar is hidden inside the restored skin tube.

When the glans of acircumcised man rubs against his shorts or clothing, the sensitive penis tissue is irritated. This constant irritation decreases over time as the man ages.

The glans and inner foreskin remnant are mucous membranes, the same type of tissue as under your eyelid and inside your mouth. The foreskin protects the mucous membranes. After circumcision, the mucous membranes are exposed and rub against clothing and bed sheets. Over time, the mucous membranes keratinize, that is, they develop a calloused layer that protects the tissue. Foreskin restoration grows a skin tube that covers the glans, thereby providing the same protection as the natural foreskin. Because some of the foreskin structure removed during circumcision helps keep the foreskin forward over the glans, in order to protect the glans, enough skin must be grown. Many men can grow enough skin to have full flaccid coverge within 1 to 2 years. Full erect coverage takes longer.

Many men report that, by having their glans covered, they are more comfortable and don't have a sense of being naked. The glans and inner foreskin remnant have mucous membrane, which is irritated when touched. Think about peeling back your eyelid and touching that mucous membrane. Not a comfortable thought. The foreskin is the natural cover for the glans. The foreskin is a sheath that protects the mucous membranes. With the foreskin in place, there is not that constant irritation when clothing rubs across the sensitive exposed parts of the penis.

With the glans covered by the foreskin, a man can move without feeling an irritation around his private parts. I feel a lot more comfortable now that I have full flaccid coverage.

Many men report a newfound sense of well-being by having their glans covered with skin. It is not uncommon to hear reports of restorers feeling more confident, feeling more secure, and having a sense of wholeness. Benefits like these are difficult to measure. They are not the type of benefits that would ever be studied by the medical industry. Generally, the medical industry considers a penis that allows the owner to procreate to be a fully functional penis.

Personally, I feel a bit more confident since I started restoring. It may be a result of me taking charge of my life or because I have restored to the point of flaccid coverage.

I also feel more empathy than I have before. This is a subtle change, but having lived 50 years as a circumcised man, I know my moods and emotions. Since restoring, I have become more in tune with my emotions and I can empathize with others.

Many men are upset that a part of their genitals were cut off at birth. They feel that it was a violation of their human rights to be circumcised. Many men restore to make a philosophical and/or human rights statement that, even though a part of their body was cut from them without their permission, they will overcome that loss and replace what was taken from them the best they can.

Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the sexual arousal brought on by any body part not conventionally viewed as being sexual in nature. A foreskin fetish does not make sense because the foreskin is part of a man's sex organ and, in parts of the world outside the United States, is recognized as being sexual in nature. But, many people who advocate circumcision claim that foreskin restorers have a foreskin fetish. This may be because those people are unaware that the foreskin is naturally part of the sex organ and plays a large part in sexual satisfaction.

Even still, there are those men who really enjoy foreskin. By definition they do not have a foreskin fetish. But, such men are motivated to restore in order to have a foreskin.