While many colleagues believed circumcision was the solution to tight foreskin, Dr. Snodgrass used steroid therapy to show that is was effective in releasing foreskin attachments. This avoided circumcision in many boys. Today, we use this same steroid cream to help stretch and soften penile skin after surgery in patients with compromised penile skin.
Topical Steroid Therapy as an Alternative to Circumcision for Phimosis in Boys Younger Than 3 Years