I found interesting information about the tying method.
I've had someone ask exactly how I did it, and there seems to be enough interest in this thread, so here's a long form writeup on exactly how I tied mine. I did this twice, the same way both times. Please read carefully! There's a lot of info here, much of it borne from experience. There used to be a yahoo group called "frenulumtying" that I would link guys to, but it looks like it went under in the last few months, so I want you all to have as much info as I can give you.
BEFOREHAND: Decide where you're going to pierce the thread through. Stretch your frenulum out from your dick like so:
http://i.imgur.com/pWlkSc7.png
The piercing should be right up against the shaft. You want to have about 1/4" (5mm) from the edge of the frenulum to the piercing. Any more than this can cause problems with bruising, inflammation, infection etc. Take it slow! You can tie again later.
Also try to avoid catching any large-ish blood vessels inside the tie. Sometimes it's unavoidable, but still.
EQUIPMENT:
- A good sturdy sewing needle, new with a sharp tip would be nice.
- Some kind of thin, single-fiber thread (I'll talk about that later).
- Something to anesthetize, unless you get off on jamming needles in your dick. I used Bactine, it has lidocane in it.
- AN IRON WILL. Getting over the psychological hump of doing this is probably the hardest part.
ONE. Thoroughly wash and sanitize everything -- your hands, junk, all your equipment. Rubbing alcohol is a good choice here. Thread the needle NOW, too! Your hands will probably be shaking in a few minutes...
TWO. Numb the area you're going to tie. Just slather on the numbing stuff for a few minutes until you can't feel a thing there. (Try poking it with the needle to test.)
THREE. Stretch the frenulum out as shown in the pic above, and pierce the needle through your planned spot. This can be tricky to do with only two hands! Pull the needle and one end of the thread through.
FOUR. Tie it. Notice in the diagram, it says to tie the loop around as flush with the head as possible. This is to avoid any leftover nubs of frenulum sticking to the glans. Use a couple surgeon's knots (look it up!), and tie it as tightly as you can. Seriously, torque it down.
FIVE. Trim the ends of the string to a couple inches. You're done with the procedure, but it's just the beginning of the cutting!
Over the next few days to a week or so, the string will cut through the frenulum. There may be some minor bruising, but don't get too worried about it -- your body is surprisingly quick at building new blood vessels to get things right again.
You do have to be careful about it though. Keep the area CLEAN and DISINFECTED. I just kept using the Bactine to do it. I also soaked it in warm water two or three times a day; this helps wash away dead skin and bacteria.
If it takes longer than a week, you might have to finish the cut yourself with a (brand new, disinfected) razor blade. I had to do this both times cause of my choice of thread, which I'll talk about now.
Because I used monofilament dental floss both times, I had some additional issues. It isn't stretchy, so I had to re-tie it almost every day, since the part being cut gets smaller and smaller, so the knot would get loose and stop cutting. Also, once it gets small enough, the floss just can't exert enough pressure to cut through the last really tough bits. That's why I had to use the razor blade at the end.
What I saw other guys using is this stuff called Stretch Magic. This 0.5mm stuff is the thinnest I can find: Amazon.com: Pepperell Stretch 0.5mm Magic Bead and Jewelry Cord, 10m, Clear The Stretch Magic is nice because it's elastic and snaps back to its original size. This way, you tie it once at the beginning, and then its elasticity will constrict the frenulum as it cuts through. I'd definitely want to try it out the next time I tie!
The choice of thread is kind of important. You DON'T want anything braided, like sewing thread, or normal dental floss that's made of lots of little fibers. You want something that's a single fiber, preferably synthetic (so less chance of bacteria living on it), and a little elastic.
This sounds scary! There's honestly not much that can go wrong, as long as you keep up on hygiene and disinfecting. Also don't tie too much, as mentioned before! Small ties cut faster and heal faster.
If it DOES get infected, you might have to see the doctor, but... well, it SHOULDN'T get infected if you're careful about it!
This sounds painful! Actually, it wasn't really that bad. The piercing itself felt like nothing with all the lidocane. During the week it was cutting through, it would be a dull pain if I poked at it or tugged the string, but I didn't even notice it if I wasn't touching it. Just take an ibuprofen or something if the pain is getting to you.
Just did my first tie yesterday...i may have a crazy head or my frenulum is just naturaly desensitized because the piercing and tying were almost pain free with no anestethic...well i do use sterile hypodermic needles and the thread is just monofilament fishing line...while tying the knot i got it in position and then started cranking...there was a sudden burst of sharp acute pain but once i got it tight it was nothing,and i continued pulling like crazy on the ends as far as the line was stretching...also the most disconfort i got was from the ends of the line which i trimmed really short,but now i can say i feel ABSOLUTELY NOTHING more than the normal state of mu penis
Last night i went to masturbate and felt some slight pops(no real pain,just a bit uncomfortable)and saw it had separated quite a bit.Now i need to point out that the day after the firts tie i did a second one on the same depth and almost touching the firts.I figured this would cut curculation in the remaining middle section thus allowing me to cut the dead skin painlessly when the time would come.That is exactly what happened today on the sixth day and i have to say that 2 ties seem to do a whole lot better job than just one...the distance between the original attachment points at the top is quite big(may post a pic once it heals up,now it.s a bit sensitive)...also i have a drawing showing how the ties would look like with the frenulum extended(in actuality you tighten the first as much as it goes and then you do the second.
It has a line of temporary white tissue on it now but it basically looks like the two ties have doubled the cut.There is a small bit(about as big as small papule),right in the centre and each side is about 1.5 cm(totalling more like 3 cm when semi-erect-ish).I guess two ties would be better for time efficiency but make sure to get them as close to eachother as to not leave a bit in the middle.Also i did the first tie with 0.4 mm fishing line and the other with 0.18mm,and although the thinner one looked like it would get absorbed by the skin it actually worked faster because of the smaller surface area and higher elasticity(and a thinner needle hurts less )...also the remaining loop after removal was a bit smaller
Thought i'd share the final result now that it.s all done.I was left with a remaining piece of frenulum towards the urethra(where the black dot is) because mine was connected quite close to that and the tie didn't grab it.I just grabbed it with a pair of nailclippers(the only thing i found thin enough to grab it)and made a tie around it as well.It lost all circulation and turned white within the first day and 5 days later i just cut off the remaining dead tissue and freed up the tie.I am quite happy with the looks and although the thin line hasn't got much sensitivity the extra exposed area of the glans more than makes up for it.
The black dots mark the original attachement points and the distance between them is about 3.4 cm
I just need to make an input here.
I have not lost any sensitivity at all, but I have actually gained more sensitivity "the good feelings" cause I have more movement in my foreskin now and more movement under the glans. So I am 110% happy. That area dude77007, it actually is my sweet spot now ;D
I tied my frenulum to make it easier to wear the foreskin pulled back. It didn't feel very sensitive to me anyway. That's probably why I didn't notice a loss in sensitivity. Now the foreskin can move more freely in all directions.