Excess foreskin means the skin sleeve covers the head even when the penis is erect, making hygiene and sex trickier than they should be.

The first clue is a persistent hood. The head stays hidden unless you manually pull the skin back, and it often slips forward again right away.

Smell builds fast. Urine drops and dead cells collect under the fold, giving off a musty odor by midday even after a morning shower.

Itching or stinging pops up. The trapped moisture irritates the head, so you catch yourself adjusting underwear or feeling a warm sting when pee touches the skin.

White cheesy stuff (smegma) shows up daily. You wipe and it comes back, like endless eye-goop under the lid.

Sex can feel dull. The head stays covered during thrusting, cutting down on sensation and sometimes making condoms slip.

If retraction gets tight, the foreskin can swell and stick behind the head—a painful trap called paraphimosis.