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I am unable to retract my scrotum. Please help.

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Hello doctor,

I am a 23-year-old male, roughly around 220 lbs, 5'10" in height. About a month ago, I noticed that my scrotum seems to have become more stretchy, but less retractable. I visited a urologist and he said he felt nothing wrong. I had an ultrasound and was told nothing looked out of sorts. What is happening to me?
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Dr. Choudhary Devendra is a highly skilled Urologist with extensive years of clinical experience. His expertise spans the diagnosis and management of a wide range of urological conditions affecting the kidneys, bladder, prostate, and urinary tract. He is proficient in both medical and surgical approaches, ensuring personalized and advanced care for his patients. Dr. Devendra is dedicated to delivering compassionate treatment with a focus on improving patient outcomes and quality of life.

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Hi,

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Every kid before birth has the testes inside abdomen which travel out to scrotum by birth. While coming out, they are suspended by a spiral sling of muscles (cremaster) from the layers of abdomen it passes through. Testes are not like a ball attached to a fixed length rod of steel, they are meant to be in dynamic change of position based on temperature, touch, stimulus, sexual excitation. So cremaster pulls it up to variable locations. If testes are not going completely above the scrotum into the abdominal wall (completely disappear from scrotum or retractile) nothing needs to be done.

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Published At September 28, 2017
Reviewed At June 27, 2025

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Dr. Choudhary Devendra is a highly skilled Urologist with extensive years of clinical experience. His expertise spans the diagnosis and management of a wide range of urological conditions affecting the kidneys, bladder, prostate, and urinary tract. He is proficient in both medical and surgical approaches, ensuring personalized and advanced care for his patients. Dr. Devendra is dedicated to delivering compassionate treatment with a focus on improving patient outcomes and quality of life.

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MCh Urology

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Dr. Choudhary Devendra is a highly skilled Urologist with extensive years of clinical experience. His expertise spans the diagnosis and management of a wide range of urological conditions affecting the kidneys, bladder, prostate, and urinary tract. He is proficient in both medical and surgical approaches, ensuring personalized and advanced care for his patients. Dr. Devendra is dedicated to delivering compassionate treatment with a focus on improving patient outcomes and quality of life.

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