Once phimosis is diagnosed, the available treatments include topical corticosteroids, manual stretching, foreskin surgical repair or plastic
surgery, and circumcision. Conservative treatments should be tried in the first instance and
surgery used as the treatment of last resort.
A number of studies show that phimosis can be safely and effectively treated by the application of topical steroids in 80-90% of cases. Betamethasone cream 0.