To chop or not to chop?

[caravel]

He did it as he found out he had some condition where a build up of scar tissue on the inside of the fore skin prevented full retraction of said fore skin. He also said that it runs between brothers. But I've never once in my life retracted my fore skin, ever.

Balanoposthitis. Circumcision is in fact not required for this. Surgical stretching combined with the application of an anti inflammatory is sufficient. The scar tissue causes the foreskin to become much less elastic making retraction difficult but not always impossible.

As to the retraction and cleaning thing, I'm afraid Eclectic is quite correct, it is a necessity not an option. You are literally an infection timebomb waiting to go off. If you find your foreskin to be non retractable Balanoposthitis could also be your problem. You really should see your physician.