A question about circumcision?
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I'd like someones opinion on my situation. I'm 31 years old and had a hernia operation when I was 6 weeks old. The surgeon also circumcised me. The reason he gave was he was " in the general area" so to speak. Would the same procedure be done in any other western country nowadays? It happened in Ireland. Am I really any worse or better off than any other uncircumcised male? Please give your reasons. If there's anyone with a medical backround I'd like your opinion.
Thanks.
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Eeek, sorry. It was my question. I read your comment and felt quite sorry that this had happened to you. I can't give you any medical opinion although I did have a hernia a few years ago and I cant see how this would have needed circumcision. You can get hernia all over the stomach area but on of the most common one for men is when the part of the stomach lining or intestine falls through the gap made for your testicles to drop into your scrotum (sorry for the gory details!). The incision for this operation is made just below abdomen near whe the pubic hair starts not in the scrotum. The doctor may have had his reasons but I just can't fathom what they might have been. I might be worth speaking to your doctor about why this happened. You may be due compensation.
On the upside you aren't missing that much. The foreskin is more sensitive than the rest of the skin on your penis but maybe not as much as some people make out. As for the sex being better I don't know. Although I doubt if it is that much different. The foreskin does act as a protective barrier to the top of the penis though. I have often found than when I leave the foreskin rolled down after a shower or the like it can feel a bit irritable when wearing close. Although I guess you get used to this after several years.
PS to all the hygeine advocates I can tell you that if you think washing a penis with a foreskin is hard then you must have pretty easy lives. It takes a millisecond to pull the foreskin back and wash underneath. I don't where all this hassle is.
The plain and simple truth about circumcision is that it is unnatural, completely benefit-free and wrong. Anyone who circumcises a boy without consent should have his hands cut off.
Look asshats, the only way a circumcised penis is cleaner than an uncircumcised one is if the man NEVER WASHES IT. I don't know about you, but I wash my willy every day in the shower.
Please explain how having a little more skin on the end of my penis could possibly increase my chances of cancer. Just kidding, don't waste your time trying.
There are NO HEALTH BENIFITS to circumcision. END OF DISCUSSION.
LOTS of guys a circumcised
When you are circumcised it is easier to keep it clean. You arent better off or worse than any uncircumsized male.
It sounds like an odd think to do, but back then maybe it was accepted practice. I think if this happened today without consent being given, you would have a case for assault and grievous bodily harm.
Males who are not circumcised suffer higher rates of cancer and infection of that area (i.e. prostate cancer) and maybe even STD's! Good for you!
DONT WORRY MATE MY HUBBY WAS CIRCUMCISED AND HE HAD THE BEST PENIS IVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO KNOW. HE ALSO LASTED LONGER THAN MOST GUYS BECAUSE OF IT. HE IS 39 AND LIVES IN WALES.OTHER GUYS GET CHEESY WILLY SYNDROME,A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH!! THE DOCTOR DID YOU A FAVOUR. XXXX.
In the united state most dudes are circumsized but you do have health benefits from it
Like it has been said Many males are circumsized and all for different beliefs... Religious and Represent Adulthood in some cultures.. Most women i think prefer a circumsized man but its not that big of a deal!! Just use a condom
Well, lots of people DO prefer circumcision either due to religious beliefs or, more commonly, hygienic reasons. However, being circumcised vs. being uncircumcised really makes no difference except people who are uncircumcised have to be careful to clean under the skin. So no... you're not really any worse or better off than any other uncircumcised male (though it seems that a majority of women DO prefer circumcised guys because it "looks better"... I myself don't care).
Male circumcision IS considered a barbaric act by many men (and women) as it may be seen as mutilation of an infant's genitals. However, the good thing about getting it done early is that babies don't remember the pain. If a person got it done later in life, then it'd most likely be MUCH more painful.
If the surgeon did that to you WITHOUT your parents' consent, then that's really not okay. Nowadays, if a surgeon did that, (s)he'd be in trouble.
If you were 6 weeks old at the time of your surgery, your parents would have had to give permission to the doctor, to also do the circumcision. He should not have done it.
When I had my son, the doctor was trying to persuade me and my husband, to get him circumcised.
We both told him a firm no! I don't think there's any drawback in not getting it done. I ended up telling that doctor that my husband wasn't circumcised and we were okay.
You just have to do the best with what you have now.
It could be worse.
I can only answer from the perspective of of a medical professional in the United States, where circumcision is a fairly routine procedure.
The only real, proven benefit of circumcision in the United States is that you (or your son) will look the same as all the other boys in the locker room. A circumsized penis is slightly easier to keep clean, and an uncircumsized penis has a slight risk of being unretractable and restrictive (called phimosis), but this is a condition that would have been recognized and corrected at birth.
I don't know what the laws are in Ireland, but receiving a surgical procedure without consent is battery and grounds for lawsuit.
Sorry to hear you were robbed of your foreskin for no reason. check out the links below to make up your own mind.
As a guy who is natural/uncut I am glad I still have what God made me as. I really feel sorry for men who have been chopped when they haven't needed to be.
That is disgusting and wrong that they did that without your permission. And in Ireland?? I had heard of that but didn't know people actually did it. You could consider legal action, unless you signed away your rights before hand without knowing it, but why on earth would they want to circumcise you, did they get more money?
Look up some studies. There is no real benefit to circumcision. Except maybe for people who don't wash. But there aren't many people like that.
Omg even the Catholics are routinely circumcising now!
Look at it this way it is to late to do any thing about it.
also you have a lesser chance of getting hiv.
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Whatever happened to equal rights for men and women.Why is female genital mutilation,for aesthetic or religious reasons,illegal but male genital mutilation is allowed?It is done without the consent of the person who is to be mutilated,there are operation "accidents" and more deaths than is made public.Just when will the governments around the world outlaw this barbaric practice?There are NO medical benefits to be had from male circumcision and doctors around the world have admitted as much.
It would be unusual to do that in any country under those circumstances. It will make little to no difference in your life unless you become obsessed about it
Be happy! I was circumcised at 18 and would do it again! Sex is much better circumcised and women enjoy it more. Hygiene is much easier and better and you have a less risk of STD's and HIV! You also have less risk of giving HIV and STD's to women! So be happy you are cut, I had my two boys (1&3) cut at birth..but it is normal if you are awhite American to be circumcised! Perhaps you should move to this side of the pond!
Circumcision is Mutilation!
I'm not sure he should have done this without your permission, I dont know about the law in Ireland but this doctor would be in deep sh*t in the uk, this constitutes GBH if consent isnt given before or after surgery (in the case of emergency surgery).
As for your newly trimmed unit, dont worry about it. Its very common practice, while its not cleaner just because you've had it done, if you didnt wash your uncircumcised winky you could get a serious infection from a build up of dick cheese (this can actually calcify and shred your knob to pieces) whereas the circumcised man doesn't have that issue.
I've found a lot of ladies like it too, if they think its cleaner they're more likely to much your weiner.
Its not like they can put it back so theres another reason not to worry.
To some of the above posters, male circumcision has no negative side affects. Female circumcision is mutilation due to the fact that it has only negative affects on a womans health, leading to serious infections unless reversed and even then the chances of a cicumcised woman having children is very slim. I dont know why some of you are so angry, I had to have mine done as I coulnd't retract my fireskin, hence it was dirty under under there, hence it got infected, hence I was in a lot of pain and couldn't pee
And yes it does hurt to get it done, but what are you a bunch of pansies?
It may be easier for your parent to keep you clean but that is really the only benefit.
You can find studies that show it reduces your chances of getting HIV but those studies were actually flawed. At the very least one would expect a study on HIV to include the participants recording the number of times they had sex. The study didn't and guess what after you a grown man and have your foreskin removed I can guarantee you won't be having sex for a while simply because of the pain. Not to mention the stigma of being cut (the research was done in Africa) would also make you less likely to engage in sex because of fear of being laughed at.
What you could would lose from the procedure is significant loss of nerve ending that would enhance your feelings during sex. This is due to the fact that once the highly sensitive area around the head of the penis is exposed due to circumcision those nerve endings will slowly be de-sensitised.
You can find studies where men discribe their loss of feelings after they are circumcised as adults. Unfortunately you can never grow it back so you'll never know what you've lost.
Personally I would look up the doctor that did it and smack him back to the stone age where he belongs.
The same procedure would not be done in any western country today because it would require informed consent. If it's done without consent today, the action could be subject to lawsuits either against the doctor(s) and/or the hospital. Most western countries don't practice circumcision (except for medically necessary reasons) and thus have very low rates outside of certain religious communities (i.e. Jewish or Muslim).
If you don't feel like you've had any problems with your penis as is, then you're not really any better or any worse off than an uncircumcised guy. Yes, your glans (penis head) will probably be a bit less sensitive and you're missing all the nerve endings in the foreskin, but as long as you don't have any other problems or complications from the circumcision, it's generally not a huge deal for most guys.
That said, circumcision is largely medically unnecessary. About 70-80% of the world's male population is uncircumcised and no one hears mass numbers of people upset over being uncircumcised or having problems with their foreskins, so in the vast majority of the population there's nothing wrong with being uncircumcised.
its alrite, u will have more better and stronger and more long lasting erections, and you will be able to satisfy a girl better and stay in more longer, there are more benefits to it, look it up on the world wide web(www.), stay away from forums, look more towards the health websites.
it reduces disease, improves hygiene, enhances sex.why would any guy not want to be circumcise?
Many "circumcised" men know they are wounded, and many haven't realized that yet, the loss of sensitivity becomes more and more of a problem as we age.
A study published in the British Journal of Urology (April 2007) proved that "circumcision" removes the five most sensitive areas of the penis and that no area on a "circumcised" penis compares to that which was cut off. The glans (tip of the penis) is actually the least sensitive area of the penis and that is what is left after "circumcision" for a boy to feel pleasure with. A doctor is not allowed to remove "only" 75% of a girls sensitivity so why can he do it to a boy?
I am absolutely for it. Take it from me - I had it done as well. I found most doctors and their sons are cut. There must be a reason. This will probably be rated as a bad answer but I have to tell you my experience.
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