Circumcision scar sensitivity

I'm reading conflicting things about circumcision scars. Several medical journal articles describe how circ scars are the part of the circumcised penis that is most sensitive to gentle touch. Yet, I've never met any men who talk about it being particularly sensitive, or that they like their lovers giving their circ scars focused attention. What is your experience?

Like I said on the other post... I have scars??

Gee, I wish you hadn’t told me...

On some guys you can tell the junction of the superficial skin where the inside skin of the foreskin meets the outside skin of the foreskin. On guys with pallor complexions you don't see this much at all. My husband has hardly any difference in color (he's just a pure white bread guy down there) and his scar isn't visible unless you really go looking for it. Also, when it is done as an infant that also minimizes the visibility of the scar. I didn't say eliminates it.

My cousin was circumcised when he was 6-7 and we compared wee-wees sometime after that, the difference between inner and outer skin was visible. The result was midway between the second and third photographs from this page

https://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=gallery;ox=showalbum;ax=8677

though it's of course difficult to say so (decades ago and he was far from being pubescent).

Years later he complained to me about little injuries and pains in the scar area and the pinkish area (former inner foreskin, I guess) during handjobs or sex (if not enough lubricated). So it was sensitivity in the sense "don't rub me hard there". His girlfriends probably weren't used to circumcised penises.

The area below the glans or circumcised part of shaft after my circumcision has definitely become very sensitive to touch and sexual stimulation.

There are two areas where I have excessive sensitivity one is the cut line and the other is the frenulum remnant

Cutmedfanuk: By "excessive sensitivity" on the scar line do you mean contact is unpleasant?

I cant say I have ever been with a cut guy that has sensitivity like that. I have been with uncut guys who have been though. I always think its fun to see how sensitive an uncut guy is!!!

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Here is an example of a penis circumcised using the GOMCO clamp. The prominent brown ring is the area where the skin edges were compressed by the clamp. When the foreskin has been cut away and the clamp has been removed, this ring of compressed skin is left behind on the penis. This is by far the commonest neonatal circumcision tool utilized in the United States. Some men say that the GOMCO scar is the most sensitive area of the penis.

Pecan nutjob: i wouldn't say unpleasant per se, but certainly it is more sensation than I would like, the rest of my penis has sensation a little less than say my arm, and the circumcision line is more than that so it is a noticible diference, i would prefer it all to be the same level of sensation

I had a tight circumcision, I still have the frenulum. However, I have a rest of the foreskin next to the frenulum, it is a piece of skin about 10 mm long and 2 mm wide. I thought it was a mistake of the surgeon. Now I think he did it intentionally, to increase the sensitivity. Has someone the same rest of foreskin?

In my case, for sure, the scar is an incredible source of pleasurable sensation for me.

I can't speak for circ scars but I have a couple long scars from bypass surgery. That was 24 years ago and as time went on the scars became less sensitive. At this time I think possibly the scar tissue itself has no nerve endings in it. I don't see why a circ scar would be any different.

My scar is very dark and very sensative. When I was a young boy I did not know it was a scr from being cut. I remember comparing with another boy, I was about 14 he was 10-11. I showed him my scar and asked him if he had one. He did not, we both thought it was something that happened as you got older.

My scar is very dark and very sensative. When I was a young boy I did not know it was a scr from being cut. I remember comparing with another boy, I was about 14 he was 10-11. I showed him my scar and asked him if he had one. He did not, we both thought it was something that happened as you got older.

I noticed my scar and those of my peers got darker when we hit puberty. I think it is part of the phenomenon in which the penile and scrotal skin darkens with puberty.

I was mutilated on day 2 of life, against my will, of course. My sensitivity has diminished noticeably over the years, and a few years ago it was necessary to start taking tadalafil daily in order to achieve an erection. Realize that, in the U.S., we have 4% of the world’s men, but by Pfizer’s own reporting men in the U.S. consume 42% of the world’s supply of Viagra. There’s a reason for that. No other country in the world outside of the U.S. and the Middle East practice genital mutilation. Circumcision is a life-long curse that eventually eliminates sensation. I would do anything to have my foreskin back, and, no, foreskin restoration does nothing to return the 20,000 nerve endings that were destroyed. Genital mutilation of infants and boys is an atrocity and a crime as far as I’m concerned.

Here’s some research on the topic:

https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06685.x

Circumcision Removes the Most Sensitive Parts of the Penis

A sensitivity study of the adult penis in circumcised and genitally intact men shows that the natural penis is significantly more sensitive. The most sensitive location on the circumcised penis is the circumcision scar on the ventral surface. Five locations on the natural penis that are routinely removed at circumcision are significantly more sensitive than the most sensitive location on the circumcised penis.

In addition, the glans (head) of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the intact penis. The tip of the foreskin is the most sensitive region of the intact penis, and it is significantly more sensitive than the most sensitive area of the circumcised penis. Circumcision removes the most sensitive parts of the penis.

This study presents the first extensive testing of fine touch pressure thresholds of the adult penis. The monofiliment testing instruments are calibrated and have been used to test female genital sensitivity.

Adult male volunteers for the study had no history of penile disease. Results were controlled for age, type of underwear worn, time since last ejaculation, ethnicity, country of birth, and level of education. There were 68 genitally intact subjects and 91 circumcised subjects.

Other studies on penile sensitivity did not include testing the sensitivity of the foreskin. They were also subject to cultural bias, flawed testing methods, small number of subjects, or involved men who had penile medical problems.

This is the first time I have ever heard of erectile dysfunction being as a result of being circumcised ???

Some more research on the issue:

https://www.auajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65098-7

Adult circumcision appears to result in worsened erectile function (p = 0.01), decreased penile sensitivity (p = 0.0 😎 , no change in sexual activity (p = 0.22) and improved satisfaction (p = 0.04). Of the men 50% reported benefits and 38% reported harm. Overall, 62% of men were satisfied with having been circumcised.

https://europepmc.org/article/med/14979200

RESULTS: Eighteen patients suffered from mild erectile dysfunction before circumcision, and 28 suffered from mild or moderate erectile dysfunction after circumcision(P = 0.001). Adult circumcision appeared to have resulted in weakened erectile confidence in 33 cases(P = 0.04), difficult insertion in 41 cases(P = 0.03), prolonged intercourse in 31 cases(P = 0.04) and improved satisfaction in 34 cases(P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Adult circumcision has certain effect on erectile function, to which more importance should be attached.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/and.12101

Odds ratios, adjusted in a multivariate analysis, explored predictors of de novo sexual dysfunctions after circumcision. With intervention, there was an increase in frequency of erectile dysfunction (9.7% versus 25.8%, P = 0.002) and delayed orgasm (11.3% versus 48.4%, P < 0.001), and a significant symptomatic improvement in patients with pain with intercourse (50.0% versus 6.5%, P < 0.001).

https://www.auajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65549-8

Penile skin flap urethroplasty was associated with a slightly higher incidence of impaired sexual function than other procedures (p >0.05). Men with a longer stricture were most likely to report major changes in erectile function and penile length but improvement was evident with time in 61.8%. Overall anterior urethral reconstruction appears no more likely to cause long-term postoperative sexual dysfunction than circumcision. Men with a long stricture may be at increased risk for transient erectile changes.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_12

...circumcised men could be reliably classified as having penile scarring, need for use of lubrication when undertaking sexual activity, reluctance to use condoms, progressive decline in sexual sensitivity, as well as unhappiness with and reluctance to think about their circumcision status. Female and gay sexual partners reported that their circumcised partners were more likely to experience reduced sexual sensation as compared with their intact partners, as well as dissatisfaction with their orgasms and a wide range of negative emotions associated with being circumcised. Evidently, there are many adverse physical, sexual and psychological effects from infant circumcision, which need to be acknowledged in any discussions pertaining to informed consent in relation to circumcision surgery.

https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/40/5/1367/658163?login=true

Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfilment.

From a bill filed in 2015 in the Massachusetts legislature:

5. Circumcision is associated with erectile dysfunction in the medical literature. A preliminary study found that circumcised men were 4 and 1/2 times more likely to use an erectile dysfunction drug than men with a foreskin.

Some more research on the issue:

Interesting links.

I suppose there are no real life-style magazines for men as there are for ladies. Otherwise bringing these findings up in articles on the subject would surely be cause for much talk and debate.

Perhaps finally a way to wean people off the idea of the necessity of (infant) circumcision. If it is shown to adversely affect old men's erection capabilities, you can be certain people will to think more seriously over the matter.

After my circumcision I cried like a baby, couldn't walk and shit my pants for a year.

Repok: How old were you?

I do have a definite circumcision scar plus as I am cut high (ish) and my frenulum was not removed it looks to be all there. The sensitive area is between the scar and the head and also the frenulum area. Probably that the underside of the foreskin is more sensitive and the skin between my scar and head is that bit. The circumcision scar itself is not that sensitive.

I would not say that the scar is especially sensitive but there is a sensitivity change from the remaining inner foreskin to the outer penis skin at the circumcision point

For me this is a fragile area, rubbing there without lubrication is likely to cause unpleasant irritation.

The circumcision scar is where sensation stops on my penis, ( or starts, depending on your point of view ) distal to the cut line is numbed, so no worries of irritation from the glans tip rubbing against clothing for me, as some complain of.

I am afraid to say that reading all these comments, it is obvious that cirmucsision should only be done on males if it is absoluetly necessary due to medical problems. Fortunatley, female circumsision has been banned by the majority of countries.

I was circumcised in Germany when I was 11 years old. Today, my circumcision scar is barely visible if I look for it. It is not particularly sensitive.

Yes, I would say my circumcision scar is sensitive. If one runs a finger along the underside of the penis, least sensitive (but still pleasurable) is between my body and the scar, there is a unique 'jolt' at the scar (the scar itself also has a bit of rough texture compared with the skin on either side) and then most intensely sensitive is between the scar and the frenulum.

I was circumcised at birth, and my scar is not any more sensitive than the rest of my shaft. It is barely visible or noticable in any way.