Recovery Time

I’m curious about a few things, and it may be easiest if I just ask all the questions at once.

Those who remember their circumcision, what did it feel like while recovering? And how long did it take to recover?

Did it hurt to pee? Were erections painful?

Would you say that the abrasion against clothing is more painful than the scarring?

Did you attempt to masturbate or was it too painful?

What dressings were used? How often did they need to be changed? Any creams or antibiotics?

I appreciate your answers!

I got snipped as a Kiddo soo imma toss my two cents in here for what I can recount.

I was circumcised at 8yo and immediately post snip it was quite the experience... Spent about two weeks at home mostly pantless while I got used to how things looked/felt.

Clothes or heck even blankets/towels felt like rough sandpaper and just something I noticed more then ever before.

As to the questions of 'Did peeing hurt' and 'were bandages/cream used'... Yes to both in degrees? Like pissing or generally well ANYTHING post snip was quite a well tender experience. As to bandages I'd left the clinic with some bandages an tape around my bits and once home Momma was given a cream to apply over the sight... I recall the whole experience being quite embarrassing...

@VladmirFox after those two weeks, were you used to it? How long did it take for you to feel ‘normal’?

Was sport/ a specific activity a reminder for you for longer?

@Intrigue sent you a PM reply so as to not flood here.

Here is what little I remember.

1) Very big surprise when bandages removed, as I had not quite been told what "fix" would be done to my wee-wee. In fact at first I did not even understand what had been done, it looked like the tip had been replaced! I don't know how much time it took me to understand.

2) Itching. Perhaps the stitches, or also the scar itself.

3) I think I was made to take sitz baths in water with antiseptic soap but I may be mixing things up.

4) Went to the GP who had advised this surgery, she inspected the scar, pronounced the results very nice, removed a couple stitches that had not dropped, as mom watched. I don't know how many days it happened after surgery was done.

I don't recall friction on clothing. If I recall correctly this surgery was done during the beginning of summer school vacations, so perhaps I was allowed to run half naked in the house, I really don't know.

At that age I would not know what "masturbation" was and I don't recall if I was told not to touch myself there as it healed.

There was quite a bit of swelling in the first 48 hours. Peeing was not painful, but I had to push harder to get started. I was given muscle relaxants to prevent erections for a few days. When I did get my first erection post-op the feeling was not extremely painful; about as painful as any freshly healing cut, but it was unpleasant due to extreme tightness; it felt very much like the sensation of pressing a little to firmly against the cartilage of your nose. I started sleeping with one or both knees pulled up to my chest to help with that. I had a gauze wrap around the whole enterprise and the nurses took care of the first couple of changes as mine was done under general anesthetic with a 2-day post-op stay which I have learned is unusual; I'm not sure why I got the first-class treatment. There were no topical medications for me, just some ibuprofen. I don't remember how long I kept changing the dressing after returning home, but it wasn't long, perhaps a couple more days. I remember the dried stitches poking me a lot and the itching. I didn't mind the abrasive sensation of clothing, but I had been spending a lot of time with foreskin retracted before the op and I actually liked the sensation, but I developed a blister on the glans so I was probably not being careful enough. I masturbated about a week after the operation - I wanted to make sure everything was working. After that test I left it alone until the stitches were all out in a few weeks. I've written about the healing process on this board before - it is not just "two weeks and you're done". The nerves around the scar can produce phantom pain and itching for months as they heal, the glans needs to toughen up and that happens mostly over two weeks, but the meatus also needs to become accustomed to the new environment, and you will get the tip stuck to your underwear a lot in the first few months which stings. You will probably also get random hairs & lint in the tip that will sting/burn and produce an insistent sensation of needing to pee. Overall those annoying little pains didn't just stop after a time but gradually died off over years. Another thing that isn't mentioned much is that because blood vessels are severed from the operation you will get some shrinking of the skin which will take weeks or months to stretch out again. It took about a year before my erections had sufficient skin to not be pulled down, pulled to the side or oddly shaped and in that time the scar moved from about 2 cm behind the head to halfway up the shaft. In all, the first year was a drag, but it got much better after that. I'd say I was immediately thrilled and then slowly grew to regret things about 6 months in, but as things healed and stabilized I was thrilled again. I absolutely love being circumcised now but I do wish I had had a 'tripsitter' for those early months; going through it completely ignorant of how it would turn out was the worst part of the whole thing.

The convalescence lasted about 3 weeks. I felt some unpleasant sensations, but it was not painful. I didn't feel any pain when peeing. I avoided erections (as much as I could). I didn't try to masturbate. I had a dressing sewn with stitches, it was removed after the stitches were removed. I had to disinfect my penis with some kind of agent. Until the dressing was removed, I was not allowed to wash it in water.

If I recall correctly this surgery had been told during school vacations, so perhaps I was allowed to run half naked in the house, I really don't know.

I was circumcised as an adult. But these words reminded me of the stories of a woman I knew. Her son was circumcised at the end of the school year. First he was on sick leave, then he had holidays. She said that he walked around the apartment undressed.