Circumcision method

I am now 50 years old. I have always had a problem with a narrow foreskin, but it did not cause me any big problems before. But there came a time when I started getting cracks in the skin.

A visit to the doctor gave me the need to get circumcised for medical reasons. The elasticity of the skin decreases with age.

So I am now preparing for it.

What the doctor told me beforehand:

1. It will be a surgical procedure - come, have the operation, go home.

2. Then I will have to change the bandage every day.

3. A couple of weeks without any significant load.

4. About a month without sex.

5. The stitches do not need to be removed, so there will be one visit and that is it.

6. It takes time to get used to the new status - a circumcised person.

@agracier But the thing is, these are not medical services since they propose circumcision for non medical purposes. I've seen a number of websites for clinics like these in France and the Netherlands.

From my research, I was either done with a mogen clamp or gomco clamp. There's a very slight v on the underside, but it's not as prominent as some I seem so I don't know if it's the mogen or just a variation of gomco.

@NakedBare it does sound to me as if it would be a mogen clamp, from the research I have done on the topic, the way in which the clamp is placed to ensure the glans are not cut results in a v on the underside of the penis. In almost every photo/ in person/ etc I’ve seen where a gomco clamp was used, I have noticed a circular scar on the underside of the penis that is uniform with the rest of the scar, in more cases than not.

I know that in Belgium, Muslim parents usually have their boys circumcised at birth. I've never heard or read about it being done at a later age or hearing about the attending family party/celebrations that often accompany circumcision in other cultures. If this were common here, you can be sure it would have been used ad infinitum by anti-immigrant proponents.

American here, but my Muslim friend said she would opt to have a potential son circumcised at birth too. It would be for cultural reasons and not religious ones, as the Quran does not mandate it. She said it's separate from the secular cutting that is typically done in the US, although (no surprise) she had only handled circumcised penises before that. She is still a virgin - preferably saving herself for marriage - but is not opposed to having an uncut partner.

Back to circumcision methodology though... I've read that one of the two clamps, I think it was the Mogen, has gradually fallen out of favor over time because it has a higher risk of adverse complications. Might that factor into figuring out with which method people here were cut? My other Muslim friend, who's also similarly ambivalent about her preference but is far more familiar with circumcised, worked at a hospital as an assistant, which included being in the "circumcision room." That hospital used the plastibell and my friend said the babies rarely seemed to be in too much distress.

I think it was the Mogen, has gradually fallen out of favor over time because it has a higher risk of adverse complications

I believe it is still quite popular in many western nations as it is a technique that doctors and patients are familiar with @Feesii. Generally speaking, I feel as if the medical community evolves slower in western culture than in say China, for example.

Where devices such as the ZSR, Shang ring, etc are rapidly becoming more popular (although the statistics I’ve seen are probably biased lets be fair), they’re less frequently used outside of China, in my experience and based on my own research.

It also depends on age and reason - from what I understand, devices that are designed to be left in place are less favoured the older the patient.

@Al200 Have you had it done yet?

No, at this time the need for circumcision has disappeared. The problem was in another system of the body. And it gave this result on the condition of my penis.

Mine was an infant job so I can only go on what the result was like and what is written about the approach at the time. So I think it was forecepts guided or as it was nicknamed "tug and chop"