Favorite and least favorite part of being circumcised/uncircumcised?

@CanD Is your scar close to the glans or further away? My impression is that the scar is not much noticeable if close to the glans.

It's quite high, actually, but the skin tone is also pretty similar between the formerly inner skin and outer skin after several years. When it was first done, the contrast was a lot sharper. I didn't have the vocabulary for it at the time, but what I had hoped for is low & tight. The urologist never brought up styles, and I now know that they usually just do whatever they were taught as interns. I should have gone to a plastic surgeon to get a custom job. Oh well.

I actually got to watch the doctor perform the circumcision on our youngest boy WITHOUT numbing medicine. I asked why they didn't use numbing medicine and he said that injecting the numbing medicine was about as painful as just cutting off the foreskin without the numbing medicine.

@Vasbyt I have actually heard a similar recount from a number of guys who got cut as teens or adults or otherwise old enough to remember being cut that the injection was very painful. I think it is a biased thought that it hurt more than the skin being removed because by the time the skin is removed they can’t feel it anymore.

How long ago was this? And was it in the US? Because I have heard from older guys that it was more normal to just line them up and cut them off without anaesthetic in the old days and more recently in less developed parts of the globe

How long ago was this? And was it in the US? Because I have heard from older guys that it was more normal to just line them up and cut them off without anaesthetic in the old days and more recently in less developed parts of the globe

@Mrssnipgirl

This was in 1988 in the US.

I think the doctors who do this procedure should have to get a snip on their penis without a numbing injection just to see what they are inflicting on their patients. Then just sew up the snip without numbing medication. And, for comparison, the doctors should then get a numbing injection in their penis so they know what their patients are going through.

By getting both, the doctors would know which one hurts more.

Personally, I think they should use conscious sedation with an IV in the arm to put the patient mostly out of it with fentanyl and versed like they do for dental procedures. And after they put the patient mostly out, they can numb the penis and proceed with the circumcision. I have used conscious sedation at the dentist for some complex and painful procedures and I think the circumcision would qualify as complex and painful for conscious sedation plus numbing.

That's what I would ask for if I were being circumcised as an adult.

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@Vasbyt @Mrssnipgirl Jews do circs on day 8 without any anesthetic, unless you count the drop of wine they get when they say the blessing.

There are no suture it is just bandaged and heels. It really is a quick snip and I have seen it done many times.

Muslims if memory serves does it at 13 also with no anesthetics.

My understanding from paramedic school is at that age infant's neuro systems are not fully developed and do not feel pain the way we do. For instance we can intubate them with no sedation.

Circumcised, but I have always had some foreskin. On a cold day, with maximum shrinkage, I would appear uncircumcised if you took a causal glance. I do like the fact that I can keep myself clean easily. In a way I wished I knew what it is like to have an intact foreskin. I would certainly feel like a more natural human. I have seen videos where guys have an erection and the foreskin is so long it still covers the glans. The minute I start to get bigger it's clear that I'm cut.

@masterkinkster Muslims in the “old country” especially if poorer would do without anesthesia but all testimonies seem to point to the painful and traumatic character of the act.

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@masterkinkster

Thanks for explaining all that.

As an infant, being circumcised without anesthesia, my son cried, but then he also cried when he received shots and when they drew blood for testing. With your explanation, I don't think he cried any harder or longer with the circumcision than he did with those other painful events.

As l was circumcised very young, I have never missed my foreskin.

@Secret-sub l was 3 or 4 maybe. It was very tight. Removed for medical reasons. I think that a penis looks better without a foreskin especially if you have a large helmet

@Bikerbob how old were you?

I'm fully intact.

I don't really think about it but having a foreskin does seem natural to me and more comfortable, protecting the glans from the rub of clothing.

I've don't really think about it but having a foreskin does seem natural to me and more comfortable, protecting the glans from the rub of clothing.

@charles_uk, just to confirm and be clear and without wanting to be the 'foreskin' promotor, having a foreskin IS completely natural. :-)

A newborn cries if you change thier diaper, if you wake them up, put them down etc. any change in the status quo.

In practice my guess is the discomfort is about the same as cutting a skin tag off or getting a shot.

@Mrssnipgirl

Then just sew up the snip without numbing medication..

When I was 5 I had an injury to my temple sewn up with 7 stitches without anesthetic. I don't even want to think about experiencing that pain on my penis. Holy Christ.

@vasbyt Do infant circumcisions (those which were often done without anesthesia in the US) involve sewing? I thought they used quick methods that did not involve it. Is it used with Mogen or Gomco clamps? Or for ritual Jewish methods?

Now I wonder how unpleasant it is to carry a Plastibell or similar device.

Je suis circoncis. Je l'ai été très tard, à 51 ans. J'en ai 52.

Je suis très satisfait d'être circoncis. L'esthétique me convient, la prévention médicale me rassure, les sensations sont différentes d'avant mais aussi agréables.

Certe, il y a certaines sensibilités qui ne sont plus là puisqu'on a coupé quelque chose (j'ai eu une ablation totale du prépuce et du frein) mais d'autres sensations font l'affaire.

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@vasbyt Do infant circumcisions (those which were often done without anesthesia in the US) involve sewing? I thought they used quick methods that did not involve it. Is it used with Mogen or Gomco clamps? Or for ritual Jewish methods?

Now I wonder how unpleasant it is to carry a Plastibell or similar device.

@Jacana When I watched the pediatrician circumcise my son, he did not do any stitches. He put a small ring around the head of the penis, and then used a scalpel of some k't kownd to cut around the top of the ring.

Sorry, but I don't know anything about Mogen or Gomco clamps or ritual Jewish methods.

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@vasbyt yeah I think no stitching is done for infants in any case

I had a neonatal circumcision and like everything about it. I think the glans is the most exciting looking part of a penis, and I like it being fully exposed for anyone who sees me naked to see.

I had a needed procedure done in my 30s - the skin simply would not stretch any longer. Looking back, my circumcision was long overdue and I am totallly fine for ever more

I love the raw nakedness of the exposed textured glans.