Favorite and least favorite part of being circumcised/uncircumcised?

What is your status (uncircumcised vs circumcised) and what would you say is your favorite thing about it and also something you dislike about it (if anything).

Circumcised as an adult and it's easily the best decision I ever made. I think my favorite thing about it is just how much easier everything is without the foreskin in the way from hygiene in the shower (and controlling odor odor during the day) to jerking off. There was a bit of a learning curve for the latter but since getting cut I last longer and my orgasms are significantly better than they ever were before.

If I had to pick something to call a negative I suppose there's a certain level of arousal around the idea of having a foreskin for me in that the thought of having someone retract my foreskin and examine both it and the rest of my penis is interesting. But that idea in my mind around what having a foreskin is supposed to be like doesn't track in the slightest with my experience prior to getting cut, so it's entirely a working of my imagination built off of things others say about it.

I am circumcised, My favorite part is the hygiene since it is easier to wash and the little odor it can give off.

What I don't like is the chafing with underwear, the lack of sensitivity when having sex, how complex masturbation can be. And if you trust the infections in the urethra that are very painful.

This is something I have thought about for a long time.

My main negative is more psychological than physical. As I have talked about elsewhere, I was cut at 10 and it is very rare here, so I got a lot of teasing and bullying for it through those school years. I was the only cut kid at a time where compulsory school showers were still a weekly torture, and although the very negative feelings have faded now, I still have a sense of being "different". I have found myself looking around a room at the other people and remembering that is it highly likely I will be the only cut one in the room. I would not say it is a thought that causes me any great distress, but it is something that I am aware of constantly.

Physically I think my main dislike is the abrasiveness of sexual activities. They are not bad per se, but they are more direct and abrasive for me than for someone with a working foreskin. Aesthetic results were not talked about when I was cut and I got a super low and tight cut. I rarely use lube because of old habits and I don't want the extra cleanup after masturbating lol. This means that I developed a death grip while masturbating when I was younger, focusing hard on the sensitive areas I was left with, and this has taken a long time to unpick. I often need to think more about what I do and how I do it during sex to be able to finish with my partner. It is not a problem most of the time, however more than once in the past partners have asked me to stop completely or to apply more lube because I was taking a long time to finish and they were beginning to find it uncomfortable or painful.

I am ambivalent about the look. I have a visible scar but it is not ugly and I have seen a lot worse! I don't think the hygiene argument is a huge sway for me either. Cleaning under a working foreskin (not like mine was) does not sound difficult to me.

On the positive side my orgasms are good (not that I have a lot to compare it to before I was cut), most partners don't care (or in one case even notice lol) that I have been done, and most importantly, the issues I was having as a boy with a very tight foreskin are gone. That is the main positive for me. Not having to deal with the infections and pain my foreskin caused and the trips to doctors to get it checked out is something I am thankful for, even if circumcision is not something I would have voluntarily chosen to go through otherwise.

Reading this back, it sounds more negative overall than I really feel, but for me, not being in pain is a big positive lol!

My least favorite part is that I get irritated pretty easily if rubbed without lubricant; my former inner foreskin is taunt and fragile and the scar is easily "pinched". Thus masturbation (especially handjobs by a partner) can very easily get me a irritation or even some little injuries (yes, I have bled a bit). Intercourse in a lubricated vagina is much better. (I must note that this fits with 19th century medical advice to circumcise tightly boys caught masturbating so as to make masturbation less enjoyable while preserving procreation.)

My favorite part is the clean look showing the shape of the penis, instead of looking "wrapped". Also, some partners spontaneously praised the smooth aspect and feeling (in the mouth) of my glans.

Uncut. Least favourite thing? Getting it caught in the zipper a few times. Favourite thing as a kid? Pinching the end when peeing, then squeezing it to see who could pee the farthest up the wall. Longer foreskins always won. 😃

I think I have the best of both worlds - I have a shorty foreskin - one that barely comes 1/2 way up the head even if I try hard to roll it up there. It spends 100% of its time behind the head. It gives me some skin to move when masturbating. When masturbating I always have a finger tip on the frenulum and use short strokes. I can't remember the last time I did it without doing that. I've taught two women how to do it to me.

@LordJim2 I think I pinched it in the zipper at some point before I had surgery.

I am circumcised and am happy with everything about it. And I have had my circumcised penis caught in the zipper a number of painful times so that remains a risk. I have a certain curiosity about having an uncircumcised penis but don’t dwell on it or have any regrets.

I am uncut. I am happy for that because of the way my penis can be stimulated. I have a play doctor who enjoy it and love the versatility of having choice on all anatomical structures and tissues to play with in different sadistic ways. I think having the prepuce is aestetically unpleasant and this add a lot to the embarassement of physical examinations exoecially when the doctor do the retraction and discuss about circumcisin surgery. Of being cut I miss the aesthetic appeal, the new sexual feelings. What I miss more is the real experience itself of the procedure, if done by choice in adult age, it is the essence of medfet mixing fear, extreme submission, pain, embarassement and excitement. All of these may one time convince me to sign an informed consent to having that done.

For me oddly enough I actually really enjoy the smell of being uncircumcised so I think that's my favorite part. However, my least favorite thing about it is how out of place I feel in the US. Most everyone else is circumcised so I've always grown up feeling ashamed of it. I also find circumcised cocks more esthetically pleasing and this will probably end up eventually getting it done myself. I also orgasm faster than I would like and feel that circumcision would help me last longer and be happier with the way I look.

I am circumcised.

I prefer the appearance of a circumcised penis. I am happy to have avoided the potential problems of having a foreskin. Having been circumcised as an infant, I am happy to have avoided the trauma of having it done later in life. I believe it was a successful circumcision. The skin is loose enough to masturbate without lubrication. All the penis functions work properly.

I am not so keen on the idea of lopping healthy parts off baby boys. My glans is dry and chapped rather than moist and supple and I wonder if there is a loss of sensitivity. I also sometimes think about, but don't dwell on, the erotic and masturbation potential of the foreskin. I saw a video recently where a woman inserted her finger between the foreskin and the glans, circling around the glans, and it seemed pretty hot.

Circumcised here, low moderately loose as a bit bunches up behind my glans when flaccid.

I prefer the circumcised look yet consider it sexually aggressive. On a nude beach a foreskin is sort of like a towel covering the most sexual part of the penis from view.

My masterbation techniques always focused on all the subtile sensations a penis has to offer, especially the small bit of inner foreskin just behind my glans and my remnant frenulum. I often wonder what sensations I've lost with with my cut. Does the penis compensate for this sensation loss or is it forever gone?

However, as a senior in my seventies, I know having a foreskin and relying on a caregiver for hygiene often leaves the foreskin unattended with negative results. Best to be circumcised if long term nursing care is in your future.

I am circumcised now after having it done in my 40s and what I like now is it’s easier to have exams, urinate, and clean as well as better appearance. The cons I lost some sensitivity and it was easier to masturbate and I don’t like the rubbing in my underwear.

The cons of not being circumcised at birth were being teased by my step sister and other boys in the locker room growing up and being seen as different. Exams that involved retracting my foreskin and being told circumcision was better. Some girls and women preferred it others not so much.

I am uncircumcised. The only time I ever gave it much thought was when I was a teen when I first started taking group showers in gym class. Being in the minority, it was...different. It was also inconvenient when in the field for long periods of time. However, I was raised to be scrupulous about hygiene, which is a practice I still maintain.

I am not circumcised. My favourite part is the sensitivity, moisture I feel on my glans and not needing to add lubrication to masturbate. I love my foreskin. My least favourite part of being uncircumcised when I was younger was that I did not look like my brother and some anxiety I have always felt knowing that my parents would have preferred me to have been circumcised, so if I was in an accident or something, would they take one of my favourite things about my body away from me.

Uncut here. This is an interesting question, simple in its ask, that I pondered deeply about. I would say the upshot of being uncircumcised is simply knowing that I have an intact penis and any of the good that comes out of that. While discussing foreskins and circumcision is a keen interest of mine, I feel lucky to have kept mine (I would have been circumcised if not for being born over two months prematurely). Not worrying about what could have been, or struggling with issues regarding my own bodily autonomy.

Example: If the literature out there is to believed, then I have higher sensitivity because of full innervation of the penis; everything is there. Additionally, partners may also find intercourse with me more comfortable because of the gliding motion of the foreskin, which is itself very pleasurable for me, too. (Masturbating without ever needing lube!) But: since much of the data out there are self-reported and so many circumcised men (and their partners) say they have awesome sex, then who am I to judge? I have no complaints about the function of my penis and very much relish what I can get out of it. My most recent partner has had all circumcised dicks before me, and says she's never had bad sex. She truly enjoys the sex she has with me and thinks foreskin makes a big difference compared to her past experiences. But again, the emotional and the physical work together in human sexual response.

The downside? Being in the US, with a majority of men circumcised (especially of my generation), I do not have the highest confidence in what women might think of it. This started with my mother telling me as a child that my penis had unusually long foreskin and that if I wanted to get cut, she'd pay for it. Even in my sample size of about seven partners, of which all of them were neutral or favorable to my penis/foreskin, the cultural conditioning is so strong that it still makes me worry.

Regarding hygiene, well, that's a wash, pun intended. People need to shower and clean everywhere, no if's/and's/but's. Appearance-wise, maybe the long foreskin is a turn off when soft, but once it's pulled back, particularly when erect, most women can't tell a difference anyway...

I am uncircumsized and very happy about that. My 4 brothers were also uncut.

To add to my previous post re uncut versus cut. In my youth I was prone to premature ejaculation, especially when necking , and often had to rush to the bathroom and hope I would make it before I came in my pants. This was before I found obliging partners who were willing to save me the trouble orally.

If that wasn't the case' and I was past the point of no return. I would put my hand in my pants pocket and clamp the end of my foreskin and blow my load. Pinching the end I could contain the load until I was able to excuse myself and rush to the bathroom/bushes/tree and opening my fly with my other hand, I could transfer hands and release what had been stored in my swollen foreskin.

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I would think that the least favorite part of being circumcised is when the doctor injects the numbing medicine into the penis, or if the circumcision is done without numbing medicine, as is the case for infant boys, then the least favorite part of being circumcised is when the doctor cuts off the foreskin.

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I can confirm that the anesthetic injections are no fun at all! I remember I scared my mum to death when the doctor started doing them and I suddenly screamed. They hurt!

@Vasbyt @Testy_Paul_a Glad I was unconscious.

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@Jacana @Testy_Paul_a

I was an newborn baby when I was circumcised so I have no recollection.

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I’m circumcised and honestly thankful that I am.

In my early school days we had a trough style urinal that would accommodate 5 at most. All of us would keep our heads down and not say much but it was damn near impossible not to see others in periferal vision. To my recollection and in playful conversations with friends afterwards it was obvious that the one or two classmates that were uncut drew attention.

From any of my prior girlfriends that were open to discussion, cut was their preference for both looks, feel, and hygiene.

I’ve had experiences in the past with my SO where I was bottomless around another man that was uncut and she would tell me afterwards that she was thankful for me being cut. Seeing myself next another man that was uncut made the differences obvious and that was her preference.

Perhaps she was just talking me up but besides sheer size that’s the most glaring difference in comparing me to other men.

We discussed it and it’s on the same level as a female that has a a tucked in “innie” vs a inner lips out “outie”.

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@Jacana @Testy_Paul_a

We have three sons and all were circumcised.

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.

I should have asked him if he knows this by experience, which I highly doubt.

From my experience in many procedures, I do know that having numbing medicine injected is very painful and I cannot think of a place where it would be more painful to inject than in the penis, except maybe for the testicles.

If I were being circumcised as an adult, I would want to be put out with conscious sedation using fentanyl and versed in an IV drip line for pain and amnesia, respectively. That combination works great for pain avoidance.

We have three sons and all were circumcised.

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.

Oh my word! Ouch! That would be hard to watch. I am not planning on having any sons circumcised, but if I were, I don't think I would be able to watch be it done like that.

The injections were excruciating, but I would not want to be circumcised without them! I don't care what that doctor says, no injection would be worse than feeling the cutting, even if it is a quicker procedure for babies than it was for mine.

Circumcised for personal preference when I was 18. I discovered that I could retract my foreskin when I was 10, and until that first moment sexual feelings were very muted for me. Erections felt nice, sure, and sometimes I would press my erections against the ground which also felt pleasant, but those things never satisfied the compulsion. Pulling back the foreskin brought the most intense and vivid sensation I had ever felt. I needed to feel it all the time and I became addicted to the sweet agony of walking around, acting like everything was normal while my glans was assault from all directions from friction in my underwear. When I masturbated I would rub my bare glans until orgasm even before I discovered using lubricant and it was tooth-grittingly intense even painful sometimes, but still I loved every second. Even though the base level of sensation day-to-day is very much dialed down, I still love the stimulation from moving around with my bare knob rubbing against my clothes. I suppose my most favorite thing is being completely unprotected, exposed and vulnerable to sensation at all times.

How do I pick a least-favorite thing? Well I absolutely love the esthetic of a bare glans, but the ideal in my opinion would be no visible scar. I love it when a penis looks like it just naturally formed without a foreskin or frenulum, but I still have a somewhat visible scar. I don't really mind it, but I supposed if I had a wish I'd like to be scarless.

@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.

Uncircumcised. My favorite thing about it is how my wife comments on how it feels to her during sex. She’s made comments that she can feel the skin gliding inside of her especially during slower more intimate moments.

Growing up in the US and being in my late 30’s, I was in the minority in this regard. And while I was never teased about it, I did get questions about why I looked different from other boys. I didn’t mind it from friends. But some guys I wasn’t as close with would also ask and I found that uncomfortable at times.

Uncircumcised. My favorite thing about it is how my wife comments on how it feels to her during sex. She’s made comments that she can feel the skin gliding inside of her especially during slower more intimate moments.

I agree with her @dahardy9, that is why my husband has always felt better than a dildo. A dildo has not got that glide that I really love.