Would uncircumcised men ever consider circumcision?

Another unintended consequence seems to happen much later in nursing and extended care facilities. Here the uncircumcised penis tends to get less attention to important cleanliness routines by those with obligations to provide that service. Infections and swelling are common occurrences due to substandard care.

My friend's father was admitted to an assisted living facility several years ago. His father was born in Europe and for this exact reason he was not circumcised at birth. My friend told me that his father received a physical on the day he was admitted there. When the physical was completed, the doctor told my friend that his dad had to circumcised. A urologist was then contracted to perform the operation a week or so after the physical exam.

So, it could very well be that certain admission guidelines do exist when residents get admitted to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The question is how strictly these guidelines are followed.

his father received a physical on the day he was admitted there. When the physical was completed, the doctor told my friend that his dad had to circumcised. A urologist was then contracted to perform the operation a week or so after the physical exam.

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Good grief. Let's have a discussion about respecting a person's physical and personal integrity.

A good reason never to have oneself admitted to such places. I know that, just like my father who requested and received euthanasia instead of being forced by circumstances into a senior nursing/care facility, I'd rather croak that be put into one of those ... this above being just a tip of the iceberg of indignities one has to suffer in such places - unless of course one is a gazillionaire with money to burn.

... this above being just a tip of the iceberg of indignities one has to suffer in such places -

I have to turn you in to the pun police. 😄

his father received a physical on the day he was admitted there. When the physical was completed, the doctor told my friend that his dad had to circumcised.

Aside from the insult to a person's dignity, I would suppose that having the new admitee circumcised is a good way to pad the bill and cut back on required maintenance on his body.

From the first post "and would not go through it unless medically necessary."

Yes that's perfectly understandable but my question is when does it become medically necessary ? Over the years I have met many male play patients some circumcised some not . Of those not cut, I estimate probably over 50 % are unable to retract their foreskins (or have great discomfort in doing so ) So to me personally I find this pretty unhygienic , and I'm sure their partners may agree , (especially the ladies ) but the patient when questioned seems always to maintain it is not an issue for them and would not entertain a circumcision . Surely they are potentially missing out as the so called sensitivity "benefit" of not being cut cannot be experienced ?

Unless there is a vet good medical reason to do it and there is really no way around it at all, i would, but other then that....NNNNNNNNOPE

From the first post "and would not go through it unless medically necessary."

Yes that's perfectly understandable but my question is when does it become medically necessary ? Over the years I have met many male play patients some circumcised some not . Of those not cut, I estimate probably over 50 % are unable to retract their foreskins (or have great discomfort in doing so ) . Surely they are potentially missing out as the so called sensitivity "benefit" of not being cut cannot be experienced ?

All it takes to make a relatively tight foreskin easily retractable, is a sustained effort of stretching exercises. There is nothing difficult about it, but in order to be successful it must be kept up for a period of time. For some maybe over a few weeks for others longer.

I did so myself, on my own, with no doctor's advice or anything.

There is no need for a circumcision in most cases, only the will and perseverance to perform something that is essentially pleasurable anyway. You just need to be strong-willed enough to sustain a small amount of pain with each stretching and to keep at it. And besides, pain is relative. There is no forcing involved, just gradual stretching over time.

And if anything, there must be an inordinate number of ways to turn this into a very sexually loaded regime of exercise. Certainly if you get a partner to help.

No

I am uncut and I love my foreskin. I feel it gives my penis some kind of protection. I like it when my girlfriend (or my female doctor) retracts it.

A long time ago, I had a Jewish girlfriend and she loved it as it was the only one she had ever seen.

Defo,not.Its the way were intended to be ,and its staying where it is.

I have a friend who is a gym trainer. He has to have a physical exam every year at his job like the other trainers. He is uncut and one doctor a few years ago gave a recommendation for him to be circumcised. But his personal doctor and physicals at the gym before and after that... didn't give him any such recommendations. Seems to me like it was just a preference of the doctor....

Hello djboy, I had a similar experience a few years back during a full body nude exam. I am uncut with my foreskin fully covering my glans. The doctor had me get on my back on the exam table. The doctor proceeded to exam my genitalia. The doctor grasped my penis and made a poor attempt at retracting my foreskin. He commented to the nurse taking note "foreskin is phimotic, needs circumcision immediately". Then he commented to me "see a urologist tomorrow". The nurse gave me a script for "Circumcision Required". I think this doctor had a phobia against foreskins.

As I have mentioned previous.y, there was a doctor who suggested I needed circumcising after she examined me for a school medical and concluded my foreskin did not retract fully. After a second opinion, I did not have the operation. The same doctor suggested circumcision after 2 further school medicals, but my mother did not agree to me being done. It has never been suggested during any genital exam I have subsequently. I am due an exam in January as it will be 2 years since my last. If I am brave enough I may ask the dr if she thinks my foreskin is tight or not. She is quite easy to talk to, and I have been going to her for a number of years. I would not want to be circumcised now unless it was a absolutely medically recommended, and if it were suggested, I might again seek a second opinion. I agree with @djboy that there may be a preference of some doctors for circumcision, less so now, but certainly in the 1970s.

. I agree with @djboy that there may be a preference of some doctors for circumcision, less so now, but certainly in the 1970s.

The word I would use to describe such doctors would be 'obsession'. not preference ...

Unless there is a medical reason

NO!!! The foreskin has a reason for existence and that isn’t to cut it off

Thats why I am also against circumcision for religious views

I see many benefits to being uncircumcised, penile sensations being foremost. So no, unless necessitated by medical reason.

To start I'm cut and don't know if cut or uncut changes sensitivity. But here in the USA, for right or wrong, the vast majority have been circumcised. I'll wager close to 98%. I tried to talk my daughter out of having my grandson done. Her reason was so he didn't look different from the other boys. And I will say school kids would notice anyone who looked different did tend to get pointed that out.

Hello chamed, I am familiar with the scenario. I am from the mid-west USA. My experiences in grade school, high school, and college shower rooms found me as the only male that sported a foreskin. I concluded that the circumcision rate was 99% (just my observation). I am very self-conscious of my uncircumcised status. Even today I retract my foreskin to fully expose my glans before entering the communal showers so that my penis appears to be a "normal" circumcised penis.

In a word... NO!

I am 57. Never had any issues as I was taught from a young age about proper hygiene. Having had an adult male relative go through it due to an infection back in the 1940's, and learning about the unpleasantness, I see no reason unless there was some kind of medical issue.

here in the USA, for right or wrong, the vast majority have been circumcised. I'll wager close to 98%..

On-line/wiki statistics give about 75% circumcision rate in the US for the whole male population.

Neo-natal, new-born rates are now much lower. Here is a quote from a CDC report on new-born rates:

'The CDC data, reported by the New York Times, showed that the incidence of circumcision declined from 56 percent in 2006 to 32.5 percent in 2009. According to these statistics, non-circumcision or genital integrity has become the normal condition among newborn boys in the United States.'

To agracier, the research that I did shows that, yes, you are correct with a 75% circumcision rate for the "ENTIRE" USA. But it depends on where you are in the this country. On the coasts it is very low (immigration?). I am from the mid-west in the state where Dr. John Harvey Kellogg practiced and believed that ALL boys should be circumcised.

I am from the mid-west in the state where Dr. John Harvey Kellogg practiced and believed that ALL boys should be circumcised.

Indeed those were whole statistics. As with all statistics, the more detailed they are the more variance there will be.

Even so, I was surprised at the present low rate for the new born. I think that JHK will probably be turning over in his grave by now. Ha, ha, my heart bleeds for the twit. Advocate circumcision if you will, but not for the nutty reasons he proposed.

And don't forget that he advocated that more than the occasional girl ought to get the same female equivalent treatment.

To agracier, I called one of our local metropolitan hospitals and asked to speak with the head nurse in charge of Obstetrics. I explained to her that I was a "father-to-be" of a male son and that I was questioning if I should have my son circumcised. "What is the norm?" Her comment was "They are ALL doing it with the exception of a few of the Hispanic".

Personally, I think this is UNFORTUNATE.

I can't imagine myself allowing anyone cut on my penis. If I thought it would fall off otherwise, maybe. I have seen the stats of infection but get the impression those are pretty much unheard of in the modern developed world and if you do get infected we have antibiotics these days.

I am circumcised, but was not consulted on it. Had I been I would have screamed.....

"STEP AWAY FROM THE PENIS!"

Her comment was "They are ALL doing it with the exception of a few of the Hispanic".

Call me suspicious if you will, but with for-profit medical care, wouldn't it be obvious that an employee of a hospital say this? Anything to generate extra income?

If the CDC says that current rates are 39% for all of the US in 2016, then there must be areas where the rates are as good as 0%. Otherwise there can never be such low averages, if in your area it is virtually 100%. The numbers have to add up.

Yes, I would agree. these hospitals are for-profit so they would do any thing to protect their job and generate revenue. Additionally, there are clinics in the area that will do circumcisions for boys "that have missed out on hospital circumcision".

Additionally, I am from a state where "Medicaid" will pay for an infant circumcision if you can not afford it. A "freebe".

Born in 1940 in NH, I don't remember there being a big difference in the guys I grew up with. At school it seemed that either way was about equal and among those of us who got together to milk each other it was about evenly divided. Being whole I certainly remember the first time I milked a bare knob. It was surprising to be able to rub his knob without sending him up through the roof. I couldn't stand to have my knob peeled and touched. I must say it was more fun to be able to rub a fully naked knob being able to feel the coronal ridge and just the shape of it. I guess that's why I decided to make mine fully touchable even though it IS still covered. Now that I can peel it and dry rub the whole thing I wouldn't think of doing it any other way.

Wouldn't that kind of negate Dr. Kellogg's theory? I think having all my sensitive parts exposed and rubbing on my clothes constantly would make me permanently horny not LESS so.

If there are any girls who have had their hoods removed, I wonder how that works for them? Is it fun to play with a bare, dry, clit, eh girls?

I think having all my sensitive parts exposed and rubbing on my clothes constantly would make me permanently horny not LESS so.

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The newly exposed parts - the glans - only remains sensitive for a short period of time, a few days at most and then it becomes more and more desensitised. Of course, the first hours can be intense. But one needn't uncover the glans without a break in the beginning. Only after a few days is it wise to keep the glans uncovered 24 hrs a day. By then, rubbing on clothes produces little sensation.

I have done this myself out of curiosity and to put to rest the stories about a cut penis not losing any sensitivity. I remain uncut though and can assume either condition by placing a small restraining ring. And in any case, after a few days with an exposed glans, the intense sensations do subside (unfortunately). You do not remain horny because of any rubbing.

When I was in junior high school it came to the attention of a couple of fellow classmates that I was uncircumcised. Their curiosity prompted their desire to get their hands on my penis. I resisted and a fight ensued between me and the both of them. Soon, I found myself in the grip of a "full nelson" with one individual behind my back with me unable to free myself. The other individual had pulled my pants down and was going for my penis. Being in the "full nelson" I could not move. When the second individual grasped my penis I through my weight backward onto the first individual that had me in the "full nelson" and kicked the individual that had his hands on my penis in the chest with both my feet. He went down. The individual that had me in the "full nelson" lost his balance and we both fell backward. When his head contacted the tiled floor of the shower room with a "CRACK", he released his grip. (His head cushioned the blow for my head). I got up and pulled my pants up and got out fast while they were still in a daze. I was never bothered after that incident.

No way, sounds painful and I kinda like mine