Circumcision at 72

So... My business partner's husband who is 72 had to get circumcised due to problems that have "come up" recently.

He is a veteran and gets medical care from the local VA. His appointment was a few weeks ago and my business partner took her husband, who I call "Dad" to his scheduled appointment. He was admitted and come to find out, there were 8 other men around his age who were also getting circumcised. The doctor told my good friend that he see's a lot of men at this age range that got to get the procedure done due to certain problems.

Its been almost 4 weeks, and he says he has healed nicely. He said the first two days after the surgery were the worst....

I have read some reports online about men at his age and even older who got to get circumcised due to issues. I have also read about nursing homes requiring it to be done when uncut men go to certain nursing homes to live. His doctor told my friend that he ONLY recommends the procedure if there are problems that are on going. He did tell her that he has also circumcised some younger men around the age of 30, who wanted the procedure for cosmetic procedures.

Please share your thoughts below....

What kind of “issues” come up at that age that require circumcision vs normal hygiene?

Annesthesia sounds a bit risky at that age... I would not take that risk for a circumcision.

@djboy said

. . . . there were 8 other men around his age who were also getting circumcised. The doctor told my good friend that he see's a lot of men at this age range that got to get the procedure done due to certain problems. . . .

. . . . I have also read about nursing homes requiring it to be done when uncut men go to certain nursing homes to live. . . .

That sounds very strange.

What issues?

Why so many men having it done on the same day when he was there?

This sounds like a fantasy.

My thought would be that caretakers don't want to have to touch those ugly penises to skin them back for cleaning. Much easier and less distasteful to just rub over the denuded glans with a washcloth and smack it around a bit for being a penis. I remember the way my wife did that to our boys as babies, almost like she was paying them back for having a ugg, penis.

Yup, I'm in that boat. Was having sex with my wife, then bang! Sharp pain and blood everywhere. Torn frenulum. Doesn't heal properly, stretched too much. The urologist told me that she does a lot of circumcisions for patients who are 70-80 for this reason, better get the circumcision and frenuloplasty now in my 30s.

Yup, I'm in that boat. Was having sex with my wife, then bang! Sharp pain and blood everywhere. Torn frenulum. Doesn't heal properly, stretched too much. The urologist told me that she does a lot of circumcisions for patients who are 70-80 for this reason, better get the circumcision and frenuloplasty now in my 30s.

How many guys in their 70s/80s are tearing their frenulums? I think that urologist has an itchy scalpel finger. I tore mine several times shortly after getting married. I figured that was the male version of losing your cherry, it just wasn't talked about. The first time it tore I just let it heal by itself. The downside was that left some scar tissue and the ends healed back together shorter than before. The next time I put something in/on there to keep the ends apart and let them heal over. Ahhhh, it was much better after healing and my foreskin retracted further and easier. Same thing repeated a couple more times until now I have no semblance of a frenulum and my foreskin retracts all the way with no pulling on the tip when pulled back. No doctor visits and I've enjoyed the miracle of a fully and easily retractable foreskin for 55 years.

There are indeed issues sometimes . A guy I worked with was circumcised later for medical reason. (This is in the UK .) He was in his mid sixties and suffered from diabetes. As I understand it , it was something to do with the change in urine and hygiene, I just assumed he couldn't retract his prepuce and believe things were becoming infected more easily and intolerably sore ? Why wouldn't you want to get it sorted ?

Well I didnt ask specifics. But from what I understand he would spray, when he went to pee.... But apparently the doctor who does the circumcisions likes to do them all at once, if he can.

Prevention of problems in later life, another reason i am glad i was circumcised as a boy

Was the Doctor Jewish?

No, she was not.