Do you recall being circumcised when young ?

I was circumcised at birth and I feel that it is an entirely unnecessary procedure, fortunately I do not remember the procedure, though I feel the doctor removed more foreskin than necessary. It is my penis, I should have been given the opportunity to decide whether or not to have the procedure.

No I dont recall although it was done and really I guess it seems to be cleaner that way i could be wrong

Yes , I certainly can remember quite a lot about this early childhood experience .The trip to the doctors, the examination and stay at the hospital. the recovery and having the stitches removed , all hugely embarrassing at the time . No explanation offered by anyone other than my elder brother who had been circumcised at a similar age. I've had a fascination with this aspect of medicine ever since.

I was circumcised at birth and have no recollection of the procedure. I am glad I did have it done because I do prefer to be circumcised. But the thought of having it done seems very painful and traumatic for a new born to go through. I am sure I felt some pain after the procedure.

I was snipped at birth, I'm glad it was done. in Jr High we were three sections of boys in one gym class, and only 1 of us, roughly 50-60 boys in that class, was not snipped. We made fun of him. We thought something was wrong with him! From all that I have read I am glad that I was snipped. They say it desensitizes the penis. I'm not sure of that because there are times I can come really quickly and there are times I can hang on for extended periods of time and "file" away! It's been my experience from talking with the "ladies" that most of them DO NOT prefer to play with and ant eater.

It's been my experience from talking with the "ladies" that most of them DO NOT prefer to play with and ant eater.

That is probably because you limited your subjects to people who have only known one type of penis. Have you ever imagined what ladies who come from cultures that do not circumcise must think of a cut penis? Probably a strange and outlandish sight ...

To medwanted: At what age were you circumcised?

As far as I can work out between 4 an 5 years old , certainly my earliest memory .

To medwanted: At age 12 my mother explained to me that she had taken me to the doctor at age 4 to have my foreskin examined (circumcised?). She explained that the doctor inserted a pair of "tweezers" into the tip of my foreskin and "stretched" my foreskin so that it could be retracted to exposed my glans. She said that I was bleeding. What I remember was that it HURT a lot. This explanation came just after my mother stated that the tip of my foreskin needed to be "snipped". That sent shivers up my spine. Off to the doctor. I vividly recall that doctor examining and forcefully "stretching" and retracting my tight foreskin. Fortunately, I was not circumcised. That could come later if the "Stretching" did not work.

To uncut,

Sounds as if your experience have stayed with you all this time . I do remember l my mother attempting to retract my foreskin , and it being very painful , no doubt requiring a circumcision . I do wonder to this day if stretching would have been offered at the time , but I strongly suspect that the very British social thing came into the decision making process ,My brother and my farther were circumcised .

Circumcised at birth, so I don't remember it. I don't feel any less "natural" because it was done. Indeed, to me being circumcised has seemed natural, but that may be a generational attitude. How do men now in their 20s and 30s feel about circumcision?

Good grief the original post is so exactly my own experience it's uncanny

Good grief the original post is so exactly my own experience it's uncanny

Hello Satters, How old were you when you were circumcised? What was your feelings and response? Please tell us more.

I was 5, when I was circumcised, although I had been examined twice, when I was taken to the hospital, I did not connect the two, I hadn't been told anything, and when I awoke in pain it was a surprise, more so when I looked under the sheets to see my penis was bandaged, not as much as the surprise when the bandage was removed though !

still nothing was said to me, until the older brother of a friend explained all,

my medical fetish and love of all things circumsexual started with my circumcision, and I love it,

I am absolutely certain my long standing interest in medical examinations stem from my memories of being circumcised at the age of 4 or 5... it was never really explained but I remember well my mother's unsuccessful and painful attempts to retract my my foreskin at bath times . In fact i can remember quite a lot about the experience . Having said that I'm totally happy and glad that I am circumcised .

My Medfet certainly began with my circumcision age 6, in a private hospital, i recall everyting in detail,

I am not circumcised anyway I think I am quite aware of what you all have felt

when undergoing the procedure. I had a synechiotomy done when I was 4-5 yo.

It was done by my pediatrician and his equipe, it was forced and no anhestesia was used.

I remember nurse, her restraints, the surgery table, the instruments, the pain and blood on my penis... It was traumatic for me.

To Obertaller, What exactly is an synechiotomy?

Hi uncutforeskin, a synechiotomy is a medical procedure consisting in separating the inner mucosa of prepuce adherent to the glans with a blunt probe and forceps. It is as simple as critical and also painful if undergone without anhestesia.

No because I was in hospital from being born and than they cut the foreskin off.

A synechiotomy is NOT specific to the penis.

A synechiotomy is the separation of tissue adhesions anywhere in the body.

Thanks SwitchableSusie, Basically this was what was done to my foreskin at ages 4 and 12.

Dam, much easier to have done when you are an infant. I have seen many cifcumcisions done and all the boys were probably no more that 2 weeks old. All were done by a "MOHEL". Never heard of any problems. Get it done early and hopefully no medical reasons not to have done as an infant.

I was having UTI’s and was circumcised when I was 10. I remember going to the doctor and having it done in the office with a local anaesthetic. I was very scared and I was embarrassed to have the nurse handling my penis as she swabbed me with iodine. The numbing shots hurt but once I was numb I didn’t feel anything. I was sore till it healed and it took some getting used to how it looked. I ended up looking like most of my friends but my cousins were not circumcised.

At birth for me and the “name of the game” for this one is you don't remember.

Yes I remember it like it was yesterday. I was less than a day out of the womb and some stranger took a knife to my most private parts. I screamed and yelled and it hurt every time i pee peed for days.

No, but somebody obviously snuck up on me and got away with, at most, minor injuries!!!

After a 5-6 day stay in a incubator I was circumcised. The Doctor was of the Hebrew persuasion and did a nice/neat job of it on my infant Catholic penis. In the early 1950's most Northern boys were circumcised and most Southern boys were uncut.

I have vague memories of the process. I was about three years old. All of my brothers (four older, one younger) were cut at birth. My foreskin survived for a few years. I asked my mother, who was the one who revived my memory, why I was the anomaly. She said, there were some complications at my birth and it never got done. My father was never circumcised. She said I developed a hydrocele, and the doctor said he could accomplish the circumcision at the same time as correcting the hydrocele. I resent the non-consensual removal of my foreskin to this day.

@Morty When your foreskin was removed, do you know if it moved or if it was very tight or stuck to the glans?