The Circumcision Decision Maker - Page 2

[mariekitt24]

alright I showed this to my friend, and I think she has decided against circ'ing! but she has one question.. it says under foreskin care that soaps and bubble baths can irritate the skin. She wants to know if she wont be able to use soap or bubble bath with her baby if he's circ'ed. She wants to know if that applys to when they are adults too that he will never be able to be around soapy water, and also it didnt state if bubble baths are going to be irritating to boys even if they are circ'ed. Im no expert so I thought I would ask you all, thank you!

[Night_Nurse]

Any soap/bubble bath has the potential to irritate sensitive skin of the genitals in both intact and circed and also in females. Many little girls get irritations due to sitting in bubble baths, but not all kids. It's just advisable to stay away from anything too chemically or from putting soap on the penis until the child is old enough to say "ouch, that stings my skin", etc. Obviously, her son, as either a grown intact man or as a grown circed man, will know if he has a soap sensitivity or not. Both my circed dh and my intact ds use soap on their genitals but they are also both old enough to do their own baths and rinse off properly. I also use soap (a mild one). That said, I know some women who only use water in the bath because any kind of soap hurts them. I don't think the soap issue should be the deciding factor of if your friend circs or not. Either way, I think she should avoid all harsh soaps on her newborn/toddler.
Hope that helps!

[minkajane]

I think it really depends on the person. DS and I both love tons of bubbles in the bath and neither of us has had a problem.