You always see those long list or reasons to circ, all the "problems" that can develop, well someone wrote this on another board, so I wanted to share it:
Most of these are (small) risks.
Those marked * are (inevitable) detriments.
1
Infection and sometimes death
2
Haemorrhage and sometimes death
3
*Pain / shock, and sometimes death
4
Meth[a]emoglobin[a]emia, brain damage and possibly death, if EMLA cream is used to anaesthetise a newborn
5
Necrotising fasciitis ("galloping gangrene")
6
*Damage (scarring, pitting) to the glans or *shaft. In the case of Dustin Evans Jr, the scarring caused a urethral stricture (narrowing of the urinary tube), and it was during an operation to relieve this that he died.
7
Urethral fissure/fistula
8
Scaphoid megalourethra
9
"Trapped/buried penis"
10
*Occlusion of penile venous system
11
Urinary Tract Infection
12
Meatitis
13
Meatal ulcer
14
Meatal stenosis
15
Multiple pyogenic [caused by pus] granuloma - a series of papillomatous [brushlike] growths around the circumcision wound
16
Eczema of the glans and meatus
17
Oedema of local tissue
18
Loss of *sensitivity / impotence
19
*Reduced volume of penis
20
May shorten the penis:
"Circumcised men had shorter erect penises than uncircumcised men (p<0.05)." - Richters J, Gerofi J, Donovan B. Are condoms the right size(s)? a method for self-measurement of the erect penis. Venereology 1995; 8(2): 77-81.
21
Painful erections
22
Wound re-opening (in adulthood)
23
Chafing from underwear "Other circumcised men complain of life-long irritation of the exposed glans as it comes in contact with clothing during normal activity." - "Sensitivity is the Rising Issue on Circumcision" by Dr. Sandra Pertot, "Australian Doctor" 25 November 1994
24
Production of ugly scar tissue, skin-bridges, skin-tags, malapposition (rejoining on the twist) and/or suture holes
25
*Breach of bodily integrity
26
*Breach of human rights
27
*Breach of property rights
28
Psychological trauma, resulting in eg. elective muteness
29
Because he had had enough of a struggle just to be born, and deserved no more pain
30
*Loss of an organ for stimulating the partner and retaining semen in the vagina after ejaculation
31
*Greater need to use lubricant for masturbation or intercourse
32
Loss of an organ for *play, docking, etc.
33
Loss of skin for plastic surgery of hypospadias
34
Loss of skin for plastic surgery to eyelids
35
Loss of protection against frostbite.
36
Because the foreskin evolved over tens of millions of years and every male mammal has one. / Because God knew what S/He was doing when S/He put it there. / Because Nature knows best.
37
Because it aint broke: don't fix it
38
Because he will almost always be glad you didn't
39
*Cost (That's why Elvis was intact.)
Most of these are (small) risks.
Those marked * are (inevitable) detriments.
1
Infection and sometimes death
2
Haemorrhage and sometimes death
3
*Pain / shock, and sometimes death
4
Meth[a]emoglobin[a]emia, brain damage and possibly death, if EMLA cream is used to anaesthetise a newborn
5
Necrotising fasciitis ("galloping gangrene")
6
*Damage (scarring, pitting) to the glans or *shaft. In the case of Dustin Evans Jr, the scarring caused a urethral stricture (narrowing of the urinary tube), and it was during an operation to relieve this that he died.
7
Urethral fissure/fistula
8
Scaphoid megalourethra
9
"Trapped/buried penis"
10
*Occlusion of penile venous system
11
Urinary Tract Infection
12
Meatitis
13
Meatal ulcer
14
Meatal stenosis
15
Multiple pyogenic [caused by pus] granuloma - a series of papillomatous [brushlike] growths around the circumcision wound
16
Eczema of the glans and meatus
17
Oedema of local tissue
18
Loss of *sensitivity / impotence
19
*Reduced volume of penis
20
May shorten the penis:
"Circumcised men had shorter erect penises than uncircumcised men (p<0.05)." - Richters J, Gerofi J, Donovan B. Are condoms the right size(s)? a method for self-measurement of the erect penis. Venereology 1995; 8(2): 77-81.
21
Painful erections
22
Wound re-opening (in adulthood)
23
Chafing from underwear "Other circumcised men complain of life-long irritation of the exposed glans as it comes in contact with clothing during normal activity." - "Sensitivity is the Rising Issue on Circumcision" by Dr. Sandra Pertot, "Australian Doctor" 25 November 1994
24
Production of ugly scar tissue, skin-bridges, skin-tags, malapposition (rejoining on the twist) and/or suture holes
25
*Breach of bodily integrity
26
*Breach of human rights
27
*Breach of property rights
28
Psychological trauma, resulting in eg. elective muteness
29
Because he had had enough of a struggle just to be born, and deserved no more pain
30
*Loss of an organ for stimulating the partner and retaining semen in the vagina after ejaculation
31
*Greater need to use lubricant for masturbation or intercourse
32
Loss of an organ for *play, docking, etc.
33
Loss of skin for plastic surgery of hypospadias
34
Loss of skin for plastic surgery to eyelids
35
Loss of protection against frostbite.
36
Because the foreskin evolved over tens of millions of years and every male mammal has one. / Because God knew what S/He was doing when S/He put it there. / Because Nature knows best.
37
Because it aint broke: don't fix it
38
Because he will almost always be glad you didn't
39
*Cost (That's why Elvis was intact.)
