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Circumcision

Circumcision is a procedure to remove the foreskin from your penis. The foreskin is the fold of skin that covers the tip of the penis.

Adult Circumcision for aesthetic and sexual reasons

• Enhanced appearance: some men, but also women, find a circumcised penis more attractive. For gentlemen who choose for a circumcision on these aesthetic grounds, hygienic and sexual reasons also often play a part.
• Hygienic: a circumcised penis produces very little or no smegma and is therefore much easier to keep clean.
• Sexual experience: although studies claim that a short foreskin has no effect on sexual experience, most men say that the tip of the penis becomes considerably less sensitive. This can have advantages for the sex life.
• Premature ejaculation: circumcision offers no guarantee, but a less sensitive tip of the penis sometimes helps solve this problem.
• Longer sex: a less sensitive tip may allow longer lasting sex. An excessively long foreskin can lead to reduced stimulation of the tip of the penis during sexual intercourse.

Adult Circumcision for medical reasons

Some men may choose to get circumcised because they think that a circumcised penis will be more sensitive and enhance their sexual experience. Here are some medical reasons why a man might choose to get circumcised:

• Phimosis. This is a medical condition in which the foreskin covering the penis is too tight and is hard to retract.
• Penile cancer. Although rare, penile cancer is less common in a circumcised penis.
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Risks for genital ulcers, chlamydia, human papillomavirus (HPV), syphilis, and type 2 herpes have been shown to be lower in men who have circumcised penises.
• HIV transmission. Several international studies show that circumcision lowers the risk of HIV transmission.
• Paraphimosis: the foreskin is drawn behind the tip and can’t be moved back over the tip of the penis. Paraphimosis is caused by repeated inflammation of the foreskin. Here also, apart from circumcision, a simple incision is often a possibility, which widens the foreskin.
• Balanitis: repeated inflammation of the tip of the penis and the foreskin.

The procedure and the result

The surgery can be performed under local anesthesia or twilight sedation. The doctor will make an incision and cut away the foreskin. The edges of the skin will be closed with stitches that will dissolve. Petroleum jelly and a dressing will be placed on the area. Circumcision takes a half an hour to perform.

Swelling goes down after about two weeks, but you may be instructed to avoid intercourse for up to six weeks. The incision will be well healed after six weeks, but cosmetically it can take several months until it starts to look “normal” again.