Circumcision: Is It A Necessity?

Circumcision is a full or partial removal of foreskin from male penis. Nowadays circumcision is performed on religious, medical or esthetic grounds.

Medical indications for circumcision:

• phimosis (inability to retract the distal foreskin over the penis head)
• condyloma (genital verrucas caused by papillomavirus)
• premature ejaculation
• foreskin traumas

Phimosis is major indication for circumcision. Inflammation causes foreskin narrowing and difficulty of penis head relief not only in relaxed state but in erected state too. The disease may be complicated with balanoposthitis (penis head inflammation) which may cause scarring of foreskin.

Treating premature ejaculation with circumcision reduces sensibility of penis head which helps to prolong sexual intercourse and helps to better control of situation.

How circumcision is preformed?
Circumcision is performed under local anesthesia. Duration of the operation is 20 – 30 minutes. In the course of operation may be removed full foreskin or just its part. Penis frenulum linking penis head with foreskin usually is not removed because it has vascular and lymphatic vessels. Process of recovery lasts for 2 – 3 weeks.

Possible complications after circumcision
Complications may be mainly caused by inexperience of surgeon who performed operation. Circumcision is contraindicated to people with blood disorder which results in blood coagulability break. In other cases circumcision is an absolutely benign procedure. Some males after operation complain at pains and decrease of penis head sensibility. And it should be told that regenerative process normalizes male condition and after total recovery male not feels pains anymore.

Different specialists have different opinions on circumcision. However, most of them claim that circumcision improves quality of sexual life, prolongs sexual intercourse, reduces development of urogenital system infections and foreskin cancer, reduces risk of papilloma transmission to female.

Men without foreskin have their smegma (foreskin sebum) reduced and this prevents from prostatitis, ureteritis, cystitis development. Circumcision makes it more easy to look after penis head which reduces risk of development of sexually transmitted diseases (herpes, syphilis, condylomata acuminata).

Circumcision aesthetics
There exist various opinions about beauty of male penis. Some women like big penises and some are indifferent to penis size saying that most important is techniques. What is better – circumcised penis or not? The answer is simple: so many heads, so many minds. Male should decide how does his penis look better because he will live all his life with his penis. It is necessary to consult your doctor before circumcision.