Circumcision Good or Bad?!
Question: My son is 6 months old and I have yet to decide if I should get him Circumcised or not. What are some of the positive and negative effects or Circumcision? Is it alright to wait until he is older so he can make the decision himself?
Answers: My son is 6 months old and I have yet to decide if I should get him Circumcised or not. What are some of the positive and negative effects or Circumcision? Is it alright to wait until he is older so he can make the decision himself?
No please wait till he is older, this operation is irreversible and can impede his sex life and sensivity. IMO you don't have the right to make that decision for your child. It is his penis, not yours.
Having a blade slice through part of your baby's body for no medical reason is appalling.
What if your child needed vital surgery after it was born? Think of the worry, the fear, the thought of your baby feeling pain? Then wonder why you would inflict all that on them because you think its "nicer."
Like when I see a baby with its ears pierced, my opinion of the parents changes accordingly.
Causing your child pain should go against every fibre of your being as a parent.
The physical measurable response to circumcision to a baby is pretty clear. All extreme pain responses. As you say babies are very sensitive.
Now I wouldn't go too far down the tinfoil hat route and say this early trauma causes big problems down the line but I would suspect it has some effect.
The need to physically separate the foreskin from the glans(it doesn't fully separate until later), can't be a good thing. Indeed if you get it done later in life that would not need to be done, so there may well be less trauma to the area than in an infant. Some seem to use anaesthetic, most it appears don't, seeing it as "minor" surgery. The traditional jewish/muslim one doesn't.
Having it done for medical reasons as is far better than having a non functioning one and nobody would be crazy enough to object to that. Sensitivity becomes a moot point if you have none before. Doing to newborns for no other reason than culture and fashion when it clearly does damage to the penis is madness. The health benefit argument is largely a non starter. Even the american medical authorities agree. No one would suggest removal of all newborn's appendix or tonsils as a preventative measure.
On a personal note, I prefer uncut. Tis more natural and theres more to play with.
In my country (like most other countries except the US.) men are only circumsised for actual medical reasons , and this in itself is very rare.
Hygene is not a problem It's the same principle as if you pulled all your fingernails off, dirt wouldn't build up underneath them and you'd be less likely to get an infection/disease because of this.
The alternative is washing....
All that needs to be done is a quick rinse when in the shower.
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It has good things and bad things.Im not circumsized and never had an infection or any trouble.Just clean it daily and thats it.No sense in mutilating him.His ear could get infected too,so should they cut it off?Just teach your son to be clean and you dont have to worry.Then if he wants to make it he can in the future.Better to let the decision to him.Believe me :) .
It is really a matter of personal preference. You really could wait until he is old enough to make his own decision.
The biggest positive is related to hygiene. However, if he is taught to properly clean himself, hygiene should not even be a problem.
While growing up, some boys are self conscious about the way their penis looks because it is different from most of their friends. I have noticed that it is becoming more popular for people to not have their sons circumcised in the US and it is not as big of an issue anymore. When I was growing up, it was often embarrassing when someone mentioned it to me while showering after gym class or sports, but I learned to get over it and not be embarrassed.
It would be terribly cruel to circumcise your son now. It's terribly cruel at any stage of his life. Don't do it and he'll probably thank you later in life. My mum left me intact and I thanked her. If you circumcise your son he will lose thousands of nerves in his foreskin. Plus there could be risks of complications.
Also, I hate to be a nosy guy, but I just answered your question about Canada, and the way you describe it it sounds like you live there. If that is true, then your son will be one of the few boys in school that is circumcised as the procedure has become very rare there, especially in the Atlantic provinces and British Columbia.
I wont give you this big long lecture, because it seems most people have laready done that. But I will say my husband and my son are still both intact and for good reason. Yes at one point my husband said he was picked on but he simply said "I've got my whole penis, i'm sorry you lost some of yours) and walked away. When I met him I had never been w an noncirc'd man but it is great! I did some research and made my own decision for my son and this is what I've found.
If you are in canada, the rates are much lower there then the US.... many of these responses supporting circumcision are based on their cultural upbringing, the cleaner myth for example is a big misconception in the US, and given the dropping circ rates the general attitude would be different for your son as well. More annoying about the cleaner thing is people saying "it would be hard to teach them to clean it", come on, you gotta tell them to wipe after they poop, and teach girls proper cleaning. Besides, it isn't that guys aren't capable of pulling back the skin and rinsing, what really drives the cleaner misconception is that people think that it is a bacteria trap, when really it is no different from women.
One other thing I wanted to touch on though is pain. It is interesting how people will say to get it done as a baby because it is painful. That he wont remember the pain. But isn't that BS? Isn't experiencing the pain the worst part? Remembering I broke my leg is no big deal. I would be more worried about emotional pain he could have if you decided to circ and he was unhappy with the decision. There is no going back.... no changing after the surgery.... but if that surgery doesn't happen, he can do it if he wants to.
when reading the responses you see toyour post check out the thumbs up and downs. Read who the posts are from if it is a woman tell ing you that it has to be done now just because it is gross or yucky or whatever doesnt seem to be a good enough reason. Also how can a woman know what it is like ot have a circed unit or give advise on somthing they do not even have. It would be the equivalant of asking your mechanic neigbor next door what is wrong with your car or the other neighbor who is a AVON rep what is wrong with your car. who is going to give you the best advise probibly the one that has had the exprience with the car. Dudes have the equipment and experieance with peni and are probibly are best at giving you advise. I am an uncut dude I havent spread any diesese because I practice safe sex. A dude that practices risky sex is going to spread a STD cut or not. It isnt any dirtyer you wash your hair your body and your unit everyday it will not stink. the excuse so he can look like daddy also isnt good enough, he will get teased circumsizion is being done less and less now a days so by the time he gets to the lockerroom there probbiy wil be a fair amount of uncut dudes there too.
make a good descision
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It is certainly better to wait and let him decide. It is afterall, HIS body.
If you live in Canada, you should know that first it is pretty uncommon, so if you cut him, your son may be the odd one out. Also, recent legislation has made this procedure technically illeagal in canada. What this means is that if you cut him, and your son grows and wishes he had a foreskin, he could sue you or the doctor for damages. The law allows for this, even if it is a "normal" procedure with no complications. Not a pleasant thing to think about, but its a possibility.
I think if you leave him intact he'll thank you later, but if he doesn't, he can always choose to get it done. If you cut him now and he hates it, there's nothing in the world that will give him back that skin.
For some good info, a link... http://www.lactivistintactivist.com/?pag...
Since he's been intact for 6 months already, you know that there's no "extra care" involved. He'll be fine, leave his body intact. :) -Neb
ps- consider this, the odds of an intact man "needing" a circ later in life are 2 in 1,000. The chance of someone needing an appendectomy or tonsilectomy are MUCH greater (not to mention in appendectomy is way more painful). But you won't find a doctor in the world who will perform those procedures on an infant "just in case"
I personally think you should leave it, until he is old enough to decide for himself!
In today's modern world of soap and showers, circumsizion is largely unnecessary, unless you have religious requirements for it (i.e. Jewish or Muslim).
If you want to know more about this, or how to take care of an uncircumsized penis (I have one, so I know!), drop me an email through my profile!
it's cleaner, and the ladies won't think he's a freak later on. do it for him.
get it done now so he can be all better.
Yes good
Please do not wait till he is older.I am very close with a man who decided to get this done when he was in his 30's for medical reason and he was in so much pain for weeks.I have 3 kids and 2 are boys.Do this when they child is born or before he can start to walk much less pain for this child.I suggest circumcision because all boys don't do a very good job puling back there fore skin and keeping it clean and this can cause many infections and embarrassing moments .
It's a lot cleaner.
If you want to wait and let him decide that's totally up to you as well. Also if you do it now while he's a baby, it's less painful and the recovery time is shorter. When it's done when he's older, it can be more painful and take longer to recover from.
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It is better to be circumcised. Cleaner and less risk of problems later on. Do it now while he is young. He won;t understand later that it would be better all he will think about is the procedure.
i have two little boys and had them both curcumcised.it has to be kept very clean. not getting curcumcised you get alot of infections and gets very itchy. when their young its hard for them to kept it as clean as it should be.i hope that help you out .
You should i bet u have heard that un-cicrcumcised Have a bulit in condem but u will get a better chance of infection