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Are you circumcised?

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭sham69


    Yep,
    Got it done when I was 10 or 11.
    Was trying to convince my mother that I had a stomach bug and couldnt go to school.
    She marched me to the doctor where he checked me out (don't ask me what he was doing down there, only thinking of that now...).
    He whispered something to my mother and next thing I knew a few days later I was under the knife.
    Was out cold for it so don't re(member), I do remember the pain when I got out from hospital though.
    Doesnt bother me at all and as said previously the women seem to like it...


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,404 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    There are benefits to having it done if you have a tight foreskin. In my case my penis is now bigger flaccid and erect.
    I'm going under the knife in 4 weeks time at Blackrock Clinic, and knowing that little fact will I suppose lessen the pain :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 757 ✭✭✭milod


    Hmm, I wish mine ended up bigger flaccid, but it actually seems smaller because there's no overhang of skin anymore :mad:

    However, there's no increase in erect length - that would be impossible, unfortunately, otherwise circumcision would be the most popular op in the world... :pac:

    However, her indoors say it 'looks' more impressive in that the circ makes it 'seem' bigger.


  • Registered Users Posts: 49 brambo


    I got it done a few years ago for medical reasons - it was too tight and sex just wasnt that enjoyable.

    I went under general anaesthetic and it was fine. Its more discomfort than pain afterwards. The first week was the worst but having people fuss over you is always great! It was, em, back in use after about 4 weeks :)

    I would recommend it to anyone in a similar situation.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭norrie rugger


    This will sound terrible to all but, for those of you that had it done after "becoming active", is there a negative effect.

    I can imagine that there would be, as for me, the foreskin is some of the most sensitive area of the penis.
    Also would self help not be more difficult?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭statss


    yup medical reasons


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    This will sound terrible to all but, for those of you that had it done after "becoming active", is there a negative effect.

    I can imagine that there would be, as for me, the foreskin is some of the most sensitive area of the penis.
    Also would self help not be more difficult?

    Well if one needs to be circumcised its unlikely that one has had the ability to apprieciate the "Pleasures" of having a foreskin. For me its the frenulum which I fortunately still have :), but for people who had it done after becoming active, i dunno, id imagine theyd have a fairly solid reasoning behind having it done.

    As for the "Self Help", I will have to say no;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭johnnyrotten


    No,The Hood is there for a reason. As long as its washed once a month its OK:p


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    As long as its washed once a month its OK:p
    /notes username

    /nods significantly


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,009 ✭✭✭kronsington


    yep, i got the snip when i was a very young lad for medical reasons. well that's what my parents told me, maybe it was a dare or something. basically, never had a foreskin.

    on another note, i had a friend who had to get it done when he was 17 and was warned the stitches could burst if he got an erection. true story.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 295 ✭✭Jayeire


    Nope.
    Still have da oul knob-hood lads.
    Could'nt part with it:)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭oneweb


    I'm fully intact where it matters :)

    I've known a guy whose tutrtleneck was so tight he couldn't pull it over his head and he refused to have it operated on.

    Then again, I've known a guy who was stripped to the boner and had to use lube for every ****.

    It is what it's.



  • Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭ryoishin


    Still have mine.

    Went for an eye test for my driving lisence and some how managed to have my groin examined.

    The doc was foreign and remarked that I was uncircumsized. He said spend 20 mins a day with it out in the fresh air and foreskin pulled back to help prevent fungal infections and rashes. No soap only hot water. When you pee pull back the foreskin before you do and clean the head with tissue afterwards.

    Some maintaince tips (see what I did there) for those with dustbins.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    ryoishin wrote: »
    Went for an eye test for my driving lisence and some how managed to have my groin examined.
    :confused:

    Does kind of thing often happen to you?!

    Do you ... eh ... work in the industry? ^_~


  • Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭ryoishin


    Ha he was going on about the eye test not being enough and I needed a full medical. He wanted to see if I was diabetic etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 24,135 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Still intact and firmly believe anyone circumcising children or allowing their children to be circumcised for anything other than medical purposes should be jailed for whatever crime their barbarism can be charged under.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Sleepy wrote: »
    Still intact and firmly believe anyone circumcising children or allowing their children to be circumcised for anything other than medical purposes should be jailed for whatever crime their barbarism can be charged under.


    Pee Pee hate crimes?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14 slx


    ryoishin wrote: »
    Still have mine.

    Went for an eye test for my driving lisence and some how managed to have my groin examined.

    The doc was foreign and remarked that I was uncircumsized. He said spend 20 mins a day with it out in the fresh air and foreskin pulled back to help prevent fungal infections and rashes. No soap only hot water. When you pee pull back the foreskin before you do and clean the head with tissue afterwards.

    Some maintaince tips (see what I did there) for those with dustbins.

    a) What had that got to do with your driving licence?
    b) Your doctor clearly is clueless, none of the above is required. There's nothing remarkable or higher maintenance about having a foreskin! Just giving it a bit of a rinse while you're showering keeps things functioning normally for most guys unless you've got something wrong with it.
    c) Consider getting a new doctor... he seems rather too keen on looking at your schlong and has some odd ideas about foreskins!!
    d) I doubt a foreskin problem will interfere with your ability to drive. You generally don't need to use it to control your car!
    e) you do not need to leave it 'out in the air' for 20 mins a day. Unless, you plan on taking up nudism... Does he also recommend airing out your mouth by standing facing into a strong wind for a half hour?


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    slx wrote: »
    d) I doubt a foreskin problem will interfere with your ability to drive. You generally don't need to use it to control your car!
    You don't?! :eek:

    Damnit, I knew there was something fishy about that instructor!! :mad:


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Krieg


    Got cut just over 2 weeks ago, medical reasons

    Not as bad as I thought, but yeah the "bumps in the night" are a bitch
    Recovery in general is a bitch but quite happy with it now that its done

    Some advice to those who may get cut in future.
    Make sure you get as much info on recovery from your urologist. I felt that there was a severe lack of info provided. I was simply told, 2 baths a day with disinfectant for a week, Vaseline + cling film, take antiobio's. But after the first day I wasn't sure how long to spend in the bath and how the hell to make bandages using vaseline & cling film and many other little things, might sound trivial but it had me worried for the first week.
    From reading many other stories, every urologist seems to have a completely different recovery instructions.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭ryoishin


    What had that got to do with your driving licence?
    b) Your doctor clearly is clueless, none of the above is required. There's nothing remarkable or higher maintenance about having a foreskin! Just giving it a bit of a rinse while you're showering keeps things functioning normally for most guys unless you've got something wrong with it.
    c) Consider getting a new doctor... he seems rather too keen on looking at your schlong and has some odd ideas about foreskins!!
    d) I doubt a foreskin problem will interfere with your ability to drive. You generally don't need to use it to control your car!
    e) you do not need to leave it 'out in the air' for 20 mins a day. Unless, you plan on taking up nudism... Does he also recommend airing out your mouth by standing facing into a strong wind for a half hour?[/QUOTE]

    Hes not my doc, he was beside the motor tax place so it was handy. But yeah thought it was a bit weird.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    ryoishin wrote: »

    Hes not my doc, he was beside the motor tax place so it was handy. But yeah thought it was a bit weird.

    Sure he's even a doctor? :pac:

    But seriously, id have my doubts about the validity of his advice.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭oneweb


    ryoishin wrote: »
    Hes not my doc, he was beside the motor tax place so it was handy. But yeah thought it was a bit weird.
    What, he was just standing there? :p

    It is what it's.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭carveone


    oneweb wrote: »
    What, he was just standing there? :p

    Jaysus, lucky he didn't want to do a prostrate exam!


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    No, he would have to lie down for that ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    No.


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Yes since birth, never had any complaints, actually nearly every girlfriends I've had said they prefer it, so its all about the what the ladies like...


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,404 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Krieg wrote: »
    Got cut just over 2 weeks ago, medical reasons

    Not as bad as I thought, but yeah the "bumps in the night" are a bitch
    Recovery in general is a bitch but quite happy with it now that its done

    Some advice to those who may get cut in future.
    Make sure you get as much info on recovery from your urologist. I felt that there was a severe lack of info provided. I was simply told, 2 baths a day with disinfectant for a week, Vaseline + cling film, take antiobio's. But after the first day I wasn't sure how long to spend in the bath and how the hell to make bandages using vaseline & cling film and many other little things, might sound trivial but it had me worried for the first week.
    From reading many other stories, every urologist seems to have a completely different recovery instructions.
    Just had mine done yesterday at Blackrock Clinic ... no mention of cling film or vaseline or antibiotics though. I had a paraffin gauze dressing on it when I came home, which the surgeon said basically was only needed for a day or two, and after that to take a bath in salt water once a day for a week. He said that usually he didn't bother with a dressing at all for most cases (see below as to why mine wasn't a routine case). I also have some hefty painkillers and anti-inflammatories which seem to be doing the job. Mine was done by a general surgeon (Mr. Magee) rather than an urologist as well. I have to say he did give me plenty of advice before leaving, and was even very understanding when I returned an hour later after he'd already gone home because I was worried that there was some bleeding. In general though I think that surgeons tend to underestimate the level of anxiety some patients feel when faced with what is to them a major experience, but to the surgeon is a pretty mundane procedure.

    Also mine was done under a general anaesthetic but with a pain blocker into the groin area as well. Basically I couldn't feel a thing in that area until this mornng.

    I should add that my case was apparently a bit complicated as I'd basically left it far too long (many years) before going to the doctor with it, and as a result there were lots of adhesions of the foreskin both to the glans and to the underside of the corona, so my glans looks like a gerbil has nibbled on it at the moment. I don't think it'll ever look 'pretty' and I guess I can kiss my intended career as an international porn star goodbye as a result :D

    All in all a pretty traumatic experience for the first 24 hours after the op, but even at this early stage I can see there's some improvement, and that it's healing well, and much less pain than I'd anticipated (except when I accidentally knock it on something!).


  • Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I've had a very tight foreskin since I can remember. I couldn't retract the foreskin over the head of my penis. Up to the age of about 10-12 it wasn't an issue because I didn't know any different, but when I hit puberty and started to masturbate, I found that I couldn't masturbate "properly" and found ways. This didn't bother me too much because I have a lot of foreskin and I can have a full erection and I still have some leeway....

    I'm mid 30's now and only about 2 years ago did I actually start to do anything about this. Up to then, I was using lubricant for anything so that the skin didn't have to retract, but at times this was uncomfortable.

    I'm very introverted and wouldn't go to a doctor unless absolutely necessary (eg, I was dying somehow). Because of this, I did some research and found that there really isn't that much. All the websites said to get Beta Methasone 0.05% (a steroid cream) and start stretching & moisturising every day.. Eventually stretching it.... But in this country you need to go to a doctor to get that (prescription), so I hit another wall.

    Anyway... I did try to stretch it... At first by forcing (with lubricants - vaseline, baby oil, etc) the foreskin over the head of my penis causing paraphimosis... Thankfully I was able to get it back to normal... Sometimes that would cause really a lot of pain....

    I can now gladly say that after 2 years of careful stretching, I have a perfectly loose foreskin and can retract the foreskin as I please.. it will pop back with easy... I am happy about this and I would never like to be circumcised. I do realise that I will have to stretch it regularly or it will tighten up like before.

    However.... I've recently found that I also suffer from a minor case of frenulum breve, which basically means the frenulum is short, which means I can't fully retract because of that. There is an operation that can "fix" it, but stretching can work in that case also... I'll try stretching it and see how it goes and obviously go to the doctor if that leads me nowhere. Sex is very awkward, and I have to be careful, which leads to it not being fun.

    There's quite a few horror stories about men's foreskin ripping while having sex.... Actually it is mostly the Frenulum that rips, and quite a lot of men have frenulum breve without realising it. Unless you are gay, you don't really have anything to compare to.... Men can't really pull back their foreskins and "compare" with each other... at least not most normal men.

    The good news in my case is that I have no scar tissue as I have never ripped anything down there.... Scar tissue is very very hard to stretch as it doesn't have the elasticity of normal skin.

    Not sure if I really have a point with all this waffle, but it feels kinda better to have shared. Thanks for reading.. if you got this far :P


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭cocoa


    yep, got it done when I was very young, for medical reasons, can barely remember the operation, don't even know if it was general or local anaesthetic...

    Can't say I miss it as I never really knew it :P kind of curious to know what might have been tho... No complaints ;)


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