The foreskin is a small, inconspicuous thing that people really love and hate. Love it because it has so many wonderful functions (see previous article “Skin under the knife – talk about the function of the foreskin”), hate it because sometimes it brings inexplicable pain (or innocent crime) to male friends. But when the day comes that you have to let it go, is it really just a matter of waving your hand and leaving a “chicken skin” behind? Today, let’s talk about circumcision.
Have you ever heard such a conversation: “It’s just a circumcision, it’s nothing” “Doctor, you have to do it right, it’s a lifelong thing” “Please, doctor, what should I do, after the operation how to My son was circumcised as a child, why is it still so long now?”
“My son was circumcised when he was a child, now how the penis is completely invisible” “The old fool, this skin cost me 1-2 million (without any sarcasm or blame, often seen in various ** hospital after treatment), heartache ah, can you help me to connect the foreskin back ” (I also listened to the heartache, expensive than gold ah) So, a small organ is never the same as a small surgery, only a small organ without a small surgery, rather this place of surgery or fine point good. So what is the case, the foreskin only need surgery?
Recommended surgery: 1, the foreskin mouth is too small, tightly wrapped around the head of the penis, resulting in the foreskin can not or partially upturned (science tip: If you encounter the foreskin mouth is very tight, do not force the foreskin upturned, do not force the foreskin upturned, do not force the foreskin upturned, in order to avoid the occurrence of the foreskin mouth stuck in the head of the penis, resulting in foreskin embedded, which requires immediate emergency treatment at the hospital) 2, the penis erection, due to foreskin 3, the foreskin is too long, and the previous repeated infections and lead to local skin thickening scar (acute inflammatory period contraindicated surgery) 4, the occurrence of foreskin embedded caused by swelling of the glans, after receiving emergency treatment need to elective removal of foreskin Recommended surgery, but not circumcision: 1, penile deformity, such as urethral cleft or hypospadias (urethral opening is not in the normal position, accompanied by In this case, although there is more foreskin, circumcision must not be performed alone, the excess foreskin is a good material to repair the urethra.
2, occult penis, this case from the appearance of the penis is particularly small, the foreskin is particularly long; but in fact is not a real circumcision, but other diseases, need plastic surgery. It is often seen in obese patients.
In these cases, it is necessary to communicate well with the doctor about the need for surgery: Simple hypospadias, where the foreskin can be easily turned up or down without any discomfort and local infection rarely occurs 2. Boys under 5 years old have a better chance of having their foreskin naturally turned over to reveal the glans, and can wait for a while 3. Boys 5 years old or older, if the foreskin has not been turned over and at the same time causes difficulty in urination, can first try Low-concentration steroid cream can be applied for a period of time, and if it is not successfully opened, surgery can be considered.