A question for the guys....

[Delinquent]

I rememeber reading an article where a guy eventually was snipped in his early 20's for some reason. When he was asked to rate sex before and after he said uncut was a 10 and now cut is only a 6. I think you lose something like 30% sensation form being cut. Too bad I wasn't given the choice

 

[galain]

Delinquent

It must be a very individual thing. See my post above. In fact - when my GP first suggested it, my big fear was the sensitivity issue because I did go and do some reading and that seemed to be a major point of discussion. In the end I had nothing to worry about and my only regret is not being done as a baby.

 

[danielson]

hmm, apparently their investigting whether circumcision can reduce the risk of catching STD's present in secretions (i.e. HIV etc)

but screw it....if it doesnt grow back to normal get it done properly, if it will then leave it. i can never remember one incedent where someone teased someone for being uncut

 

[maxellyz]

I'm cut and I was cut when I was about 15, 5 years ago and it didn't hurt at all, I think its great, I think he should do it.

If he does it then I hope it works out this time.

Good Luck

 

[Imnotdutch]

In the UK very few people get cut......unless they are Jewish. At the end of the day, if that skin didnt have a purpose, it woldnt be there at all.

I dont recall anybody ever getting an infection.....but maybe they kept it quiet. I certainly havent had one in my 28 years. I'd wager that he will never get 3 infections in his entire life.....and you could spend that money on much more useful things for him.
Needless to say, I'd leave it until your son is old enough to make up his own mind. To me it is a pointless op.

Everybody gets allergies....I have one to some brands of laundry soap too. This allergy doesnt mean he is going to become allergic to regular soap.

Wow, this has turned into a heated debate here.

1. We are not Jewish.
2. He was cut at birth and it was most likely done wrong or cut on the wrong angle so it grew back.
3. I worry about him getting infections since he already has had some allergic reactions to launrdy soap, certain fruits etc.
4. I wanted feedback from both cut and uncut guys - basically wanting to know - if you had the choice to do it again would you have made the same decision if it were left up to you.

Thanks for the feedback and comments so far. It looks like a uriologist is the only person who will do it - and for the insurance to pay for it he has to have three seperate infections and office visits for them to pay for it. Out of pocket it will run about 2 grand and there's a three month waiting period after the three office visits.

 

[Yellowbomber]

yep, good idea better for licking

 

[Bikini Mod]

Shrebly, ultimately you are the child's mother and you will do whatever you feel is best for your son REGARDLESS of others' experiences. I know this may seem trivial to some, but I can feel for you.

I have four daughters. We did not know the gender before birth. Before my first was born I just automatically assumed that there was a GOOD reason why children in this country were routinely circumcized (My parents are Europian so neither my father nor brother are circumcized.). After having given birth to my first with a near FULL episiotomy and hemoroid that burst during childbirth requiring several stitches....the pain that I suffered those first few days was JUST AWFUL. Granted, the trauma of giving birth is different than the trauma of having your foreskin removed, but there is cutting and stitches just the same.....and I did NOT have to sit in a dirty diaper!

Because of this there was added tension with each pregnancy because I swore that there was NO WAY in HELL that I would allow any newborn son of mine to be mutilated in this fashion. I am not Jewish and neither is my husband.

I became educated and discovered THERE WAS NO SOUND MEDICAL REASON TO HAVE THIS PROCEDURE PERFORMED! IT WAS PURELY COSMETIC!

Females by design are highly prone to UTI (urinary tract infection)....but we don't go around altering their anatomy, do we? Yes, there are cultures in the world who DO subject there young daughters to HORRIBLE torture, but not for medical reasons - it has to do with deep-rooted cultural taboos and tradition. It is done to insure that a woman's virginity will remain intact until her wedding night. Many girls DIE and those that survive suffer UNIMAGINABLE pain during the process and FOR THE REST OF THIER LIVES. All I have to say about this is, THANK GOD I WAS BORN HERE!!!!

But I digress.

My husband was HELL-BENT that any son of his would look like him (he is cut) and I said, "OVER MY DEAD BODY!" Needless to say, we had girls so we did not end up in divorce court over that issue.

In closing, my sister (whose husband IS CUT) has two sons ages 4 and 1 NEITHER of which has had this done. They are both healthy and normal and have no problems.

Also, how many of my daughters' nude bodies resemble mine? Hello?! That is a just plain RIDICULOUS arguement.

I asked my older brother many times if chicks gave him a hard time or if he was teased in the locker room for his appearance. His reply? A very fast confident - HELL NO.

If he doesn't get made fun of for his peepee, it'll be his name or his family sitch or the way he walks, or that he is too tall or too short - whatever....do you get where I am going with this?

I believe that a 6 year old is not old enough to fully understand the consequences of such a proceedure. If you told him, "We are going to make your winkie prettier, but it is GOING TO HURT LIKE A MOFO!"...what do you think he would say? If you told him, "You will look like a large % of the other men in this country and you may/may not experience more/less sexual pleasure when you are older if you have this done now." what do you think he will say?

It will be up to the parents and no one else. Whatever you decide to do, realize that your son will love you no matter what because you did what you thought was best for him at the time. Hindsight is 20/20. Don't let anybody tell YOU what is best for YOUR son.

Be well!

 

[RIZZO]

Take that 2 grand and invest it in a mutual fund or roth ira and put it in his name and go on with your life. I wish I could have not been cut, but I cannot change the past but when I have my son I do not think I will have him cut and I asked my wife what she thought and she agrees that it is not necessary. Do what you want to but leave well enough alone! DO NO CUT HIM! It makes my gut cringe and thats not all when I think about it.TO the guy who said that a big deal is made about women in africa getting their clitoris cut out , but nobody says a thing on this subject I agree with him.WHY ALL THIS CUTTING? I bet most parents just do what the doctor says and that is that, no questions or anything, hell I bet most people did more research on a CAR they wanted to buy than on this! SCARY, VERY SCARY!!

 

[manny78]

Im not circumsized (since its stupid)... this is for jews and muslim at least here they're the only one who dare to pay for such shit. If any day there's another idiot like Hitler its gonna save me lotta trouble lol

 

[Shrebly]

UPDATE

Just to let everyone know - we finally got to the bottom of this "foreskin deal". It turns out that he did have a little bit of it grow back but over the past month or so it's been agitated by the fucking laundry detergent. We went out for a few hours and when we got hom his feet were covered and I mean COVERED with blisters and hives. That was in a two and a half hour time frame. It turns out that the detergent was irritating his wanker - causing the whole unit to get red, swollen and look infected - when it really wasn't.

Looks like he is going to stay the way he is - if he wants to get a trim when he's older then that is his choice.

Avoid Purex laundry tablets - they are way too strong and some of the surfactant remains in the clothing. I had to do about 5 hours of laundry and wasn't the happiest person ... the soap remained in the socks and when his feet started sweating it gave him a bad bad bad case of contact detmatitis.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions... at least now we all kow who's cut and who's not.

Thanks again!