At what age is it appropriate to perform circumcision on children?

Nowadays, many babies may go to the hospital for circumcision accompanied by their parents, but not all fathers need to go to the hospital for circumcision. As long as the baby has a long foreskin, he needs to go to the hospital for circumcision. If the foreskin is too long, no surgery is needed. Next, let us listen to some introductions about circumcision by the editor!

What is foreskin?

Phimosis means that the foreskin covers the urethral opening, but can be turned up to expose the urethral opening and the glans penis. If a child has an overlong foreskin, he should pay attention to keeping the local area clean and hygienic, and clean the foreskin dirt frequently or daily to prevent inflammation of the glans penis. If the glans penis is often irritated by inflammation, the foreskin opening may shrink and adhere to the glans penis, forming acquired phimosis. Generally, redundant foreskin does not require surgical treatment. Surgical treatment is only required when the foreskin is redundant and combined with phimosis.

What is phimosis?

For children with phimosis, secretions accumulate under the foreskin, which often irritates the mucous membrane and causes balanoposthitis. Acquired phimosis is often secondary to balanoposthitis and damage to the foreskin and glans penis. This type of phimosis cannot heal on its own.

Under what circumstances is phimosis surgery necessary? At what age is it appropriate to do it?

There are three general situations where surgery is needed:

Acquired phimosis with a fibrous narrow ring at the foreskin opening;

Recurrent episodes of balanoposthitis;

After the age of three, the foreskin opening is severely narrowed, there is difficulty in urination, the foreskin cannot retract and the glans penis is exposed, and the conservative treatment effect is unsatisfactory.

If one of the first two conditions is met, surgery is required.

If the boy does not have the above surgical indications, he can wait until after puberty when the penis and glans penis grow, and the foreskin can retract upward and be turned outward on its own when the penis is erect.

Well, I believe that after listening to the editor’s introduction, parents should know that some babies do not need circumcision surgery, and they should also know when to go to the hospital for circumcision surgery. I hope parents will pay more attention to observation in normal times. If they find that their child’s foreskin is too long, they need to go to the hospital for circumcision surgery, otherwise it will affect their normal sexual life in the future.