Circumcision reversal?

[pdj]

I want to know if there is a procedure to pull skin back over the head of my penis so that I appear normal (uncircumcised). Like many Americans, I was circumcised at birth and, like many Americans, I have hated every minute of it and wished my parents had cared more about what I wanted than what other people were saying. I am not interested in manual restoration (from what I have seen, it means lots of work and pain and doesn't end up looking anything like a real penis anyway). I saw a plastic surgeon once (I live in LA; they're as available as dentists) and he said it might be possible.

[anxiousmomtobe?]

Just so you know, women like 'em circumcized.

[rita02]

what do you hate so much if you've never known it any other way?

[tlh777]

you can try foreskin restoration or reconstruction and most women prefer an uncircumcised men because of the sexual benefits and non circumcised men have no brain damage or mental problems because of circumcision.

http://www.norm-uk.org/foreskin_restoration_devices.html
http://www.penisdoctor.com/foreskin.html
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/60750.html
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=236
http://www.nospank.net/prescott.htm

[tlh777]

why do women that have never had big breasts want implants?the reason he wants this is for the protection and sexual benefits the foreskin gives.isn't it funny that on this same page a woman wants to be circumcised and a man wants his circumcision reversed?this is why no baby should be circumcised.if you have this surgery it will not look normal either.the normal foreskin has mucosa type skin on the inside this surgery puts outer penile skin on the head of your penis while the manual restoration keeps hairless mucosal skin over the head.the new skin on the shaft of your penis will be your scrotal skin you will need electrolysis on the outer shaft and possibly on your new inner foreskin.and belive me having your penis threaded through your scrotum for three months is very painful.
http://www.psurg.com/fskin.html
http://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/goodwin1/
http://www.phudson.com/GENITAL/uncircumcision.html
http://www.surgeontothestars.com/pages/other_procedures/foreskin_restoration.shtml

[tlh777]

circumcision has caused you permanent nerve damage this surgery will cause more nerve damage causing you to feel less pleasure while the manual restoration doesn't cause this.also part of your scrotum that will now be on your penis could have been used at a future date for new eylids or linig of the mouth if you needed it because of an accident or disease.i would reconsider this surgery if i were you.

[Kalio1]

Studies show over and over that being uncircumsized can be problematic health wise for you but mostly for your partners, it can make you more prone to a variety of ptoblems.

To blame your parents for doing what millions of parents are advised to do when their child is born seems ridiculous to me. I mean, come on. Surgically trying to change it is likely to cause you more problems than it could possibly solve. I say get some counselling about it and find out why you would blame your parents for such a thing. It isn't like you can ask a newborn baby if they prefer to be circumcized or not!

[tlh777]

which is exactly why a child should not be circumcised.if you ask the doctor that circumcised you whose fault it is they will say your parents.if you ask your parents they might blame the doctor.so who is to blame?the unethical doctor and your parents.

[pdj]

This is my question (which unfortunately was not answered), so allow me to respond.
Anxiousmomtobe: You should be anxious if you plan on circumcising your kids because you have a sick sexual fetish. I've never forgiven my mother for it and we have probably the best mother-son relationship ever otherwise. She said she knew she shouldn't have, but there was peer pressure. All of my female friends say either it doesn't matter or they find uncircumcised penises fun. I was born in 1982, so attitudes must have changed. My father once said that everyone he knew was circumcised. That's CERTAINLY not the case with me; it's not rare or weird anymore, for guys or girls.
Rita02: What do you mean I've never known it any other way? I have lots of uncircumcised friends. It looks better, more comfortable and none of them wish they were circumcised, whereas most of my circumcised friends would rather not be. Doesn't mean they admit this to their parents, but that's the truth.
Kalio1: I love how you try to make it my fault that my parents screwed up. Again, I was born in 1982, not the middle ages. Nearly half my peers weren't circumcised. My parents knew better and the doctors knew better. They simply made a horrible choice that wasn't theirs to make in the first place. Also, the problems of being uncircumcised are extremely rare (why is the AIDS rate in America 6 times that of Norway, where the procedure is almost never done?), while complications from the procedure are routine, including skin tags, infections, painful sexual intercourse, tearing during sex, and requiring some kind of lotion for masturbation. Your information is skewed by a few perverts who have a circumcision fetish and wish to share this with the world.

[pdj]

I feel like I should share a bit more with you, after thinking more about Kalio1's comment, which really hurt me. It's as if he/she felt my parents were the victims, because they were forced to make a decision without being able to consult me. There was no decision to make, because there was nothing wrong with me. They created this "should we or shouldn't we?" There's no problem with leaving me alone, so why even pretend like there's a question? No one asks themselves "well, my daughter might have small breasts, I should force her to get enhancements now, at 10 years old, so she won't have to face the humiliation of small breasts in a few years." (Actually that's more rational than circumcision, because one is more likely to have small breasts than an infection from being uncircumcised, and the girl could reverse it later). Millions of Europeans are doing just fine, having healthier sex lives and living longer with their whole penis. I have a wonderful relationship with my parents, but it still took me almost 20 years to admit to them how much they had hurt me. You know what? They had no idea. They thought I was cool with it, because I'd never brought it up. Cool with it??!! For nearly two decades, I'd stayed awake at night sweating, because I hated the thought of living my life less than a man. I'd been so disgusted with my body that I nearly threw up. I'd screamed when I was alone, because I was so angry at them. I'd slept in, because I was so depressed about never being able to be normal that I couldn't get up. I was humiliated during sex, because I felt like I was giving the girl less than she deserved. All this and my circumcision was actually successful (I even got to keep my frenulum, thank God, or I wouldn't feel much of anything) and my parents thought I was fine with it. Think again before you come to any conclusions. Your child is suffering inside and it's all because you decided you were a poor victim who had to choose between a stupid elective surgery that does no one any good and treating your child like a human being. Do you know how infuriating and insulting that is?

[SDKSono]

pdj,

I have been restoring for 3 years, very irregularly, so I should be done already, but kids, family time and stress have gotten in the way.

Partial or full coverage takes months or years by tugging.  It is a slow process.  It also has some (manageable) risks.  

I can tell you this.  The physical pleasure and sensitivity one gets by having just a *little* more mobility to the skin on the penis  is astounding.  For me this took somewhere like a 3-4 weeks, tugging with T-tape.  -That is how most folks get started, until they have enough skin to pull over a tugger.  Note: I was not circ'ed too tightly and do have my  frenelum.   Your mileage may vary.

So initially you don't get much cosmetic change, but tactilely it is a whopping difference.  (I have seen another fellow comment that this sea change took him 4 weeks.) * The glans becomes super-arousing and sensitive in a good way to touch and pressure and stretching.  You gain a lot of control over your speed of approach to orgasm, and getting there is a LOT more fun.
-You now have a "knob" instead of a "switch", so to speak.

That initial gain takes only a month or two and uses T-tape which is fairly safe and effective.  You could do that and be very very satisfied with the feeling gained.  Cosmetics is another matter.

You could at that point also tape your foreskin shut over your glans during the day and night and gain a lot of the benefits of coverage -without growing 15 sq. inches of skin.  

Here's the quote:*
"After four weeks of keeping my glans covered,
I had about the best sex ever in my whole life,
just about what you'd expect in the back seat of a red '75 Impala,
except it was in bed with someone I've lived with for 22 years."

- Rob Roberts

I agree with Roberts.  Every mm of motion will then feel good, which is completely different from how it was when I started.  

So consider T-tape tugging for a month or two.  You might well get a lot for a little inconvenience and a few dollars.  Surgery is kilodollars... and iffy.

Thanks for your post, too.  
SDKSono

[peekawho]

I disagree that women "only like 'em circumcised".  

I, like many American women, never saw an uncircumcised man until I met my current husband, who is uncirc'd.  Now I'm an advocate for leaving boys as nature intended.  

We are comfortable with what we are familiar with.  I'm very much against routine infant circumcision.  It is cosmetic surgery done to a human being without their consent.  It can be and is done safely later in life, if the owner of the penis desires it.  

[chellybeans]

my brother was not circumsized at birth. my mother felt like he would benefit from making that decision himself as he reached adulthood. he had to do alot of cleaning and such, but all was well until he was about ten. he developed a series of infections that would not fully heal. ultimately the doctors suggested having him circumsized and he agreed. (he was in alot of pain) he and my mother both did keep the area clean, it did not seem to matter with regards to his infection.

after surgery my brother was in alot of pain and even went so far as to tell me "they cut half of it off" he's fine now and has no sexual dysfunction from what he has told me. (little man sl*t from what i can tell!)

the point is it was very traumatic to him. i think alot of parents do it at birth because they are afraid their child may go through a similar situation. and i have heard many doctors kinda nudge parents towards infant circumcision by telling them how hard it is to keep clean and uninfected.

penis surgery is risky business. please be sure you want that before going under the knife.

[drewk]

I would strongly advocate against circumcision.  While it is common in the US and the Middle East, it is not common in Europe or the majority of Asia and Africa.  Very few of my male friends are circumcised and none of them have had problems staying clean and free of infection.  

[ErrantWanderlust]

PDJ:

Sorry about your foreskin, man.  I consider myself extremely lucky to be uncircumcised.  I definitely support your decision to restore it.  Oh, and the women who claim to dislike foreskins have probably never seen one.  I've been with plenty of women and never had a complaint.  A penis in its natural state makes sex more pleasurable for both partners.

A note to anxious mom to be:

I don't like inner labia, I think they're ugly.  You should definitely get 'em removed.

[tlh777]

i wanted to add another procedure that i found out about to help you.i couldn't find how this surgery is done but i assume that it is to replace the inner foreskin because it is a mucosa like the inside of the mouth.here is the link.     http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2104172.html

and to peekawho unfortunately circumcision is more than cosmetic.it removes function and pleasure.here are some links.  

http://www.urotoday.com/58/browse_categories/erectile_dysfunction_ed/finetouch_pressure_thresholds_in_the_adult_penis.html


http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/
http://www.circumstitions.com/Functions.html

[anom12]

this is the first guy i've ever known to be upset about being circumsized.  I feel bad for you.  Here I am wanting to have my labia removed basically for appearance and you are wanting to make your penis look "different" than most other men (at least in the US).
It just goes to show you that we are never happy with ourselves.
But as a girl, I would prefer circumsized simply because oral sex with an uncircumsized man wouldn't be appealing to me.  It is just my opinion....
You can say what you want about oral sex with a girl and all I can say is...that isn't appealing to me either!  Yes, I enjoy it, but still can't see the desire to perform it.  During one drunken college night- I tried to perform on a girl and was just turned off by it....

[rbgos]

PDJ - I can understand that you are unhappy that your parents had you circumcised, but your level of depression, anger and resentment over it seems remarkably high.  I am concerned that you have worried about this so much that you have developed some sort of psychological problem over it.  Is it worth discussing this issue with a therapist before committing yourself to the surgeon's knife?

Your reaction to anxiousmumtobe?'s comment, saying that she had a sick sexual fetish, seems a way over-reaction.  Different people are turned on by different things (just like some men prefer pert breast, some prefer bigger) - if she prefers circumcised penis' that doesn't make her sick.

[Toryoz]

how much does forskin reversal surgery cost on a variation?

[Marian299]

I don't know if this helps, but I had done my research (and this was in 1975) about circumcision and I had decided not to have it done if I had a son.  Well I had to fight with the doc's and nurses at the hospital when it came time for him to be born they wanted me to sign a waiver - I refused and make my wishes know (yet again) that I wanted any son that I might have to decide this for himself when he was an adult.. well I'm in hard labor and honestly I am being given a really hard time by the hospital person... I was considered "causing trouble" until finally a doc came by and intervened and told the nurses to back off.. When I told him I had done the research etc. he interrupted me and said "I agree with you" "he can decide for himself and if it wasn't suppose to be there (foreskin) it wouldn't be there when they are born"  But it was a struggle and they really went on and on at a time when I wasn't in a position (no pun) to argue too much.. they (hospital person) were so brainwashed that the circumcision was "necessary".. Now my son has a son himself and neither of them are circumcised.  It seems as women we are not leaving a lot of room for men to have the same 'feelings" as us when it comes to being traumatized.  I hadly wanted them to put a needle in my new born let alone cut into him!  Now if it were necessary I wouldn't have interferred with them but it was just forced habit and they don't like to be challenged.  If you can maybe give your Mom a break, she may have had to make the decision while in hard labor!  All the best

[tlh777]

The cost of foreskin reconstruction varies between $8,000.00-$20,000.00 in US dollars.

[Royston]

I am with you. I am over 70 years old, and I am uncircumsized, and I have had great sex all these years...............and, hope to continue...............and, I think it's a crime to circumcize newborn babies, without their consent...................unless, however they get the consent of the parents.
Happy, Happy Sex

[mwcne]

To many times people are circumcised because it is fast money for the doctor.  I had one physician tell me that they make most of their money from procedures and circumcision is a procedure.  There is a few physicians out there that are willing to try everything they can before going to the extreme of cutting it off, but unfortunately most do not think this way.

http://www.ksnocirc.org
http://www.notjustskin.org

[CallMeBob]

  Simple question...would you not want to sue someone if you say, went to the dentist and when you woke up you found that your earlobes had been completely removed without your permission? Wouldn't that make you angry that a discussion to alter YOUR own body was never even discussed with you? Wouldn't YOU want to be the judge of weather or not YOU wanted that done to you?
  I find it very, very offensive that a discussion to surgically alter someone is never even allowed the opportunity to accept or deny the procedure to the patient. It boggles my mind that so many people think there is nothing wrong with that. I was never offered the opportunity to say "no" to the procedure. You can always have it done later in life, but to re-gain your body the way you were born can never be given back.
  I can certainly agree with a lot of what you had to say pdj. It has caused me extreme frustration and anger over the years that so many people see nothing wrong with such a life altering decision.
  If your an expecting mother, or even father then please consider what I've said. Say NO to circumcision as a minor.

[CallMeBob]

Just to help give you some ammo to your argument...please look up page 151 of the December 2002 issue of Playboy Magazine. It speaks volumes to this entire discussion.

[PrivateNShy]

In regards to "I have hated every minute of it and wished my parents had cared more about what I wanted than what other people were saying."

How the heck are your parents susposed to know what you want when you are a newborn? You just learn to open your eyes and breathe on your own at that point.

Also, if you feel this way and were indeed circumsized I have a feeling that you probably STILL would find yourself on this forum asking the same thing but in reverse. Saying you want to be circumsized, blah blah. Just enjoy what you have man!

You will get a lot more oral action then if you were circumsized as well...just from experience and girl talk with my female friends.

[tlh777]

How the heck are your parents supposed to know?

They aren't,which is why removing body parts is a bad decision.


you probably STILL would find yourself on this forum asking the same thing but in reverse.

Maybe,but probably not.Most people that have not lost body parts are happy to have them.But either way it would be his choice which is now gone.

Do you have any body parts that you wish your parents had removed?Or that you wish had not been removed?


If a woman is so shallow that she wouldn't be with a man because he is circumcised or not,does anyone really want to be with a person like that?All people deserve better than that.