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Circumcision

Took grandson to doc hes four months old he is not circumsized the doc pull the skin all the way back and told us to pull it back a few times a day but when we try the skin will not pull back only a little bit
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134578 tn?1693250592
The doctor is stupid.  There are still skin membranes holding the foreskin exactly where it is. They might not dissolve fully until the child is a teenager.  Don't pull it back, it will hurt the baby.  Get a smarter doctor.
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