• realitista@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    As someone who is circumcised and chose not to circumcise their son, I’m seeing that circumcision has a lot of benefits. My son’s foreskin has always been too tight and won’t still fully retract at 7 years old. We have to put cream on it every night. It needs a lot more thorough washing every day or else it gets discharge all over it. The care and maintenance on an uncircumcised penis is like 1000x that of a circumcised one. I never knew any difference, so I’m not sure what the downsides of having a circumcised one is.

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      6 months ago

      That’s not normal. I have never had such problems. No special cleaning and cream needed. No smegma. Just pull it back and wash it like everything else. You should seek a doctor. It sounds like a medically induced circumcision would be a good idea.

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        6 months ago

        We see doctors regularly and are trying to manage the problem without circumcision. You may have had problems when you were a kid too and just don’t remember it, it’s fairly common.

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      6 months ago

      Why would it need to retract at 7 years old? It really only needs to retract once you start to have sex.

      Stop messing with your son’s penis for god’s sake.

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        6 months ago

        Pediatricians have timelines for these sort of things. And it can get infected under there.

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          6 months ago

          I’m not eating from the tip of my penis.

          Phimosis is completely physiological/natural for younger boys and actually helps to protect the head of the penis against infections.

          Source

          If it needs washing, you can just spray water from the shower head into the opening.

          But it’s also kinda like the vagina for girls. It doesn’t really need washing or special treatment unless it’s infected.

          In any case, messing with the penis of your son and making them feel unhygienic or like their foreskin is a problem is likely much more damaging than a little bit of smegma.

          • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            6 months ago

            I’m not eating from the tip of my penis.

            yes, and you aren’t doing the same from the nail gunk you accumulate i assume? Then we’re on the same page.

            Literally just clean it like you do the rest of your body and you have no problems.