What if the foreskin isn't removed at birth?

Answer 1

Please don't take this as rude but what if what? I just want to be sure what you are asking. If you are just looking for general info, here it is:

There is no need to circumcise at birth. There are many reasons given to circumcise but through extensive research I have found it to be unnecessary and carry more potential risk than potential benefit. No medical association (AMA, AAP, AFP, etc.) recommends routine infant circumcision and most insurance companies as well as some states refuse coverage for it because it's purely cosmetic. Yes, there are some studies that show up to a 60% decrease in female to male vaginal transmission of HIV/AIDS but those studies, their methods, and applicability in the US (they were performed in Africa on adults) where most HIV/AIDS transmission is through male to male homosexual contact have come under a lot of scrutiny. www.drmomma.org, www.circumstitions.com, www. intactamerica.org, and www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org have a lot more detailed information. Yes, they are strongly slanted away from circumcision but after my research I have found them to be very accurate and comprehensive.

Most importantly, remember: it's his penis and he very well may want to be intact as many, many men do. Circumcision is permanent like a tattoo and it is best left to the owner of the penis to decide if he wants his body altered (unless medically necessary) once he is an adult. I say this as the daughter-in-law of an adult-circumcised man (due to complications from being retracted as an infant) who wishes he could get his foreskin back, the wife (and ex-wife) of men who had complications from their circumcisions - one of which resulted in buried penis, and the mother of one circumcised and one intact boy as well as an intact daughter.