Hello All
I could really do with some advice here or if anybody has any experience of this I would love to hear from you.
Basically DS is nearly 6 mths old and since he was born every GP/HV who has happened to see his penis has commented on the size or lack of . You can only really see about 2mm or foreskin and the rest of his penis is buried in the fat pad. When he had his 6 week check the GP noted it and said to come back in a few months to check on it. Well I went back today and she said he definitely has buried penis and also a very tight foreskin.
I thought she would send us to the uroligist to get it checked but she wanted to send us to the general surgery team for a circumcision.
Firstly the whole idea of a circumcision is just nooooo for me. I'm not really sure why since I don't know much about it but it just seems wrong IYKWIM, plus I have read over and over that buried penis is mostly caused by circumcision in the first place so I can't see how this will help and not just make things worse. Has anybody else got experience of buried penis with their DS? I know in the grand scheme of things it is not a horrible thing to have wrong and it is only cosmetic but we all know that penises have a huge psychological effect on men and I can't help thinking that it may effect his self esteem or cause bullyiing at school.
And plus I thought all children had tight foreskin at this age?
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Buried Penis, Tight Foreskin and Circumcision
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sherby · 25/01/2008 21:42
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