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Originally Posted by healer
It's called Phimosis, and I'm a sufferer.
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Same here, and with my dad and youngest brother. I was snipped at a very young age, and have never really noticed any side effects. I'm sure as hell not embarrased about it, nor do I miss the extra skin.
I think the whole issue is overblown, actually. There was one member above who advocated murder as a response to small-scale, voluntary medical procedure. Several others decrying it as the worst form of child abuse around. I don't know about you, but I can think of many, MANY things worse to do to a child.
The procedure, however, could be a lot nicer. From
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Up to 96% of infants in some areas of the United States receive no anesthesia during circumcision. No anesthetic currently in use for circumcisions is effective during the most painful parts of the procedure.
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Ouch, yo. That's not so much a question of cultural/religious ethics as a question of medical ethics, I think. I was under general anesthetic for my operation, which I assumed was the norm. Hence, the results of the studies on post-traumatic stress and long-term mental health may be more a result of a painful procedure at a young age than circumcision itself.