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Sorry to hear about your boyfriend. Prepuceplasti is a very good option when non surgical techniques have failed. In general I would try steroid cream a d stretching first and the prepuceplasti. It is far less invasive and he'll retain the look and f...

That is so sad. I am sorry to hear about this.

Me too, are you kidding?

Thanks. :) It's hard to see it otherwise. And you've nailed it. Circumcision is a pernicious practice that is difficult to pry out of a society. It somehow prevents people from thinking rationally. You could be one of those people. You've alread...

That certainly wasn't my intention. That is a whole different topic that deserves its own thread. I am sure there may be people just like you said and I won't add more than that so the thread isn't derailed. This is probably where we differ....

I can't believe I missed this. We did talk about it recently here: https://allnurses.com/ob-gyn-nursing/showpost.php?p=3498869&postcount=992

I want to reiterate that I am genuinely happy to answer questions and teach, as I am sure other here are. So post away.

I think that is what this board is for and I am very willing to share whatever information I have on this topic. I'll add that I think it's clear that there was no knowledge conveyed in my rhetorical question. It was meant to illustrate a point. ...

Same question: If I surgically removed a infant's earlobes, and of course I would use ELMA or Lido so it wouldn't hurt, would you find that acceptable? Why or why not?

There has been a lot of discussion about those studies and the bottom line is that even if they are accurate the prevalence in the US does not justify the use. But let me ask you about the bold part. How can you justify authorizing a procedure for so...

I suspected this was the case. This seems to me to be a wider spread situation then our rates would suggest. That is to say many medical professionals tend to be against it but not to the point of 'doing much' about it. The thing is that this is r...

They've been talking about that for two year now. The thing is that we have to be careful how we apply this information. Even accepting the risk reduction suggested, usually around 50%, that has to be viewed in the context of the local risk. Regardle...

That's good enough, I figured SE most people in CA wouldn't say below the MD line. That's good to hear though. Do the staff do any education to help dissuade people? It's not so much a question of seeing or not it would be a question of making an ...

I kind of meant state, but if you're not comfortable with answering that geographic region perhaps? You said that circumcision is running about the national average I just like to know where that is. If you say, Georgia or Virginia that's pretty good...

Just out of couriosity, what part of the country are you in?

One thing I wanted to point out with regards to AjaRN's post. First, I think that the answer to her question is mixed, much like what firstyearstudent's post says. Some do some don't and many feel it increases the risk of complication as I believe so...

I don't think I agree with this. Premature retraction by Doctors and other medical staff, which is any retraction that occurs before the child knows he can do it himself, can cause tears and scaring which may cause problems for him down the line. In ...

Congratulations, what a lucky boy. :)

Ok, Ok. Like I said, I think we're all on the same page please don't be mad

I wonder about that too. Could you imagine the German Army adopting circumcision, a Jewish custom? I think not. There was actually an article on this BTW in the New Zealand Journal of Medicine a few years ago. Here is the link: http://www.nzma.org.nz...

I have read several stories about this program and they frequently print quotes from local men who describe circumcision as an invisible condom or otherwise imply complete protection. It's hard to know how wide spread this problem is but I am worrie...

The Academy has been doing this since 2007, these new reports didn't start that process. Two things I find courious, with such an efficient HPV vaccine, they keep investigating HPV and circumcision. I just read today on AidsMap that in addition to pr...

As do I. And as long as they limit it to adults, I have no personal problem with that anymore than getting a tattoo or a Prince Albert. I think it's weird but it isn't my decision. They are adults after all. But it is a bit hard to imagine why one wo...

Until the 1970s consent was almost never obtained; it was done automatically. Couriously that only changed when a Jewish coupled sued the hospital because they could then have a proper Bris, somewhere in the early 1970s I think. In any case, consent ...

I thought I'd provide some interesting links to this story. One thing I found personally interesting about all these stories was how the stories were spun in the US. While the BBC did print the glowing press release they also have half the article gi...