Circumcision Revision and Small Glans
Dear Dr. Reed,
I gather from your website that you do circumcision revisions. Im wondering if you might be able to revise mine. I believe I was circumcised as an infant and the wound wasnt allowed to heal and so it separated causing a ring of uneven scar tissue to form around my penis. About 1.5 of inner skin was left as was half my frenulum. As fate would have it, I grew up to be an extreme grower and so my glans frequently retracts entirely into that remaining foreskin. The alternating coverage/bareness is uncomfortable to say the least and I also have problems with odor. My thought is to get a low and tight revision to get rid of all the inner skin and the frenulum remnant. I dont want skin bunching-up behind my glans at all. My glans is pretty smal1, measuring 19mm around. My penis is already smaller than average and Ive read that circumcision (done right) can cause the glans to flare out and get a little bigger. Is this true? I plan to be in the Miami area for most of February for work and
Gilbert
Dear Gilbert,
For sure we look forward to seeing you in February.
As a urologist with 35 years of experience and 5000 circumcisions behind me, I cannot say that your comment regarding the glans getting larger post circumcision holds true unless the scar is unduly tight. If this did occur, I would view this, as a complication. However in all fairness, this does come up every so often, but in my opinion never validated.
There are 2 ways to increase glans size, one with AlloDerm and the other with Juvederm UltraPlus.
Harold M. Reed, M.D. FICS
Senior Member of the American Urological Association,
Member Society of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons
Founding Member and Treasurer of American Academy of Phalloplasty Surgeons
Founding Member Sexual Society of North America