Adult Circumcision as an urgent procedure
Dr. Reed,
i need to get some answers for my husband. he is, obviously, uncircumcised. the problem is, the foreskin around the tip of his penis frequently gets large cracks, for the lack of a better word. these cracks bleed, and are very sore. it totally interferes with his life. he and i are a very sexually active couple, but this has totally put a damper on sexual activity for a week at a time. how do i convince him that circumcision is probably needed. also, my mother had cervical cancer, i am told uncircumcised men can cause cervical cancer in women. i am terrorfied at the thought of this. but most importantly is the pain that he endures from the tissue of the foreskin. please, any information would help greatly. thanking you in advance. charlotte
Good morning Charlotte,
I certainly agree with your concerns and sooner
or later your husband will realize that a properly
performed circumcision with sexual downtime of
about 6 to 7 weeks is the best recommendation.There are conservative measures that could be
employed, but trust me after 36 years of practice and being
a senior member of the AUA I can advise you,
he’ll just be deferring the inevitable.More importantly, I think he’ll be happier once he has
healed and confess, perhaps to you, he should have
had this done sooner.All my best and happy New Year to you both,
Harold M. Reed, M.D.
305-865-2000
February 11th, 2009 at 4:07 am
Dr. Reed
In the past I could not pull the foreskin back at all. I was one of those cases of phimosis associated with diabetes. So, I got circumcised, I can personally testify that I lost about two inch of penile length (penile shortening). They cut too much of my skin and now it is too tight.
Dr. Reed, what do you recommend to correct this problem? If surgery is needed, would my insurance BlueCross/BlueShield cover it? Please, any information would help greatly. Julio