Need circumcision, terribly afraid of needles
am 29 years old and I would like to be circumcised. I want to know what is the average cost of a circumcision. Also, I am terribly afraid of needles. How many injections do I have to get for the anaesthetics? Is it one or three? In your experience in working with patients how painful do these injections appear to be?
Theo from Jamaica
Hi Theo,
Please don’t worry about needles. We can apply some numbing cream to your skin so you will not feel them. Cosmetic and painless circumcision is the specialty of the house.
Usually 3 needle sticks are involved, but we try to inject stick # 2 and # 3 in an area previously anesthetized. Also we use the technique of the “advancing wheal” meaning the anesthetic fluid already inside the tissues precedes the needle, so when the needle gets that area it usually is not felt. At any rate trust us to treat you very gently and compassionately.
This is our bread and butter. My girlfriend is from Portland and remembers Bob Marley as a young man, playing down below in a canteen with his friends.
All the best,
Harold M. Reed, M.D.
305-865-2000