Being Circumcised on Saturday

[manc-wannabe]

Hello all,

Been lurking here for a long time, thought it's about time I actually posted something. Also appologies if this is the wrong forum - please feel free to move if so

It's not exactly castration, but as a first step in trimming down there, I'm getting circumcised on Saturday. To say I'm nervous is an understatement. It's been done by a legitimate doctor, who I know through a friend. He wants to do a very radical circ, taking all the foreskin off, leaving a scar 2mm under the glans and having it so its very tight when errect. Is this a good idea? Also what is healing like? He says that because so much skin is being removed, there is no need for bandages, just 20 or so stitches. I'm having it done for a few reasons - mainly that I'd prefer the look of a cut cock and also in the hope that having "something" done down there will alleviate my need to be castrated, as I'll feel I've taken control of my genitals.

The usual pre-op jitters are of course making me have 2nd thoughts, but I think on the whole, it'll be good to have the old turkey neck taken off. Thoughts welcome, please be nice

[nullorchis]

My thoughts.

Getting rid of as much foreskin as possible will eliminate the most erogenous and sensitive part of the penis skin. If that's what you want. Once gone there is no going back. Sexual sensitivity will be greatly reduced and it may be harder to achieve sexual gratification and ejaculation. That might lead to sexual frustration. These are only questions as I have no personal experience in this regard.

I would certainly be concerned over having too much removed. Normal and noctural erections could be painful if too much skin is removed.

As far as this having anything parallel to castration, doesn't seem like it to me.
Maybe something to do with desire to have penis removed, but not castration.

[kristoff]

I would be concerned about painful erection with extreme skin removal. There needs to be room to move things. Suspect your doc is getting his jollies by going too far.

[Graf v Eierdorf]

I would be concerned about painful erection with extreme skin removal. There needs to be room to move things. Suspect your doc is getting his jollies by going too far.

Still, it's perfectly possible to remove (almost) all the inner foreskin and still have the circumcision not be tight (lots of Central Europeans who get cut end up with that), and on the other hand, a circumcision that's tight when erect is in-and-of-itself something quite normal/common/desired/liveable, and if it turns out a bit too tight, well ... the outer skin does have a fairly good ability to stretch (some people go back years later to have more skin removed for precisely this reason ... hmm, I would be prone to say "just age gracefully", but whatever...). I imagine the question of whether the doc is getting his jollies is best answered by his facial expressions, body language, the sinister or not-so-sinister tone of his voice *lol* :-p ...

[Disclosure: I'm considering getting re-circumcised myself (I had nothing to say about the outcome of my infant circumcision), and the "style" I favor has for a long time now been very low and very tight -- which would be possible with the skin I have remaining. So anyway, I'm biased... :-p]

[ukmanman]

Hey

I had something similar back end of last year. Low and tight cut. It is much more difficult to get off now, but the wait is well worth it. It has loosed off some since I was first cut, so I am wanting to get recut. Has done nothing to lessen my desire for other mods either. In fact, as someone else has already said, has probably increased it!

[Richard_Less]

I for one enjoy my foreskin and can't imagine not having it (OK, who am I kidding on this forum, I can well imagine but have no true desire to go without).

I would suggest, if you haven't already, consult the doctor and/or other professional/s, on the merits an extremely tight cut. Myself, if I were to do it, would opt for more modest cut with the consideration of a recut down the road rather than having too much cut off at once only to regret it.

Along that note, how do they determine how much to remove? Do they give you an injection or pill to induce a strong and full erection and mark the skin at this extreme length, or do they kept it flaccid pull on what ever slack they can?

For the healing process, do they have some way to suppress erections so as to not rip the stitches? If so, how? I've read somewhere (here perhaps) that some anti-depressants and anti-psychotics can reduce or prohibit erections.

[Graf v Eierdorf]

(...saw someone posted the first reply while I was writing, but I'll just send this off unchanged...):

Sounds good and quite sensible, although it could perhaps have the opposite effect: whet your appetite to do more. In any case, it might be an important step in terms of learning what you really want, what your desire is really about.

I'd more or less trust the doctor on the bandage issue, seeing as his opinion would seem to be a qualified one -- I've heard that low (i.e., scar-near-glans) circumcisions are less problematic in terms of swelling, healing, etc., so maybe that's why he's of that opinion.

One thing to consider is that having so much inner skin removed (and the accompanying tightness) will certainly have an effect on the masturbation methods you'll require, and quite possibly give you the feeling that your penis is far less sensitive (the question of whether you regard that as a plus or a minus is another issue, of course) -- that's probably something quite individual, though, as nobody is wired quite the same or uses their wiring in quite the same way...

All in all, though, it would seem to be a fairly innocuous initial (and/or perhaps final) step.

[erikboy]

It's not exactly castration, but as a first step in trimming down there, I'm getting circumcised on Saturday. To say I'm nervous is an understatement. It's been done by a legitimate doctor, who I know through a friend. He wants to do a very radical circ, taking all the foreskin off, leaving a scar 2mm under the glans and having it so its very tight when errect. Is this a good idea? Also what is healing like? He says that because so much skin is being removed, there is no need for bandages, just 20 or so stitches. I'm having it done for a few reasons - mainly that I'd prefer the look of a cut cock and also in the hope that having "something" done down there will alleviate my need to be castrated, as I'll feel I've taken control of my genitals.

The usual pre-op jitters are of course making me have 2nd thoughts, but I think on the whole, it'll be good to have the old turkey neck taken off. Thoughts welcome, please be nice

I wanted to have exactly the same style of circ like you are wishing to have. As low and tight as possible. So I got it.
With every day the circ date approached I got more nervous. I was as asking questions as well, if it is really right thing to do. That is normal. Before Iwent do a doctor I made a very informed decision to get it done. I knew in details what was waiting for me and that it is not possible to reverse things. First I accepted all the effects and the fact it will be this way for the rest of my life.
That helped me a lot to get over all the emotional fluctuations before and after circ. Be prepared to emotional swings after circ too! And remember that this is what you wanted!
Over time you will get used to circ and do not notice it much, but it will take time from 6 months to year till your glans gets used to no protective skin.

Healing from tight circ may cause you painful erections at nights. You will wake up at nights. But as it heals it will fade. I think my painful erections didn't last longer than a month.
First you will miss your glas will miss your foreskin as it is too sensitive. It will go away as skin on it gets thicker. It could take 6 months to 12 months. But First 3 months you will notice you are circed every time you walk.
Expect to loose a lot of sensitivity. It feels kind of numbed afterwards. Circ scar would be painful for 6 months after.
Thats it basically, and technically.

[Sweetpickle]

Mine is on display in my profile. I would say it was semi-loose.
I am very fond of it. I fear that if it was tighter it would pull
on the corona.

[HairyHarry]

I was circumcised at 5 months old, to cure rheumatic fever! Now that I'm old, I find intercourse and masturbation to be more difficult, and less satisfying, due to lack of sensitivity. It can take me as long as an hour to ejaculate, and Mrs HH has often told me to stop as she is getting sore. I am really envious of guys who have a long foreskin.

Have you studied the many accounts of the muscles, blood vessels, and nervous system of the foreskin? Much of this knowledge dates only from 1996, when a urologist took the trouble to investigate the structure that had been cut off for centuries.

It isn't too late to cancel your procedure, your doctor really doesn't need the money he'll be making out of you. And that is the only real reason that the medics still do the op.

[Riven]

I'm sorry to hear about your problems Hairy Harry. I have a friend who grew up deeply resenting his circumcision. In his case it seems to be partly because his step parents had it done when he was small and when he later discovered that they were not his 'real' parents he decided they had no right to have him circumcised. I don't think any parents have a right to circumcise their children, but I believe in situations where the foreskin is too tight circumcision is still the most effective treatment.

A lot of circumcised guys grow up wondering what it would have felt like to have a foreskin and that wondering can tip over into a kind of grieving for something missed out on. I can only try to reassure you that although I can still close my eyes and remember a few of my foreskin sensations (and I did have that foreskin for 30 years) there is nothing there that I really miss. After my circumcision healed I did have to learn a new masturbation technique. I realised that I used to make an 'O' with my thumb and index finger and work my foreskin back and forth over my coronal ridge. There was no longer enough skin to do that so I had to grip the shaft of my penis behind the head and work the skin in that position with shorter strokes. I was very relieved to find that it made me come as quickly as ever. When I had sex with my girlfriend it felt as good as ever.

Like you, I am no longer a young man. I'm not so easily aroused as I was and it can take me longer to come. My wife can get sore like yours does. Sex isn't as easy as it was. But it isn't because I don't have a foreskin.

[manc-wannabe]

Thanks for the comments everyone I've spoken to Doctor and he's gonna still do it very tight, but in a way that doesn't overly impact on errections. Though he claims that that it will take me ages to come because of the removal of the sensitive skin - I'm okay with that though With regards to the relationship to my castration desires, its simply that if I think "what the hell have I done" with regards to the circ, I'll know that genital mods are a fanatasy, not reality, and no real harm will have been done - plenty of guys are circed after all.

So, going to go ahead with it tomorrow, and will keep everyone informed of my healing/outcome

[Riven]

I think your Doctor's joshing with you re. taking ages to come post circ. I was only 30 when I had my circumcision and I think I tried masturbating (gently) for the first time about 5 or 6 days post op. Handling my 'new' cock was so erotic. I loved the sensations of being hampered by the shortened skin plus needing to go easy. I came pretty quickly. However the mega erection I got just before coming pulled a stitch and a bit of the 'wound' opened. I showed it to the doctor the next day and he wasn't worried. He said it'd close up, but I should try not to disturb it. That was a tall order. I was like a kid with a new toy

Incidentally, I just remembered. When I was in the hospital pre-op, they gave me some pills. I asked the nurse what they were and she said one was a pre med to chill me out. I think another was an antibiotic, a third was something called stilboestol (sp?). She was gone again before I thought to ask what it was. After I came round from the anaesthetic I was pretty groggy and did a lot of sleeping. I was woken in the evening and had another round of pills (this time pain medication, antibiotic, plus stilboestrol). I was also given something to eat and drink. Several nurses came to see me and to have a look at my dressing, including nurses I'd met a few months earlier when I was in there recovering from a motorcycle crash. A a couple of them were very pretty and I remembered having flirted with them (as best as you can after an operation). Anyway, as my circumcision was done in the afternoon, they kept me in overnight. I slept fairly well except for being woken by a painful hard-on in the early morning. When a nurse came round with the drugs I told her that I'd guessed that the stilboestrol was to prevent erections. She smiled and said "Yes, it is." So I told her it wasn't working, which made her laugh.

Knowing what I know now about anti-androgens I don't suppose the surgeon expected the stilboestrol to work immediately. They probably intended to get enough of the drug into me to reduce erections for a week or two post-op. If your doctor hasn't spoken to you about this it might be worth asking if they intend to give you something to reduce erections.

[stevesd]

Well I like cut cocks vice uncut, because many uncut guys don't wash themselves clean. I on hte other hand have a loose Circ when my dick is small it looks like I am not circumcised, you have to pull back the skin to see the glands. I had this one bloke from the Royal Marines in Iraq who could not keep his dick clean, Finally on some R&R and we got to take some real showers, I made sure the bloke's cock was clean and we fucked that night in a very careful place. The Brits have not been cutting their boys cocks for years, why us Yanks still do it? Remember the First Time when I was in Boot Camp and I saw a dude with a uncut cock, I said "My God, what is that", being a Farm Boy and most of the dudes I took showers in PE in high school were circumcised.

Marine Sgt.
SF CA//

[Philleep]

I had my circ done around the age of 35. I was not fond of my foreskin throughout my childhood due to schoolboy taunts..."what's wrong with your dick?"..."hey come look at this guy!" It was mortifying at the time. I had a dick that looked like a "pineapple" to me (in my 6 yr old "mind") while everyone else had a nice smooth round "silo" (we lived in farm country!) Mine was all shrivelled up...I didn't get it that I just had to pull back the skin but it never stayed like that anyway. When real sex entered the picture I had real issues with that damn foreskin...and then there is that one word most dreaded in my vocabulary..."SMEGMA!" Gawd awful stuff...stinks like Limburger cheese. It required several washings each day to keep that at bay...but I digress...
I did not get a super tight cut...I did not know that was even an option or I would have gone for it. However, I was ecstatic with the outcome. The hype about all the nerves and sensitivity lost with the foreskin was just a no-show for me...not an issue. Having a smooth hot cock made me much hornier that that old FS ever did!