Emiphakathini yasendulo, ukukhishwa kwepipi lomuntu kwesinye isikhathi kwakusetshenziselwa ukukhombisa ukuphakama noma ukubusa phezu kwesitha.Amasosha kwesinye isikhathi ayaziwa ukuthi ahlukanise imithambo yezitha zawo ukubala abafileyo, kanye nezindebe.Umkhuba wokuthena (ukususwa kwamasende) kwesinye isikhathi wahilela ukususwa kwawo wonke noma ingxenye yelungu lobudoda, imvamisa kufakwa ithubhu eligcina umchamo uvulelekile ukuze uchame.Ukusakaza kusetshenziselwe ukwakha isigaba sezinceku noma izigqila ezibizwa ngokuthi abathenwa ezindaweni eziningi nasezinkathini ezahlukene. ERussia, amadoda eqembu elizinikele lamaKrestu Akamoya aziwa ngeSkoptsy athenwa, kungenzeka ukuthi babedlula "ukuthenwa okukhulu", okubandakanya ukususwa kwenduku, noma "ukuthenwa okuncane", lapho ipipi lahlala khona, ngenkathi abesifazane baseSkoptsy bethola i-mastectomy.Lezi zinqubo zenziwa ngomzamo wokuqeda inkanuko nokubuyisela umKrestu esimweni esihle esasikhona ngaphambi kwesono sokuqala . Esikhathini samanje, ukususa ipipi lomuntu kunoma imuphi umsebenzi onjalo akuvamile (ngaphandle kokunye okubalwe ngezansi), nezethenjwa zokususwa kwepipi cishe zihlala zifanekisela.Ukuthena akuvamile, futhi kwenziwa njengesixazululo sokugcina ekwelashweni komdlavuza we-prostate ozwela i- androgen .   Abanye abantu penile amputations, eyaziwa ngokuthi penectomies, ngezizathu zezokwelapha.Umdlavuza, ngokwesibonelo, kwesinye isikhathi kudinga ukuthi kukhishwe wonke noma ingxenye yendoda.Kwezinye izimo, ukusokwa kwezingane okushintshiwe nakho kuholele ekupheleleni okuphelele noma okuyingxenye.