It is the majority opinion that the practice should be discouraged by education. Now researchers are discovering that babies have quite different pain mechanisms to adults. Modern day researchers trace the history of this medical myth and present the current facts. There appears to be no medical reasons for circumcision of an infant. However, according to the EMLA website and the FDA Medwatch site, this cream is NOT recommended for use prior to circumcision of an infant.
Circumcision is no picnic.
NIH report indicates that newborns who experience tissue injury and pain during critical periods of development may undergo a permanent rewiring of their nervous system that increases their sensitivity to pain later in life. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. The content of the Google directory is based on the Open Directory and is enhanced using Google's own technology.