Often they defecate, urinate, and pass out from the pain. There has been at least one documented case of a baby's stomach rupturing after crying so much. Before You Decide Pain of circumcision and pain control Circumcision study halted due to trauma Infant Responses During and Following Circumcision Circumcision pain isn't forgotten. This shows that the pain of circumcision isn't forgotten like once believed. In Boys Circumcision scars and desensitizes.
Circumcision creates a scar and causes the penis to become desensitized.
Sometimes, as the foreskin is forced from the glans during a circumcision it tears off part of the glans and leaves holes. Because the glans is exposed it toughens instead of staying soft and moist, and this causes loss of sensation. Circumcision, like any other surgery, carries risks, including death. 1 in 500 circumcisions results in a serious complication such as hemorrhage or death. About 4 out of 100 are either considered unsatisfactory or result in some sort of complication.