Some teenage boys feel physically and psychologically traumatised having had a circumcision soon after birth - they describe feeling robbed of the choice of having a foreskin. Parents should consider this possibility when deciding whether or not to have their son circumcised. Many believe circumcision to be more hygienic. However it s now known that personal hygiene practices are much more important. Research suggests that urinary tract infections in babies, and penile cancer and HIV infection in men, may be slightly less common in circumcised males but other factors like behavioural practices are also thought to be involved.
Some men believe that being circumcised increases their and their partner s sexual pleasure.
But then others claim its movement of the foreskin up and down that heightens sensation. The push for male circumcision comes from a religious and cultural point of view nowadays, not one that s based on medical or scientific evidence. Parents and men considering circumcision should fully understand the pros and cons so they can make an informed choice. The operation The foreskin is cut away and the remaining skin sewn to the base of the glans of the penis. A circumcised penis looks the same as one where the foreskin has been pulled back.