Removes the foreskin to treat a tight or repeatedly infected foreskin, or for religious reasons, usually as a day-care procedure.
Men often wait a long time before bringing this up. The foreskin has become tight and won't pull back, it cracks and bleeds during sex, or it keeps getting red, itchy and sore. In men with diabetes, repeated fungal infections under the foreskin are especially common. Parents come in for different reasons: a boy whose foreskin balloons when he passes urine, or one who keeps getting infections.
Circumcision removes the foreskin, the fold of skin covering the head of the penis (glans). The surgeon cuts it away just behind the head and joins the edges with fine dissolvable stitches. Adults usually have it under a local anaesthetic injection at the base of the penis, while children have a short general anaesthetic. You go home the same day.
The penis is swollen and tender for a week or so, and full healing takes about 3 to 4 weeks. After that, most men find hygiene easier, and the pain or infections that brought them in are gone. A tight foreskin in a young boy, though, is often normal and may just need time or a steroid cream, so not every case needs the operation.
Circumcision is one of the procedures our urology department performs, and the department has dedicated paediatric urology services for boys. Many men find this hard to talk about. Our urologists discuss it in a private, unhurried setting and explain every option, including non-surgical ones, before anything is decided.
Doctors recommend circumcision when the foreskin causes medical problems that simpler treatment hasn't solved. Families also choose it for religious or cultural reasons.
The standard method uses a scalpel or scissors, with electrocautery (a heated instrument that seals small vessels) and dissolvable stitches. It suits almost everyone and gives a neat, controlled result.
Some centres use disposable stapler devices that cut and seal in one step. They're quick, but not everyone suits them, and the results are broadly similar to a well-done conventional operation.
For phimosis, a preputioplasty makes small cuts to widen the tight ring while keeping the foreskin. It suits people who want to keep it, but the tightness can come back, and it isn't suitable for lichen sclerosus.
Adults get a local anaesthetic injection at the base of the penis (a penile block), which numbs it fully within minutes. Children have a short general anaesthetic, often with a numbing block so they wake up comfortable.
The surgeon marks where to cut, so the head ends up uncovered while the shaft skin stays loose enough for erections.
The foreskin is removed along the marked line, and small bleeding vessels are sealed.
The inner and outer skin edges are joined with fine dissolvable stitches, and a light dressing or antibiotic ointment goes on. It takes about 20 to 45 minutes.
The local anaesthetic wears off within a few hours, so take your first painkiller before it does. Rest at home in snug underwear, with the penis pointing up against the belly to reduce swelling.
Swelling peaks and then settles. Shower from day 2 and pat dry gently. Children can be bathed in plain water. Petroleum jelly on the tip stops it sticking to underwear or nappies.
Stitches dissolve and fall away over 2 to 3 weeks. Most men are back at office work within a few days, but should avoid cycling, two-wheeler rides and heavy lifting for about 2 weeks.
The wound is usually fully healed. Wait about 4 to 6 weeks before sex or masturbation, so the scar doesn't split.
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For phimosis in boys, and in some men, a mild steroid cream on the tight ring twice a day for 4 to 8 weeks, with gentle stretching, loosens the foreskin in most cases.
Repeated balanitis often clears with antifungal creams, careful hygiene and better blood sugar control. Circumcision is considered when infections keep returning despite this.
A stuck foreskin can usually be eased back by hand in emergency after numbing and reducing the swelling. If that fails, a small cut (dorsal slit) releases it, and circumcision is planned later.
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Circumcision is led by our Urology team, with other departments stepping in at each stage of your care.
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