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Penile adhesions, also called skin bridges, are a common circumcision complication. Photo credit: www.flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n

My genitals hurt.\u00a0My brain hurts.\u00a0My heart hurts.\u00a0For the past few weeks I’ve been researching the nitty gritty infant male circumcision.\u00a0Less than\u00a0two months\u00a0ago, a\u00a022-day-old Ontario infant died from bleeding<\/a>\u00a0due to a circumcision his parents claim they never\u00a0wanted in the first place.<\/p>\n

Then there’s this jury verdict<\/a>:\u00a0over $1.3 million to an Illinois boy whose circumcision<\/a> was so botched that doctors had to surgically reattach his penis.<\/p>\n

And the medical miracle of a successful penis transplant described in this April 2015\u00a0Washington Post article<\/a>: A\u00a0penis from a dead man was successfully attached to a young South African who lost his own penis in a botched circumcision.<\/p>\n

Doctors are celebrating?<\/p>\n

But the part about the young man losing his penis<\/strong> is the part of this story that stays with me.<\/p>\n

We’re told\u00a0that severe complications from circumcision are “rare.”\u00a0Yet\u00a0the reported rates of acute complications from circumcision are 1 in 500<\/a>, which does not seem rare at all.<\/p>\n

Then there are the COMMON complications from infant circumcision that your doctor may not have mentioned.<\/p>\n

Penile adhesions, a common complication from circumcision<\/h3>\n

Penile adhesions<\/strong>\u2014also known as skin bridges<\/a>\u2014are considered a “common complication<\/a>” after\u00a0circumcision.<\/p>\n

The skin left over from the circumcision adheres to the head of the penis, which can cause pain and bleeding when a baby has an erection.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Circwatch.org<\/p><\/div>\n

This common complication\u00a0can create lifelong problems for boys and young men.<\/p>\n

Penile adhesions cause self-esteem issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“I’m an adult male of 25 with a skin adhesion,” writes\u00a0an anonymous reader in a comment on a BabyCenter discussion about what do to about infant penile adhesions.<\/p>\n

I would just like to tell all you parents who are struggling with this to please continue your efforts in correcting it! I can’t even tell you how conflicted I am as an adult with this thing. When I realized as a teenager that my penile adhesion was something unnatural, I was quite embarrassed, and even angry. I had absolutely no one to turn to. I couldn’t confront my parents about it. Too awkward, asking for help to correct an issue with my penis that THEY CAUSED. Fix it before your sons become more cognizant and understand what is happening, please. All that’s left for me now is surgery. Not fun. To be fair, I do have a normal sex life and my adhesion was not bad enough to cause any lasting problems, but it does cause some self-esteem issues, and from what I’ve read, these CAN cause worse problems if the adhesions are bad enough. I will NOT be circumcising any sons I have. Please end the FAD of circumcision. It’s cruel and unnecessary.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That BabyCenter thread<\/a> was started years ago but is still getting comments from parents<\/a> whose baby boys\u00a0are suffering from penile adhesions.<\/p>\n

Harms of circumcision outweigh benefits\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Journalists must remain impartial.\u00a0Journalists do not begin articles by stating that their genitals hurt.<\/p>\n

But I don’t honestly know how anyone can read the current scientific literature on circumcision complications or that young man’s words of anger and regret without wincing.<\/p>\n

The harms of circumcision vastly outweigh the benefits.<\/p>\n

This practice, routinely done to infant boys without their consent, needs to come to an end.<\/p>\n


\nRelated articles:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Circumcision Pros and Cons: One Mom’s Regret<\/a>
\nTo Circumcise or Not to Circumcise?<\/a>
\n12 Reasons the AAP is Right and You Should Circumcise Your Son<\/a><\/p>

Published: December 14, 2015
\nUpdated: January 27, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My genitals hurt.\u00a0My brain hurts.\u00a0My heart hurts.\u00a0For the past few weeks I’ve been researching the nitty gritty infant male circumcision.\u00a0Less than\u00a0two months\u00a0ago, a\u00a022-day-old Ontario infant died from bleeding\u00a0due to a circumcision his parents claim they never\u00a0wanted in the first place. 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