Can I remove the gauze one week after circumcision?

It is common for men to have an excessively long foreskin. The only treatment for an excessively long foreskin is circumcision. After a circumcision, you should pay attention to some matters. You are prohibited from having sex within one month, you cannot touch water, and you cannot eat spicy food. Some people do not know whether they can remove the gauze one week after circumcision. Can they remove the gauze one week after circumcision? Let's take a look.

1. Can I remove the gauze one week after circumcision?

Under normal circumstances, the oil gauze strips and seams should be sewn together, and there is no need to remove the seams. Your situation is probably caused by unscientific surgical methods. If it is oil gauze, there will be no problem. Now you can use iodine to disinfect it, and then slowly take it off after soaking it.

2. What to do after circumcision

1. You should rest in bed for 3-4 days after the operation and avoid standing or sitting for a long time. Some young people are too embarrassed to ask for leave after the operation and still insist on working. The poor local blood circulation directly causes the penis head to swell and affects the healing of the wound.

2. Wear loose underwear. After the operation, doctors usually put a gauze curtain on the perineum after dressing the wound to reduce the friction of the glans penis.

3. Mild edema of the glans penis within 3 to 4 days after surgery is normal. This is a reaction of the body caused by anesthesia and surgery. Note that the swelling is pink at this time.

4. Do not wet the dressing during urination. If it has been soaked by urine, it should be replaced as soon as possible. You can prepare 75% alcohol or 1:1000 new germination cotton balls or isosmotic saline cotton balls to clean the urethra after urination, keep the wound dressing clean, or soak the head of the penis with 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution in warm water every day.

5. Take sedatives before going to bed within 3-4 days after the operation, such as 2.5 mg of diazepam, to prevent pain or bleeding caused by penile erection. Young people should pay more attention to this because the nerve endings of the penis head, which has been covered for a long time, are very sensitive. Once exposed, it is easy to get an erection, so they should avoid watching pornographic books and TV shows, and lovers should temporarily avoid hugging and kissing to avoid sexual stimulation.

6. Keep a stable mood within one week after the operation. Do not have sex for 40 days and try to avoid erection to prevent the incision from splitting, bleeding and infection. If you have an erection, take a deep breath and come to the hospital for follow-up if necessary.

7. Use antibiotics as directed by the doctor within one week after surgery and change the dressing every other day. If the dressing is wet, go to the hospital immediately or change the dressing at a nearby hospital.

3. Notes

Avoid alcohol, chili peppers and other irritating foods within one week after surgery.