At what age can you have circumcision surgery?

Common diseases of prepuce are long foreskin and prepuce is too long. Long foreskin means that the foreskin is too long to cover the glans penis. The foreskin can be turned up to show the glans penis in detail. Prepuce is too long means that the foreskin is too long to cover the glans penis. The foreskin cannot be turned up to show the glans penis in detail. Patients with prepuce are recommended to undergo surgery as soon as possible, whether they are adults or children. Because of the long-term prepuce, urine scale in the prepuce, long-term irritation can easily cause balanitis and even penile cancer. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with prepuce be treated as soon as possible. In other words, if the diagnosis is prepuce is too long, go to the hospital for circumcision surgery as soon as possible. It is best to be around 10 years old.

It is best to choose to do circumcision surgery when the child is 8-9 years old. At this time, the child can communicate with the doctor without hindrance. In addition, the child is before puberty, and the erection after the operation is not easy to be too obvious. It is better to do the surgery at this stage. Prepuce is too long means that the foreskin is too long and cannot be turned up to expose the entire glans penis. It cannot be turned down with the help of the hand, and the glans penis cannot be exposed. If the foreskin is too long and there is too much secretion inside, long-term concealment will cause the patient to have abnormal urination, balanitis, etc.

Therefore, before surgical treatment, the foreskin should pay attention to daily hygiene and prevent infection. When the child is 8-9 years old, surgical treatment should be chosen immediately. Long-term foreskin can cause recurrent balanoposthitis, and will continue to affect the normal growth and development of the male genitals, and even have a great impact on the patient's psychological state. Circumcision surgery is a very simple and complete surgical treatment. It can be performed in the outpatient clinic of a general urology hospital and does not require hospitalization.

Most people ask at what age they can have a circumcision surgery, but in fact there is no age limit. Prepuce is too long and can be treated from newborns to elderly people in their 80s. Circumcision surgery is treated according to whether there is a scope for surgical treatment. Generally, surgery is recommended for cases of prepuce being too long, but if there is no disease or symptoms, observation is required first, especially for newborns, 99% of them have prepuce being too long. If a child is not born with prepuce being too long, it is generally hypospadias, so don't worry when you find prepuce being too long. For children around 6 years old, more than 80% of prepuce being too long means the glans penis is exposed, and surgery is not required in this case.