What does circumcision surgery mean?

Circumcision is to remove the excessive foreskin, that is, to make a straight cut on the back of the male genitals, and then cut a circle of unnecessary foreskin horizontally. Long foreskin can cause premature ejaculation. If the foreskin is not treated in time, it will often affect the happiness of the couple's sexual life, because the excessive foreskin will encapsulate the glans penis.

Definition of circumcision

Foreskin length simulation diagram

Long foreskin refers to the situation that when the male genitals are relaxed, the foreskin is too long to cover the entire glans penis. If the foreskin is not only too long to cover the entire glans penis, but also the foreskin opening is too narrow and cannot be extended externally, this situation is medically called foreskin too long.

The foreskin is too long and covers the urethral opening, but it can be turned up to expose the urethral opening and the glans penis. Generally, after the age of 3, the slight adhesion between the glans penis and the foreskin of boys will disappear on their own, and the foreskin can be turned up. However, the foreskin that is turned up in childhood often covers the urethral opening, and the glans penis is slowly exposed during puberty. When the male genitals of adults are soft, the foreskin is too long and does not cover the urethral opening. The foreskin can be turned up to expose the coronal sulcus, which is the normal length of foreskin. Long foreskin can cause urine scale to accumulate in the foreskin, causing balanitis. Recurrent inflammation can reduce the size of the foreskin opening and adhere to the glans penis, resulting in foreskin. Penile cancer may be related to long-term irritation from urine scale.

The foreskin opening is narrow or the foreskin is too long and adheres to the glans penis, so that the foreskin covering the male genitals is too long to be turned out to expose the urethral opening and glans penis. When the foreskin is too long, the foreskin opening may be very narrow, and sometimes it is accompanied by a narrow urethral opening, affecting urination.

Therefore, for those with prepuce that is too long or too thin, surgery should be performed as soon as possible. It is worth mentioning that although prepuce that is too long does not have a big impact on health, sometimes it may cause foreskin incarceration due to the narrow opening of the prepuce, that is, the foreskin is tightly tied outside the coronal sulcus of the penis and cannot be pushed down. At this time, it should be technically restored as soon as possible. If the technical restoration is not possible, the doctor should be asked to cut open the tight foreskin opening and continue the circumcision.

Circumcision surgery

1. How do you know if your foreskin is long?

Foreskin

The symptom is that the foreskin is too long and covers the urethra, but can be turned over to expose the urethra and glans penis. Children with long foreskin should pay attention to maintaining daily cleanliness of the part, and clean the scale of the foreskin frequently or every day to avoid inflammation of the glans penis.

If the glans penis is often irritated by inflammation, the prepuce may become smaller and adhere to the glans penis, resulting in acquired prepuce. Long prepuce generally does not require surgical treatment. Surgery is only required when the prepuce is long and combined with prepuce.

2. How to know if the foreskin is too long

The symptom of phimosis is that the foreskin of the male genitals is too long and narrow, so that the foreskin cannot be rotated to show the glans penis. There are two types: congenital and acquired. Congenital phimosis refers to the fact that the foreskin is too long and adheres to the middle of the glans penis when the baby is born. After a few months, the adhesion gradually disappears and the foreskin is separated from the glans penis.

For most boys, the foreskin is too long and separated from the glans penis, which can last until puberty. As the male genitals grow and develop and become erect, the foreskin may automatically move upward and outward to reveal the glans penis.

3. The difference between prepuce being too long and prepuce being too long

To distinguish whether a child has a long foreskin or an excessive foreskin, parents just need to turn over the child's foreskin. If it can be opened to expose the urethra and glans penis, it is a long foreskin. If the foreskin is too long and cannot be opened to reveal the glans penis, it is an excessive foreskin.