How long does it take to recover from circumcision?

If a man's foreskin is long, it will breed bacteria and affect the health of the reproductive organs. Therefore, you must pay attention to it from an early age. There are many things to pay attention to when circumcising. Whether before or after the operation, you must be extra cautious so that you can recover quickly after the operation. When a child is found to have a long foreskin, treatment can only be carried out after the age of 10. Because it will also affect the child's development before the age of 10, parents must pay attention.

How long does it take for circumcision to return to normal?

Generally speaking, after a man has undergone circumcision, the stitches can be removed within seven to ten days under normal circumstances, and full recovery will take about twenty days. Those who want to have a circumcision should be aware that adult men can only have sex after one month.

This time is only under normal circumstances. Because everyone's situation is different, the recovery time is also different. It is possible that if you have a little inflammation, it will take a longer time to recover. It also depends on your own care. People who take good care of themselves will definitely recover faster.

Wound care after circumcision surgery:

1. It is better to rest in bed within one week after circumcision surgery, and avoid standing or sitting for a long time. Some young people are embarrassed to take leave after surgery and still insist on working. Due to the poor local blood circulation, the affected area will directly swell, affecting the healing of the wound.

2. After circumcision surgery, it is better to wear looser clothes. Generally, after the operation, the doctor will put a gauze curtain on the perineum after dressing the wound, in order to reduce the friction of the wound.

3. It is normal for the wound to have mild edema within 3 to 4 days after circumcision surgery. This is a body reaction caused by drugs and surgery. Note that the swelling is pink at this time.

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

5. Take sedatives such as diazepam 2.5 mg before going to bed within 3 to 4 days after the operation to prevent physiological reactions from tearing the wound, causing pain or bleeding. If the wound becomes inflamed and infected and cannot heal for a long time, wet compresses can be applied with a wound-closing prescription, and some anti-inflammatory and swelling drugs can be taken orally at the same time.

Preparation before surgery:

1. Please clean your genitals before surgery and wear loose clothes to the hospital. If you want to receive general anesthesia, please ask the doctor in advance what you need to pay attention to.

2. Communicate with the doctor. There are many surgical methods, mainly to remove the excess foreskin on the glans penis, and then suture it to expose the glans penis and the coronal sulcus. If too much foreskin is retained, adhesions between the foreskin and the coronal sulcus may form in the future, forming smegma. If too much foreskin is removed, it may cause pain during erection in the future, so you should communicate with the hospital in advance.

3. This type of surgery needs to be performed in a regular hospital by an experienced doctor. After the surgery, if the baby is stable, he or she can go home for care without hospitalization.

Postoperative care precautions:

1. Wipe with a clean towel instead of bathing, and do not let the wound touch water within 5 to 7 days. Babies wearing diapers will inevitably get stained with urine, which requires parents to change diapers for babies frequently.

2. You can take a bath or shower one week after the operation to accelerate the shedding of the scab on the glans. It will generally heal in 2-4 weeks.

3. Do not clean the scab by yourself, because part of the baby's foreskin is stuck to the glans epidermis, and these two parts will be peeled off during the operation. A yellow scab will form on the glans epidermis 1-2 days after the operation, just like an abrasion on the epidermis, which looks like inflammation.

Parents don’t need to worry at this time, as this is a normal phenomenon after surgery. Do not clean these scabs by yourself, otherwise it will cause bleeding.

4. Generally speaking, the foreskin wound will heal in about 2 weeks. After the operation, parents should not let the baby wear tight or non-breathable clothes to avoid friction or inflammation of the glans.

When is circumcision necessary?

1. There is a circle of tight foreskin near the foreskin opening. This kind of foreskin cannot be turned back even when it grows to adolescence, which not only affects the development of the penis, but also easily leads to more serious foreskin problems.

If the foreskin is forcibly turned back, it will get stuck, causing venous reflux obstruction, and serious consequences such as foreskin swelling, blackening of the glans, and even necrosis. In this case, emergency surgical treatment is required to restore the foreskin. This situation may also be caused by a careless doctor who fails to turn back the foreskin after catheterizing the patient.

2. Phimosis is accompanied by recurrent foreskin inflammation. This is because the narrow opening cannot be cleaned.

3. Severe phimosis can cause the foreskin opening to be blocked, causing it to swell like a balloon during urination. In severe cases, it can even cause urine reflux, further damaging the kidneys.

4. If there is melanin deposition or sclerosis of the foreskin, circumcision is necessary.

5. After puberty, if the foreskin fails to develop to a normal state, it can also be manually removed. However, this will cause local discomfort due to heat and humidity, and may also cause odor or inflammation if not cleaned frequently.

There have been cases where the foreskin was washed 7 times a day and still had an odor, and the problem was not solved until the foreskin was circumcised. For personal hygiene and future life considerations, this situation can be treated with circumcision under local anesthesia.

Best age for circumcision:

Many male friends have the phenomenon of foreskin being too long. Foreskin sometimes plays a protective role, but sometimes it has the opposite effect. Foreskin being too long is a counterproductive phenomenon, so circumcision is necessary. The best age for circumcision is 10-16 years old before puberty.

Experts point out that male foreskin is a common symptom among men. Surveys show that among adult men in my country, 29% have foreskin that is too long. Whether circumcision is necessary depends on whether phimosis occurs or the foreskin is too tight after erection, making it difficult to expose the glans penis.

If circumcision is necessary, the best time to do it is before puberty, between the ages of 10 and 16, to avoid restricting penis development.

It is generally not recommended to perform circumcision on children before the age of 10 if their foreskin is too long. This is because the child has not yet developed normally and the foreskin is likely to retract on its own. If the foreskin is still too long or phimosis occurs after puberty, surgical treatment is required.

It is best for children to have circumcision between the ages of 10 and 16, which is also the time when they grow up. The recovery after circumcision is fast. If the treatment during adolescence is missed, it is also recommended that men have circumcision before marriage. This is because the smegma formed by excessive foreskin is easy to breed bacteria, and various pathogens can be directly transmitted to women through sexual intercourse.

Many people think that circumcision in winter is better than in summer, because it is too hot in summer and the sweat glands are more likely to sweat, which makes it easy to get infected. In fact, this is a misunderstanding.

On the contrary, in summer, because the sebaceous glands of the foreskin secrete vigorously, it is more likely to induce foreskin inflammation, so it is recommended to do circumcision in the summer. This is also because the metabolism of human cell tissues accelerates in summer, the cycle is shortened, and the body's repair after trauma or surgery is accelerated.