How long does it take to heal after circumcision?

Every man needs to be aware of the serious impact that an excessively long foreskin has on his life, and most men have the problem of an excessively long foreskin to some extent. At this time, it is recommended that male friends undergo circumcision. Circumcision can reduce the risk of male foreskin cancer and glans inflammation, but circumcision is also a minimally invasive surgery. How long does it take to heal after circumcision?

How long does it take to walk normally after circumcision?

Patients often ask, how long will it take to walk normally after circumcision? Andrologists answer that after circumcision surgery, patients can walk normally on the same day. Patients generally need to rest for at least three days, and the longest is one week. The wound will heal in one to ten days.

Patients do not need to stay in bed after surgery. They can walk around properly, but they should be careful. In addition, if the wound is not infected 3-5 days after surgery, there is no need to worry. In terms of diet, spicy food should be avoided, and hygiene should be maintained in daily life.

Why do we need circumcision?

Phimosis itself does not cause serious harm, but it can cause many other symptoms, mainly the following.

1. Foreskin and glans inflammation

The foreskin is too long and not cleaned well. In addition, the foreskin is too long, causing urine to often accumulate in the foreskin sac, irritating the foreskin and glans penis, causing them to produce secretions and epidermis to fall off, forming excessive smegma.

On the one hand, smegma can stimulate local foreskin and mucosa to cause inflammation. On the other hand, the warm and humid environment formed by the desquamated epithelium, glandular secretions and smegma can easily cause inflammation once bacteria enter.

2. Phimosis

If the foreskin is too long and the foreskin opening is narrow, the foreskin will be incarcerated if it is pulled over the glans penis and fails to return to its original position in time.

3. Increased risk of urinary tract infection

Infection at the glans penis can travel up the urinary tract and cause urinary tract infection. Patients with prepuce redundancy are more than 20 times more likely to suffer from urinary tract infection than normal people.

4. Increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases

The folds between the foreskin and the glans penis formed by excessive foreskin provide a good living environment for pathogens. This is a place where all pathogens are easily hidden. The pathogens of sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea can grow under the foreskin and wait for an opportunity to enter the body and cause disease.

5. Induce penile cancer

Repeated inflammatory stimulation can easily lead to canceration of the penile squamous epithelium. According to statistics, more than 90% of penile cancers are caused by foreskin being too long.

6. Impact on sex

Prepuce that is too long will affect the development of the penis during puberty and the quality of sexual intercourse in adulthood. At the same time, repeated inflammation of the foreskin and glans penis can cause pain during sexual intercourse, which in turn affects sexual intercourse.