Can I smoke after circumcision?

Although circumcision is a relatively minor surgery, it will also cause some trauma to the male penis. Therefore, after circumcision, doctors will remind men to pay attention to their diet and remember not to eat spicy food, otherwise it will cause inflammation of the wound. Many men smoke, and even after circumcision, they cannot control the urge to smoke. So, can you smoke after circumcision?

If you feel a little itchy, it means you are recovering. The gauze is to protect the wound from infection and absorb the body fluids discharged from the wound. The biological line will disappear automatically after being absorbed, so you don't have to suffer the pain of removing the stitches. Just keep the gauze from falling off, and walk around and move around. Smoking does not affect the wound, but it is harmful to the body after all, so it is best to quit. It is better to wait until the incision is healed before going out to play, so as not to accidentally touch the wound and cause pain. You will recover in about a week.

Precautions after circumcision surgery

1. Pay special attention to bleeding on the first day after surgery. Pay attention to the blood soaking of the gauze, and ask a doctor to check if necessary. If the bleeding problem is not solved in time, it will cause adverse consequences such as large hematoma in the penis. Therefore, if postoperative bleeding occurs, the wound should be treated in time that night, and surgical exploration and bleeding should be performed if necessary. It is recommended not to wait until the next day.

2. On the second day after the operation, regardless of whether there are any questions or discomfort, it is recommended to return to the hospital and ask the doctor to check the wound, remove the dirty gauze contaminated by blood, disinfect the wound and replace it with a new dressing.

3. A certain amount of antibiotics must be used in the first three days after surgery to prevent wound infection.

4. After the operation, it is recommended to go to the hospital every 2 days to change the wound dressing, disinfect the wound, and ask the doctor to check whether the wound has secondary infection. If necessary, add antibiotics to facilitate wound healing after the operation. If the gauze is accidentally soaked or dirty by urine, you should go to the hospital to change the dressing at any time to prevent the wound from being soaked and infected.

5. Adult males should take estrogen drugs within the first five days after surgery and avoid external sensory stimulation by diverting attention to prevent problems such as penile erection pain and secondary bleeding. If the doctor does not provide such drugs, you should take the initiative to ask the doctor to provide such drugs. Since it is taken for a short period of time, there is no need to worry about the side effects of estrogen.

6. The wound can usually be sutured on the 7th to 9th day after surgery. You can consult your doctor for the specific time of suture removal. The doctor will extend the suture removal time by 1-2 days if necessary based on the individual wound healing situation. If the surgery uses absorbable sutures or ligature rings, there is no need to remove the sutures. The specific type of sutures should be consulted with the doctor.

7. From the second day after the operation to within half a month, try to use underwear to hold up the penis at any time, so that the penis is upright (urethra opening upward), except when urinating. This has many benefits, and can avoid swelling, infection and secondary bleeding of the foreskin and frenulum.

8. After the stitches are removed, if there is still a small part of the foreskin wound that has not healed or has not healed well, you can buy erythromycin ointment or moist burn ointment at the pharmacy and apply it to the unhealed wound 3-5 times a day. It will heal itself within 3 days.

9. For adults, it is usually necessary to wait 2 weeks after the operation, preferably 3 weeks, before having sex. Having sex too early may cause the wound that has just healed to rupture again, prolonging the recovery time after the operation.