“Should my son be recircumcized?”
My son is 18 months old, and our doctor recommends having his circumcision redone. His pediatrician says that not enough foreskin was removed the first time around, and that this could cause pain during intercourse when he's older. I don't really think it's necessary, and I never heard of this being done. Should we go through with it, or get a second opinion?
5 Answers
Get a second opinion. Plenty of people in the world are not circumcised and do perfectly fine. It is not unusual to have some excess or tight foreskin at his age, especially if he still carries some of his baby weight. There is no urgency to having the surgery done, unless he is having repeated infections.
Get a good second opinion.
Your son would only need a redo recircumcision if he has secondary phimosis. Secondary phimosis is when there is a tight ring of foreskin trapping head of penis. 90% of boys referred to be for possible redo circumcision do not need second operation to remove more skin. Most boys thought to have too much skin after circumcision have a chubby fat pad in the pubic area which pushes the loosely attached penile skin outwards. Penis almost always normal by time he has undergone puberty. Leaving some excess skin at circumcision is virtually never a problem.
I would suggest that you get a second opinion. It would be a good idea to seal out a urologist to give you his/her thoughts on the need for a revision.
Sandra
Sandra
Usually this is not necessary. Babies at 18 months have a fat pad at the pubis that can make the penis retract and the foreskin go over the glans. Usually around 3 years old, they lose the fat pad and the foreskin is not covering the glans. This is a very painful procedure and I would definitely get a second opinion before doing this.
