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My adult circumcision experience

My adult circumcision experience

I didn't get circumcised at birth since it isn't routinely done in my country, and my parents hadn't specifically asked for it. During my childhood, I had a few uncomfortable and embarrassing experiences with my foreskin. I always envied my circumcised friends who seemed to have a much easier time.

From puberty on, maybe even earlier, I knew that I'd prefer to be circumcised. My foreskin worked fine, but I didn't like it. Also, my penis head underneath was oversensitive, which caused premature ejaculation. That wasn't fun.

Even though I knew I'd want to be circumcised, I never had the guts to actually follow through with it. I read a lot about it, watched videos, and discussed it online (mainly on here). In my thirties, I had a few bigger surgeries that went fine, and that taught me how to deal with recovery, stitches, wounds, etc. That made me a bit more comfortable. After all, circumcision is "just" a very superficial cut, and nothing in comparison to other surgeries.

At age 42, 9 months ago, I finally got circumcised. The procedure was much less painful and less complicated than I had imagined. The healing takes some time, and it is about 6 weeks until you're finally ready to explore sexuality again.

Masturbation and sexual activites feel quite a bit different now. I also use a different technique for masturbation now. It's interesting to explore what differences there are after the circumcision. I am very happy the way everything is now, and I think it makes really a significant difference. I'm also a bit proud that I finally managed to get it done.

My experience shows that it is well possible to get circumcised as an adult. I totally recommend doing it if you want to. (The only thing I regret is that I didn't manage to get it done earlier.)

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  • Glad to hear your response. This subject has been done over and over and many people who know absolutely noting about it and what the procedure involves always tune in with some kind of 'genitile mutilation' comments or 'loss of sexual function/feeling etc etc... so glad to hear an 'informed' comment from an adult.

    That said, my bro and I were both circumcised at birth with no regrets whatsoever. I STILL have more foreskin than I like, and it is not something and would prefer to have the penis head completely exposed. You for one, have had the experience of being uncut, and cut as an adult and really know and understand the difference.


    Thanks for you input... but not sure if that really puts the question to bed, with those that have no real understanding of the procedure and the positive result.

    • Thank you so much. I just felt like sharing my own personal experience. It's good to hear that you have no regrets whatsoever.

    • God no, I would HATE not being circumcised!

    • to bri, "no regrets" i guess you are not curious what you lost. women who "tasted" intimacy [i dont mean oral] with both types told me that experiences with whole were better than with cut. obviously too late for you but think about other infants.

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  • Thanks for telling. It is better to circumcise an adult, rather than a sentient innocent helpless baby. I haven’t been circumcised, but thinking of doing it, as I’m a Muslim. Abraham did it as an old man. I just wonder how painful it is. Are there any numbing drugs that can be used? Why takes it six weeks?

    • I had it done with a local anaesthesia. They inject the anaesthetic around the base of your penis, and that makes it numb. You don't feel any pain, except when they cut the frenulum, which has a separate nerve. They needed to inject some more anaesthetic right there. But with these, it wasn't painful, a bit like at the dentist. After these drugs wore off, there was a slight soreness, also comparable to after the dentist, but not painful. During the following days, I had absolutely no pain at all, which was really great. During the nights, I would get random erections, which were really painfull because of the stretching of the skin. I had taken painkillers for the night, but the pain was still significant. Overall, it was much less painful than I had imagined. It really is a minor thing, and pain is not an issue if managed correctly. It takes six weeks to properly heal. You shouldn't pull or tug on the new scar during the first six weeks, otherwise it doesn't heal nicely, or could even reopen.

    • Thanks again. I got several injections with the dentist for filling, so I could tell it is OK, but many have an annoying habit of masturbation. When the thing gets erected, that really scares me on how painful it must be! Maybe I should get it circumcised whilst it’s erected, or not a good idea?

    • It is ok. Don't worry about it, it really is minor. You can't get circumcised while it is erect. Circumcision is only done on the flaccid penis.

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  • It's best you got it done as a adult and we're able to have that choice. Most men that are circumcised are not so lucky and had it done as babies before they could consent and end up with trauma from the lack of pain relief.

    • I have no trauma from my circumcision lol. And I'm glad I got it as a baby so I didn't have to waste my time and money doing it as an adult. This is a perfect example of creating problems that don't exist

    • @WanderingLoveWizard the trauma can only be seen through brain scans. Circumcision rewires a babies brains and makes them have issues trusting women and also have a lack of empathy for others later on in life. Things you might not view as trauma but obviously are trauma responses. This happens from the baby not having their mother protect them from danger at their most vulnerable time in their lives.

    • to ap, content scans" well presented the harm is measurable same as temperature even if the adult forgot.

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  • Honestly I don't see the point. It's the most sensitive area on a man's penis and if that were me I wouldn't remove it hell no. But I'm a woman what the hell do I know lol

    • Thanks for having shared your thoughts! :-) In my case, the foreskin wasn't very sensitive. My sensitive bit is the head. But yes, I guess it's might be different for different people. It's good to have a choice. Both is perfectly possible.

    • Yup. Honestly I think it's cute when you about to sleep with a guy your into and they look at you and say um I'm not circumcised is that goin to be a problem. Um hell no it's not a problem

    • Awww, I think that's very sweet and special to think of it like this. Of course it's not a problem if you like it that way and if he does too.

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  • I was circumcised as an infant.

    I've been pissed about it ever since I knew what it meant. I've gotten over it, but still, non-consensual mutilation is brutal.

    You had the opportunity to make that choice for yourself.

    Good for you.

    I didn't have a choice and wish I had my complete foreskin.

    • I’m sorry to hear that. Have you talked to your parents about your circumcision?

    • No. Dad passed away in 1970 when I was 11 years old. Mom passed a few months ago at a very old age. The custom of circumcision is firmly ingrained in my culture, and it is not a topic of discussion with a parent. Not my mother, anyway. My case, like millions of others, is the way it is; nothing can change it. There are techniques and devices that can be used to stretch a foreskin back into place. I have my doubts as to their true efficacy. I feel that infant circumcision is wrong, to be resorted to only in cases where it is medically necessary. That being said, when my son was born, I said that there would be no circumcision performed on him. My wife said otherwise. The doctors only needed one signature for the procedure to be performed. My son is circumcised. He shouldn't be. As I said in my first post, good for you with your satisfaction in now being circumcised. I can't see how it could benefit your life other than just being something different than you're used to, but I'm not you. Thanks for your post. It offered an opportunity for discussion.

  • so you started with "the grass is greener". however in a country where "not routine done" that indicates not medical need nor urgency nor even "doctors recommend this toothbrush". the phrase easier time... for what as a child? seems like the circumcised kids embarrassed you?

    by the time i read premature ejaculated like you thought cut dont have that problem? and sensitivity is good to feel and enjoy. i could not continue sonce you gave for your adult cut every reason not to cut?

    • oh and the picture... very misleading. skin in general is not a peal like "we can peal our fingers" and the cut is THROUGH sliding on the clamp. not like the peal picture hollow cone but with the thickness as i witnessed. an accurate diagram before|===- after|=- cutting across the clamp.

  • My father had it done when he was 50. I saw the incision and it looked like it was done on a blind stitch machine. He said it was painful. I am glad you had a better outcome.

    • I'm sorry to hear that it was painful for him. Yeah, I'm happy with the outcome. It was not at all a bad experience, and I think it looks much better than before, even though there is of course a scar.

  • Not sure what to say. Enjoy your new penis I guess?

    • Thank you!

    • You’re welcome!

  • At least you know what it’s like from both sides and know what is better to have and not. At least I had it done at birth and don’t remember that and have no visible scars from it. I know in China they wait until the boy is 5 years old to do it so I guess with over 2 billion people they must know it’s better that way then to leave it

    • Awesome to hear that you have no visible scar and that it looks good!

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