Circumcisions for adults

Request an Appointment. Refer a Patient. Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes the skin that covers the tip of the penis — the foreskin. This means some men may choose to get circumcised in adulthood or never at all.

Snip snip. Photo by Phalinn Ooi. Thanks to my hippie parents, I was never circumcised , even though I grew up in the Midwest, where circumcision is the de facto norm. Because it was slightly unusual where I lived, my sexual partners often asked me what it was like to be uncut. The answer, of course, is that I've never known it any other way.

JOHN R. Adult circumcision can be performed under local or regional anesthesia. Medical indications for this procedure include phimosis, paraphimosis, recurrent balanitis and posthitis inflammation of the prepuce.

Most circumcised men have no recollection of the procedure that claimed their foreskins. A human brain retains little, if any, of what its owner experiences during infancy, when the vast majority of circumcisions occur. But there are some men who not only remember their circumcisions, they booked the appointments themselves.