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Re: Synechotomy (Opinion)

Written by Ralesk at 28 Dec 2003 20:45:31:

As an answer to: Synechotomy (Opinion) written by Charles II at 28 Dec 2003 02:38:00:

> Where I come into disagreement with the treatment is in the very last diagram (#17), where the doctor pulls the retracted foreskin back down again to completely cover the penis head. What reasoning is there for that? After the first 16 diagrams, he was almost to the finish line, then he turned around and went back.

No. Why it could be wrong to pull the skin over right after this in most cases totally unnecessary treatment, is that the foreskin and the glans might fuse together at points where damage was done (skin or mucosal surface broken). We know skin tags and skin bridges on people circumcised as infants, don't we?

Having the glans covered, is otherwise a pretty normal and good idea. The times it should not be so, are the times of sex and masturbation --- and if you want to be really picky, that of hygiene.


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