[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Ralesk at 16 Apr 2004 23:11:39: Re: Can I have a partial circ?
As an answer to: Can I have a partial circ? written by Stu at 16 Apr 2004 19:48:31:
>I have a full phimosis caused by & coupled with BXO. It formed fully about 2 years ago, with the foreskin becoming progressively less retractable up to then. After lots of reading of your website, I have over the last 6 months or so seen 2 NHS Urology consultants with the hope of getting a partial circ. Both of them were willing to give me a full circ, which I don't want, but neither would consider a partial. One said I had no option but a full circ, the other said he had never performed a partial, & that i may have more scar tissue on the inside of the foreskin which could cause a paraphimosis (a weak argument I thought, as I clearly have no tight skin anywhere other than the phimotic ring), and that he would only give me a full circ. I gathered from info here that I could ask for a partial (or whatever type I wanted?), but it seems that at least these 2 consultants weren't willing (or able?) to give me anything other than a full circ. Am I mistaken in thinking that a partial is feasible in my case?
I’m not sure if their definition of partial circumcision is the same as yours. Were they aware you were asking for a circumcision that only takes away the ridged band (which is, as a matter of simple linguistics, a full circumcision, just particularly loose), or did they think you were only wanting to remove part of the ridged band (which is — or should be called — partial).
I’m fairly sure there exist people in the UK who will do that for you — AJ had something like that done two or so years ago, afterall.
There is an interesting writing on http://www.livejournal.com/users/kinnik/503.html you might want to read. And, also knowing the queue length, you might be wanting to give it a try, who knows?
Best of luck, anyway!