The common surgical procedure that removes the foreskin is known as Circumcision. This is performed to remove the sleeve of skin that usually covers the tip of the penis. In March 2007 until the present day, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS acknowledge that male circumcision plays a positive role as an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention, however they also cautionthat male circumcision still only provides partial protection and therefore should not be used as a replacement to other proven methods that help to prevent the heterosexual transmission of the HIV virus.
WHO estimates that about 30% of men throughout the world have had the circumcision procedure performed. In countries like Australia this is done in circumcision clinics, such as the one run by our circumcision doctors in Melbourne.
Infancy is widely considered to be the ideal time for a circumcision. However many adult men and teenagers also seek circumcision surgery for different medical, sexual, health, religious, cultural, or personal cosmetic reasons. Men do not necessarily require a medical reason before visiting a circumcision doctor. Personal preference is a common trigger along with social reasons which are all perfectly valid. To make an informed decision, we recommend that men must weigh up their own personal reasons, along with the known benefits and risks invovled in circumcision surgery.
Because the foreskin can trap different forms of bacteria and other infectious particles, and can increase the accumulation of malodorous smegma, the removal of it improves overal genital hygiene and can reduce the risk of certain diseases and other complications. To see a diagram about this, please click here. There are a lot of different points that are considered as pros and cons of circumcision.
The procedure is carried out by our highly experienced circumcision doctors for males of all ages. Infants under the age of six months are given local anaesthetic via the application of EMLA cream for an hour by a special technique. The older children might require local/general anaesthesia for us to perform the procedure, which can be carried out in our day surgery.
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