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As someone who is circumcised and chose not to circumcise their son, I’m seeing that circumcision has a lot of benefits. My son’s foreskin has always been too tight and won’t still fully retract at 7 years old. We have to put cream on it every night. It needs a lot more thorough washing every day or else it gets discharge all over it. The care and maintenance on an uncircumcised penis is like 1000x that of a circumcised one. I never knew any difference, so I’m not sure what the downsides of having a circumcised one is.

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ziggy@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s not normal. I have never had such problems. No special cleaning and cream needed. No smegma. Just pull it back and wash it like everything else. You should seek a doctor. It sounds like a medically induced circumcision would be a good idea.

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- realitista@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  We see doctors regularly and are trying to manage the problem without circumcision. You may have had problems when you were a kid too and just don’t remember it, it’s fairly common.
  
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morhp@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Why would it need to retract at 7 years old? It really only needs to retract once you start to have sex.

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- realitista@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Pediatricians have timelines for these sort of things. And it can get infected under there.
  
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- KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  cleanliness?
  
  You ever eat the gunk under your fingernails? I’m guessing not.
  
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  - morhp@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m not eating from the tip of my penis.
    
    Phimosis is completely physiological/natural for younger boys and actually helps to protect the head of the penis against infections.
    
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    If it needs washing, you can just spray water from the shower head into the opening.
    
    But it’s also kinda like the vagina for girls. It doesn’t really need washing or special treatment unless it’s infected.
    
    In any case, messing with the penis of your son and making them feel unhygienic or like their foreskin is a problem is likely much more damaging than a little bit of smegma.
    
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    KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    I’m not eating from the tip of my penis.
    
    yes, and you aren’t doing the same from the nail gunk you accumulate i assume? Then we’re on the same page.
    
    Literally just clean it like you do the rest of your body and you have no problems.
    
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