u/thr0wawayphi

1. US based here. I asked my urologist, who is a general urologist, how many adult circumcisions he does and he said he does 20-40 a year. Is this a low number or experienced enough.

2. I asked what style he usually does and he says low + loose and said my frenulum looked a bit tight when flaccid, so he’d do a frenuloplasty too.

3. I asked if he does the surgery under local anaesthesia or general, and he said he does it under sedation. I’m afraid of going under sedation since I suspect I might have sleep apnea (unconfirmed since I am not diagnosed). I’m afraid of being asleep during the procedure since I’m concerned about brain damage from lack of oxygen. Can i request to do it under local?

I have medium phimosis and retract flaccid, but not erect. I’m almost 29 and haven’t had sex yet, because I can’t retract while erect so I’m concerned it hurting. I have heard bad stories about how circumcision kills feeling during masturbation and how afterwards it doesn’t feel as good as the gliding motion of the foreskin. Especially I heard that tight cuts require you to masturbate with lube. But loose cuts allow you to masturbate without lube dry, but it still feels worse than with a foreskin. I don’t want to have to use lube to jerk off.

My urologist told me to try steroid creams and stretch for 4 weeks to see if I can retract erect. If not, do a circumcision.

I talked to my urologist about cut styles, and he looked it up and me he usually does a loose and low cut. I want to preserve the ability to masturbate dry after circumcision. I’m concerned that masturbation will feel much worse after. On the other hand, I want my phimosis issue over with as I’m pretty insecure about being a virgin.

To those circumcised, do you miss your foreskin? How is masturbating after? Was the benefit of having better sex worth the decline in masturbation feeling?

Late 20s , USA, male and I have phimosis. I can retract when soft, But when I'm erect, I can only retract a little bit. I can make it 1/4 of the way down the glans and when I try to retract more, I just completely lose my erection. Did anyone else have this issue?

Urologist recommended a circumcision (low loose) but I’m scared of the procedure, recovery, and the risk of having erectile dysfunction afterward.