What is Circumcision

Circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. The frenulum may also be removed at the same time, in a procedure called frenectomy. The word "...

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This is a great forum for men and women to discuss male circumcision issues.

I would be interested to hear comments, testimonials or stories from men and women on the subject. I have always been interested in hearing women’s views and their experiences with cut versus uncut partners and if they have a preference for one style over another.

Although I was born in an era when about 90% of boys were circumcised at birth, my doctor didn’t believe in the practice and convinced my parents to leave me intact. My interest in circumcision started at an early age when I realized my penis looked different than most other guys. One of my earliest memories was while playing doctor/nurse with some boys and girls in the neighborhood. We all got together in the basement of someones house and the boys dropped their pants to show the girls their penises. I was shocked to see that all of the boys penises were different than mine. Their bared cock heads looked so neat and tidy, without the wrinkled spout of skin dangling off the tip like mine had. I was curious and fascinated by the difference and felt that theirs looked much better than mine. The asthetic appeal observed at that incident planted the seed that would grow into a stong dislike of my foreskin and intense desire to be circumcised. The next major shock was when I started school and joined the YMCA where I was exposed to the bathroom urinals, gym locker rooms and communal showers. I became abundantly clear that being uncircumcised was definitely in the minority. Being at such an impressionable age it was very embarrassing to be different. Even though I didn’t get teased or anything I always felt that the other guys were looking at me because mine was different. There were lots of times I was the only uncut guy in the locker room and showers. I always felt uncomfortable in those situations and wished I looked the same as everyone else.
By the time I reached puberty and being interested in girls, my anxiety intensified, wondering what girls would think. I did get a few surprised looks from girls when they saw my foreskin, but they never said anything. I was certainly to self-concsious to say anything either, but I always suspected that it was the first one they had ever seen. I never got over my insecurity and self-consciousness and because I disliked my foreskin so much I suspected that everyone else did to. Finally age 24 and recently married, I dicided it was time to do something about it. I would get circumcised so that I wouldn't spend the rest of my life feeling the way I did. I confided to my wife that I had always felt self-conscious and uncomfortable with my penis and resented the fact that I wasn't circumcised like everyone else. I asked what she would think if I had it done as an adult. She was ecstatic and said that circumcised penises looked sexier and were definately more desirable for oral sex. She said it would make her very happy if I had it done and admitted that I was the only guy she had ever seen who wasn't.

Getting it done turned out to be more difficult than I thought and is another story worth telling if anyone is interested.

I'm sure everyone has stories of their own and I would be interested in hearing some of them.
Posted on 08/17/07, 03:08 am
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Reply #1 - 09/27/07  10:11am
" I had women tell me they would not give me oral if I was uncut , which I am, many women do not like the ' natural penis' "
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Reply #2 - 09/27/07  2:02pm
" Response to cowboy357
I didn't have any rejections girls when I was uncut, but not every girl was willing to go down on me. I don't know if it was because I was uncircumcised or if they just didn't do oral and it was never discussed. Remember that I was at a stage of my life where I was young, very selfconcious about having a foreskin and reluctant to talk about the subject with anyone. I have had a lot more sexual experiences with a variety of women since my devorce 20 years ago. I have made it a point to discuss the subject of circumcision with all of them and the concensus has been a strong preference for circumcision. There have been a few I have met on the internet that have asked my status right up front, saying that they only dated circumcised men. There have also been a number of women who have never even seen and uncut cock, but they still had a preference for cut. Their preference was based on what they had heard from their mothers and girlfriends. The ones that had experienced both were unanimous in there preference for a circumcised cock for visual appearance and hygene issues. I can understand where they are coming from because I am a guy who has experience it both ways and I have a strong bias for cut as well and for the same reasons. "
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Reply #3 - 09/27/07  8:44pm
" I have been with alot of women and only 2 out of 40 wouldn't do oral, I have been circumsized since birth "
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Reply #4 - 11/18/07  1:30pm
" I'm afraid that in my experience, sex with a circumcised penis is unpleasant. There is a noticeable lack of sensitivity and the type of movements needed to cause pleasure for the guy are uncomfortable for the girl. "
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Reply #5 - 02/26/08  2:04am
" I am sorry for the late reply as I see that you have posted this back in November. I hope all went well, but I think that you made a huge mistake. I am tired of all the penis propaganda surrounding the circumcision issue. Cleanliness is always on the forefront when reading the "topic dejour". I am tired of this. All of us uncut men out there know that we have to wash our penis' skin and pay close attention to the forehead and make sure that we hold this in high regard. Tell me something I don't know. What I don't hear from the Playboy advisor and all the self-help books out there is what happens to those of us who get cut? How does the penis recuperate? Does it feel ultra-sensitive now that it is exposed to daylight? Do we develop some kind of hardness to the skin to rid us of the ultra-sensitivity we have come to live with? How do we masturbate now without the "water weenie" effect? Those of you out there who think like I do may understand that our regime is different than those whose parents decided to cut their manhood without a simple thought in order to make sure that their sons were just like everyone else. Fuck that I say. Unless it can provide us with a bigger schlong and make us last for days like porn stars, I say that your wife is inexperienced.
I have been with several women who don’t mind and couldn't care less. Most women are dumb enough to not even notice as long as the skin was folded back; they didn't even know until I told them and when I did they didn't care. As far as oral sex, dude; you’re soon to be wife is shallow and pretentious and hasn't been around the block. That may be a good thing, but most women these days have experienced those of us who are proud to be uncut. We choose not to hide in the depths of society, but are rather proud that we are not so different and couldn't care less what people think. So to you I say that I hope you got what you wanted and are just like those who are cut, you are no longer unique. You’re one of them now. "
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Reply #6 - 03/14/08  5:08pm
" hmm. interesting. a bit of resentment in that last post. I'm currently trying to make the decision between cuting or just getting a frenuloplasty, for medical reasons rather than socio-cultural. retactguy, can you share a bit about the difficulty in your process? Having gone through with it would you still recommend it to others? "
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Reply #7 - 05/30/08  4:55pm
" circumcision is totally inadvisable. I can't even believe the idea is brought up. I was cut at birth, and it has been the downfall of my life. It causes death, plain and simple. I can't take you through all that I've learned in this simple message, but suffice it to say that your nervous system is designed to work in a certain way, and with the nerves in the foreskin gone, it creates something like a "short" in your system. "
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Reply #8 - 06/22/08  10:16pm
" Good day Retactguy

You know life is Funny!!! Where you had the problem of being intact I had the problem of being circumsized. In South Africa growing up most guys have intact penisis and yes it normal here. I had to be circum because of a totaly blocked foreskin. May parents never talked to me about it, and puberty yes what a shock never talk until last year, yes proberly my own fault. Recently discovered I han mild hypospodia and can not be corrected.

It seems that we have quite the opposite situation but yes haering from your story I do feel the concept of always being outside!!

You know luckily yes it doesn't matter that much here in SA any more, but I do find it difficult to share especially with girls because here circumsision is not that common.

Yes I had to learn the wrong way before doing it right, because always looking at penisis to find if you are normal and it made me a turn in homosexsiality, or yes more confussion a would say bisexuality.

Now working on a frienship with a girl actually exciting just don't know how to share it.

Would like to stay in contact!

Great day for you "
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Reply #9 - 06/22/08  10:17pm
" Good day Retactguy

You know life is Funny!!! Where you had the problem of being intact I had the problem of being circumsized. In South Africa growing up most guys have intact penisis and yes it normal here. I had to be circum because of a totaly blocked foreskin. May parents never talked to me about it, and puberty yes what a shock never talk until last year, yes proberly my own fault. Recently discovered I han mild hypospodia and can not be corrected.

It seems that we have quite the opposite situation but yes haering from your story I do feel the concept of always being outside!!

You know luckily yes it doesn't matter that much here in SA any more, but I do find it difficult to share especially with girls because here circumsision is not that common.

Yes I had to learn the wrong way before doing it right, because always looking at penisis to find if you are normal and it made me a turn in homosexsiality, or yes more confussion a would say bisexuality.

Now working on a frienship with a girl actually exciting just don't know how to share it.

Would like to stay in contact!

Great day for you "
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Reply #10 - 07/28/08  9:52pm
" Whew, I can't believe I'm writing about this! Circumcision is such a personal subject, and writing about it is admittedly awkward. Nonetheless, I am a staunch advocate of circumcision, and how I became that way is a story worth telling, regardless of personal embarrassment.

Unlike most boys born in the 1950s, my parents chose -- for whatever reason -- not to have me routinely circumcised at birth. It bears note that my foreskin never caused me any physical problems, but it was certainly the source of some very real emotional ones. Being an uncut kid in a circumcised world made me the subject of some very cruel locker room teasing when I entered school. More to the point, I found my foreskin a source of embarrassment once I became sexually active. Most of my partners had never seen an intact penis before, and although they never really commented on it, I know that extra hood of skin made them uneasy.

On more than one occasion I casually inquired about the possibility of having my bothersome foreskin snipped away, but every physician I consulted declined to perform an elective circumcision, declaring the procedure medically unnecessary and, thus, not covered by health insurance. Eventually, I became resigned to the fact that my penis was just physically different, and that's the way it was always going to be.

It wasn't until I was 52 years old that I really made a concerted effort to find a urologist willing to perform an elective circ. My wife and I were going through a rough patch during which she became largely disinterested in sexual intimacy. After some frank discussions, she confided that my uncut state was a part of the problem. Aesthetics aside, she complained that I tended to orgasm too quickly, leaving her sexually frustrated and unfulfilled. She openly wondered -- as did I -- if my being circumcised might result in better "staying power." I read extensively on the subject, and, to my amazement, found that some men circ'ed as adults do, in fact, report significantly improved ejaculatory control.

After a bit of shopping, we found a sympathetic urologist who agreed to perform the surgery, even if it wasn't medically indicated. Now, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't attached to my foreskin, and a bit apprehensive at the prospect of parting with it once and for all. I was very mindful of the fact that circumcision is irreversible, and that sex might not be as pleasurable afterward. My fears were fueled by accounts of men circ'ed in later life who complained bitterly of lost sensitivity and even erectile dysfunction. Nonetheless, I resolved to have the operation in hopes that the benefits would outweigh the risks.

The surgery was done in the doctor's office under a local anaesthetic. Even from the standpoint of a wuss, the procedure was a piece of cake. Aside from the sting of numbing injections around the base of my penis, there was no discomfort to speak of. The doc had me circ'ed sutured and merrily on my way in about an hour and a half. He circ'ed me fairly tight, leaving about an inch of pink mucosal tissue below the head of my penis. I was a bit swollen and bruised for several days, but the doctor assured that the healing process would be quick and that I could expect an aesthetically pleasing outcome.

Indeed, I healed completely in about four weeks, and everything turned out exactly as I'd hoped. Seven months post-op sex is more enjoyable than ever. With no foreskin to get in the way, my glans now experiences friction with the vaginal wall going both directions, both in and out -- something I'd never felt before. More importantly, I have significantly better staying power. Depending on the positions we use and how long it's been since we last had intercourse, I can generally prolong orgasm until I want to orgasm. Similarly, my wife finds my circumcised penis much more aesthetically pleasing, is open to a wider variety of sexual activities, and climaxes more regularly during intercourse.

The downsides? Well, in the process of removing my foreskin, the surgeon truncated my frenulum, the exquisitely sensitive bit of tissue on the underside of my penis. I sometimes lament the diminished sensation it provided, especially during oral sex. Also, because I was circumcised quite tightly, masturbation now requires the use of a lubricant . . but those things represent a small sacrifice for overall gains in appearance and sexual satisfaction.

--Regards
Kiernan B. "
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