7. Excessive Skin Removed
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| The scrotal skin is drawn half way up the shaft, while the glans is tilted downward. | ![]() |
This man's frenulum has been ablated and a further (yellowish) slice made down the centre.
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| (Click on the thumbnails for greatly enlarged images) | |
![]() In circumcising this man (unnecessarily) at 17 for phimosis, the doctor has not only removed all the frenulum, but cut into the urethra, creating a iatrogenic hypospadias and dividing the glans in two. |
Plastic bell Horrors
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The plastic bell is often described as a "non-cutting" (and therefore painless) method of circumcision. | |||
![]() [tradename] ring which has migrated proximally onto [down] the penile shaft 8 days after circumcision. |
![]() Extensive skin loss over penile shaft. Same patient as 1 [He wasn't a "patient" until after he was circumcised.] |
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![]() Same as 1 and 2 | |||
![]() Urethrocutaneous fistula on the corona [hole between the urine-tube and the skin at the flange of the head] at age of 2 years. Fistula had been present since neonatal period. [The hole is actually well below the corona, |
![]() Partial necrosis [death] of glans penis seen on 13th day post-circumcision. | ||
| Skin-bridges | Skin-tags |
| Scarring | Unevenness |
| Galloping Gangrene | Excessive skin removed |
| Varicose Veins | Malapposition |
| For further complications see the list of Reasons Not To Circumcise and the Complications page which includes death. | |
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