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{{Construction Site}}'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' are formerly [[intact]] men who, as an adolescent or adult, voluntarily elected to submit to [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| adult circumcision]].
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Regret men usually had thoughtful and loving parents who actively protected the and legal and [[human rights]] of their son to [[physical integrity]] and the enjoyment of a whole and complete [[intact]] [[penis]] with a functional [[foreskin]]. Such parents properly reserve the decision regarding [[circumcision]] for the boy to make for himself.==Reasons for circumcision==Most [[intact]] males are very content with their status, however a few are not and choose the [[Adolescent_and_adult_circumcision| circumcision]] option.
1. Regret men may have been reared in a society where most men are [[circumcised]] and they chose to follow the perceived norm.
2. Other regret men may have been persuaded by an ignorant and selfish girl friend girlfriend or ex-girlfriend to get [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcised]].
3. Others may have consulted a rapacious urologist for a minor medical condition who recommended the most expensive procedure ([[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]]), instead of conservative [[foreskin]]-conserving treatment.<ref name="masood2005">{{REFjournal |last=Masood |init=S |etal=yes |title=Penile sensitivity and sexual satisfaction after circumcision: are we informing men correctly? |journal=Urol Int |date=2005 |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=62-6 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/masood1/ |pubmedID=16037710 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1159/000085930 |accessdate=2022-11-08}}</ref>== Reasons for regret ==After their [[adult circumcision]], regret men commonly complain of the discomfort of an exposed [[glans penis]], dryness, and of extreme loss of [[Foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensation]] after the excision of the nerve-laden, protective [[foreskin]], which has been known to be erogenous tissue for decades,<ref name="winklemann1959">{{WinkelmannRK 1959}}</ref> and come to regret their decision to be [[circumcised]].
==Options for treatment of lost foreskin==
The options for treatment are few. [[Surgical foreskin restoration]] has been tried but is no longer recommended. Men, seeking to undo the unfortunate results of their circumcision, may opt for non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]], which uses [[tissue expansion]] to elongate the residual shaft skin to form a new foreskin. It is claimed that it restores about 80 percent of the lost sensation.
Other regret men are awaiting the hoped for success of [[Foregen]] to regenerate a missing [[foreskin]] as a salamander regenerates its lost tail, however this is not yet a proven procedure.
==Other classes of regret men==
Other classes of regret men include the [[regret dad]], the male [[regret doctor]] who regrets the circumcisions he formerly performed, and [[cut (circumcised) dads with intact sons]].
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Adolescent_and_adult_circumcision]]
* [[Circumcised men who complain]]
* [[Foreskin restoration]]
* [[Issues with American urologists and the practice of male circumcision]]
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* {{REFweb
|url=http://www.intactaus.org/men-circumcised-as-adults/
|title=Men Circumcised As Adults
|last=Anonymous
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|publisher=Intact Australia
|date=2017-03-01
|accessdate=2023-12-12
}}
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