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'''Neil Pollock''' is a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised surgeon]] and , certified [[mohel]]and avid promoter of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].<ref name='National Post, The 2001-01-22'>{{REFweb
|quote=Dr. Neil Pollock, a Vancouver-area physician who is also a trained mohel designated to perform ritual Jewish circumcisions...
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/npost.htm
|date=
|accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> from Vancouver, [[Canada]], whose sole livelihood comes from performing non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]] and vasectomy.<ref name="pollock2011">{{REFweb
|quote=Dr. Pollock limits his practice to only two surgical procedures. Non-therapeutic infant circumcision is one of these procedures. (No-Scalpel No-Needle Vasectomy is the other).
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-drpollock.html
}}</ref>
The [http://www.cua.org/en [Canadian Urological Association]] (2018) says "neonatal circumcision cannot be justified based
on the current evidence available."<ref name="cua2018">{{REFjournal
|last=Dave
=== "Virtually bloodless" ===
While his homepage promises a circumcision that is "virtually bloodless",<ref name="30 second"/> the FAQ page admits that "a small amount of [[bleeding ]] is normal,"<ref>{{REFweb |quote=A small amount of [[bleeding ]] is normal. Take some gauze with Vaseline on it and squeeze the [[bleeding ]] area of the penis with your fingers for two minutes.
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-
|title=Frequently Asked Questions
|date=
|accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> The topical anaesthetic only serves to numb the area to lessen the pain of the injection, but studies have shown that a dorsal penile ring block is not always effective in stopping the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Taeusch
|first=H. William
|date=1986-08
|accessdate=2020-08-07
}}</ref> During the [[circumcision]], the child is given sugar pacifiers to "reduce his pain perceptions",<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=During the circumcision, your son will receive sugar pacifiers to suck on which reduce his pain perceptions.
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-before.html
=== "A New Approach" for children, teenagers and adults ===
According to the ''Jewish Independent'', Pollock claims to "have developed a technique to do circumcision in this older age group under local anesthetic without using sutures and using, instead, a cyanocrylate [[skin ]] glue that closes the wound." Pollock claims that this provides for a "simpler, easier, quicker, safer and improved cosmetic outcome for patients.", claims that have not been substantiated.<ref>{{REFnews
|last=Laye
|first=Baysa
=== Haiti ===
In 2014, Pollock claimed he was contacted by Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, professor at [the {{UNI|University of California, Los Angeles] |UCLA}} Medical School, asking to train surgeons in Port-Au-Prince. Pollock started a fundraiser hoping to raise $25,000 to cover a one week trip to Port-Au-Prince, to train two surgeons, who will in turn train more surgeons once he leaves. This with the premise that circumcision can help reduce the risk of males contracting [[HIV]] through heterosexual intercourse, a premise that has been subject to frequent criticism for lack of proven causal link and failure to show the intended results.
The ultimate intention of the training, Pollock said, is “to set up a national program accepted by the population, to introduce infant circumcision safely and effectively, and have it evolve to become a widespread practice throughout the country.” UCLA's Klausner and other researchers at UCLA seem to be very interested in introducing circumcision in the Caribbean and Latin America.
* [[Canada]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Trauma]]
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