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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' are formerly [[intact]] men who, as an adult, voluntarily elected to submit to  [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| adult circumcision]].
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' are formerly [[intact]] men who, as an adolescent or adult, voluntarily elected to submit to  [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| adult circumcision]].


Regret men usually had thoughtful and loving parents who actively protected the 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 reserve the decision regarding [[circumcision]] for the boy to make for himself.
Regret men usually had thoughtful and loving parents who actively protected the 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==
==Reasons for circumcision==
Regret men may have been reared in a society where most men are [[circumcised]] and they chose to follow the perceived norm.  
Most [[intact]] males are very content with their status, however a few are not and choose the [[Adolescent_and_adult_circumcision| circumcision]] option.


Other regret men may have been persuaded by an ignorant and selfish girlfriend or ex-girlfriend to get [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcised]].
1. Regret men may have been reared in a society where most men are [[circumcised]] and they chose to follow the perceived norm.  


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.
2. Other regret men may have been persuaded by an ignorant and selfish girlfriend or ex-girlfriend to get [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcised]].


After their circumcision, regret men commonly complain of the discomfort of an exposed [[glans penis]] and of extreme loss of sexual sensation after the excision of the nerve-laden [[foreskin]], which has been known to be erogenous tissue for decades.<ref name="winklemann1959">{{REFjournal
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
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|init3=RC
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann/
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|title=Penile sensitivity and sexual satisfaction after circumcision: are we informing men correctly?
|journal=Urol Int
|date=2005
|volume=75
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/masood1/
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|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.
 
Watson & Golden (2017) recommend that [[circumcised]] men "embrace the anguish and try to feel it as strongly as they can." They also recommend non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]] "since it empowers the patient."<ref name="watson2017">{{REFjournal
  |last=Watson
|first=Lindsay R.
  |init=LR
  |author-link=Lindsay R. Watson
|last2=Golden
|first2=Tom
|init2=T
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|etal=no
  |title=Male circumcision grief: effective and ineffective therapeutic approaches
  |journal=New Male Studies: An International Journal
|location=
  |date=2017
  |volume=6
  |issue=2
  |pages=109-25
  |url=http://newmalestudies.com/OJS/index.php/nms/article/view/261/317
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}}</ref>  


==Options for treatment of lost foreskin==
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.
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.
==Other classes of regret men==
==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]].
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]].
 
==Video==
===Circumcised at 46===
<youtube>v=pZ3n8CtcmRY</youtube>
===Why I Regret Getting Circumcised At 19===
<youtube>v=7AaUb63NLLw</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Adolescent_and_adult_circumcision]]
* [[Circumcised men who complain]]
* [[Circumcised men who complain]]
* [[Foreskin restoration]]
* [[Issues with American urologists and the practice of male circumcision]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/emotional-weight-of-circumcision/
|title=The Emotional Weight of Circumcision: Beyond the Physical Cut
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-12-22
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CircumcisionRegret/
|title=CircumcisionRegret
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2021-05-17
|accessdate=2025-08-06
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/foreskin_restoration/comments/1ptxzrh/i_regret_getting_an_adult_circumcision/?chainedPosts=t3_1p67xlp
|title=I regret getting an adult circumcision
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=12-12-23
|accessdate=2025-12-29
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivists/comments/1pgj49h/men_tell_me_all_the_time_that_they_secretly/
|title=Men tell me all the time that they secretly regret their circumcision
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2025-12
|accessdate=2026-01-12
}}
{{REF}}
{{REF}}


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