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[[Posthectomy]] is the proper medical term of [[excision]] and [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]], but is seldom used. Males who are considering adult circumcision should be aware that irreversible [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] is disabling in many ways.<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal
|last=Andersen-Giberson
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|author-link=Dale Andersen
|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses
|date=2025-12
|volume=10
|issue=2
|pages=1-37
|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786
|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.
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<big><b>Circumcision is an [[amputation]] that cannot be reversed or undone. Circumcision is forever.</b></big>
<big><b>Circumcision is an [[amputation]] that cannot be reversed or undone. Circumcision is forever.</b></big>
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==Consent==
==Consent==


Male [[circumcision]] is an ''elective'', irreversible, surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed. A surrogate's powers are limited to granting consent for medically-indicated and necessary diagnosis and treatment of existing disease.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
Male [[circumcision]] is <i>not</i> mandatory. It is an ''elective'', irreversible, surgical [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] part of the [[penis]]. Legally, the patient or his surrogate must grant [[Informed consent| ''informed'' consent]] before the surgery can be performed. A surrogate's powers are limited to granting consent for medically-indicated and necessary diagnosis and treatment of existing disease.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
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All circumcisions are injurious because they amputate a [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ multi-functional body part], but in rare cases the benefit obtained by removing a deformed, diseased, or damaged foreskin may be of more value than the amputated [[foreskin]].
All circumcisions are injurious because they amputate a [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ multi-functional body part], but in rare cases the benefit obtained by removing a deformed, diseased, or damaged foreskin may be of more value than the amputated [[foreskin]].


* Deformed foreskins — The common type of deformed foreskin is the narrow non-retractable foreskin of [[phimosis]]. Circumcision was the traditional treatment for phimosis, however circumcision is less performed today because newer conservative treatments are now available that preserve the [[foreskin]] and its many useful functions. There is a wide range of normal in foreskin length. Longer foreskins are not deformed, so do ''not'' justify circumcision.
* Deformed foreskins — The common type of deformed foreskin is the narrow non-retractable foreskin of [[phimosis]]. Circumcision was the traditional treatment for phimosis, however circumcision is less performed today because newer conservative treatments are now available that preserve the [[foreskin]] and its many useful functions. There is a wide range of normal in foreskin length. [[Long foreskin| Longer foreskins]] are not deformed, so do ''not'' justify circumcision.


* Diseased foreskins — Diseases for which circumcision may be indicated include [[Penile cancer|malignant tumor]],[[Balanitis xerotica obliterans| lichen sclerosis]], recurrent yeast infection in diabetic males (after conservative treatment fails),<ref name="verma2011">{{REFjournal
* Diseased foreskins — Diseases for which circumcision may be indicated include [[Penile cancer|malignant tumor]],[[Balanitis xerotica obliterans| lichen sclerosis]], recurrent [[balanoposthitis]], [[gangrene]], and recurrent yeast infection in diabetic males (after conservative treatment fails),<ref name="verma2011">{{REFjournal
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* Damaged foreskins — This includes any type of physical [[trauma]] and injury that is beyond surgical repair. Zipper injury does not require circumcision.<ref name="flowerdew1977">{{REFjournal
* Damaged foreskins — This includes any type of physical [[trauma]] and injury that is beyond surgical repair. Zipper injury does not require circumcision.<ref name="flowerdew1977">{{REFjournal
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Many men who elect an irreversible non-therapeutic circumcision later express regret.


===A word to intact teens===
===A word to intact teens===
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Autocircumcision]]
* [[Circumcision: Effect upon erectile function]]
* [[Circumcision: Effect upon erectile function]]
* [[Circumcision methods]]
* [[Circumcision methods]]
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* [[Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision]]
* [[Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision]]
* [[Foreskin]]
* [[Foreskin]]
* [[Foreskin comment]]
* [[Foreskin sensitivity]]
* [[Foreskin sensitivity]]
* [[Frenectomy]]
* [[Frenectomy]]
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* [[Phimosis]]
* [[Phimosis]]
* [[Phimosis#Preputioplasty| Preputioplasty]]
* [[Phimosis#Preputioplasty| Preputioplasty]]
* [[Posthectomy]]
* [[The recovery after an adult circumcision]]
* [[The recovery after an adult circumcision]]
* [[Regret men]]
* [[Regret men]]
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CircumcisionGrief/comments/wemjzy/got_circumcised_4_months_ago/
|title=Got circumcised 4 months ago
|last=Anonymous
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|author-link=
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2022
|accessdate=2025-12-26
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/FriendsOfTheFrenulum/comments/128dvgq/for_adults_contemplating_circumcision_what/
|title=For adults contemplating circumcision, what essential questions should they ponder to guarantee their decision is genuinely rooted in an informed choice — made autonomously and for their own well-being?
|last=Anonymous
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|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2022
|accessdate=2025-12-26
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* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
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* {{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/intactinfo/comments/1qe1kkl/the_neurological_cost_of_circumcision_a_breakdown/
|title=The Neurological Cost of Circumcision, A Breakdown of What's Removed
|last=Anonymous
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|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2026-01-15
|accessdate=2026-01-16
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1qgb86l/uncircumcised_easier_to_climax/
|title=Uncircumcised = easier to climax?
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2026-01-18
|accessdate=2026-01-31
}}
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