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There are four painful steps in every infant circumcision:


1. Before circumcision surgery can commence, the surgeon must first forcibly separate these two highly innervated body parts in an exquisitely painful procedure by the passage of a blunt probe between the two parts to rip and tear the [[synechia]] apart.<ref>{{REFjournal
1. Before circumcision surgery can commence, the surgeon must first forcibly separate these two highly innervated body parts in an exquisitely painful procedure by the passage of a blunt probe between the two parts to rip and tear the [[synechia]] apart.<ref>{{REFjournal
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2. Next, in another painful procedure, a [[dorsal slit]] must be cut in the foreskin, so that a special clamp can be installed.
2. Next, in another painful step, a [[dorsal slit]] must be cut in the foreskin, so that a special clamp can be installed.


3. The foreskin is erogenous tissue,<ref>{{REFjournal
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4. Finally, in another, painful procedure, the foreskin must be cut away.
4. Finally, in another, painful step, the foreskin must be cut away.


Circumcision is an invasive cutting operation. Like other invasive operations, post-surgical pain persists after the surgery for days or weeks. Infant boys will not receive effective analgesia because of their young makes such drugs dangerous.
Circumcision is an invasive cutting operation. Like other invasive operations, post-surgical pain persists after the surgery for days or weeks. Infant boys will not receive effective analgesia because of their young makes such drugs dangerous.