Dr. X, M.D.

Dr. X, M.D. is an anonymous retired American practitioner of family medicine, and intactivist. He was born in the Midwest region of the United States, where the incidence of non-therapeutic infant circumcision is very high, however he was not circumcised as an infant. He later received a medically-unnecessary, surprise circumcision when nine-years-old, while having another procedure.

Dr. X, M.D. had a surgical reconstruction of his prepuce while in his thirties.

Dr. X, M.D. has written several comments about circumcision.

Publications

• (12 April 2021). My observations of cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias as factors determining a parent's insistence on circumcision of male children., Google Docs. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

• (10 December 2022). Unwarranted presumption, Google Docs. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

NSFW

• Was It Worth All My Extra Effort?. Retrieved 12 December 2022.