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Adolescent and adult circumcision are usually carried out under total anesthesia, either by nerve block or by general anesthesia, so the pain of the surgery is not usually a concern. That does not mean that the operation is pain free. It is not.
* There is, of course, post-surgical pain, which may be relieved by a potent oral analgesic. One should have a two-week supply of analgesic medicine. * The recovery period for adolescent and adult circumcision is usually placed at six weeks. During that period of time, many patients experience pain when they they have involuntary nocturnal erections and the erection tightens the residual skin and pulls at the incision and suture.<ref>{{REFjournal
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* That is not the only source of pain. [[Circumcision]] amputates the protective [[foreskin]]. In cases of [[phimosis]], the [[glans penis]] may never have been exposed before, so there frequently is severe pain when the glans penis touches anything. Many men complain that they are unable to wear trousers for an extended period of time. Only time and [[keratinization]] can ease this pain.
* Circumcision is inexact surgery. Surgeons have to guess at how much skin to amputate, so they frequently get it wrong. If sufficient skin is not available to permit penis expansion during times of erection, then taut, painful erections are the result. This complication may be treated by [[tissue expansion]]. * Neuromas may form at the circumcision scar. Cold & Taylor (1999) reported that they are "notorious for generating pain.".<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{REFjournal |last=Cold |first=C.J. |author-link= |last2=Taylor |first2=J.R. |author2-link=John R. Taylor |title=The prepuce |journal=BJU Int |date=1999-01-01 |volume=83 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=34-44 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1034.x |quote= |pubmedID=1034941 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1034.x |accessdate=2020-11-29}}</ref>
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