PROS n CONS

[munchie]

What are the Pros & Cons of Circumcision?

Or why do people get it done? Whats the deal if you don't get it done?



Just curious:detective:

[Milliner]

Have a search on old threads I really don't have the time at the moment to list the LONG list of con's. And, there is no PRO to RIC.

[SPC]

"A recent commentary in Pediatrics reviewed the documented medical benefits of newborn male circumcision, including protection against balanoposthitis, phimosis, infections of the urinary tract in male infants, and protection against human papillomavirus–associated genital cancers and HIV and Chlamydia infection in adolescents and adults.1 Low rates of minor surgical complications (0.2%–0.6%) and safety and efficacy of local anesthesia were noted. The ability of newborn circumcision to protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) was also shown in a recently published cohort study from New Zealand.2 Recent large randomized clinical trials in South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda demonstrated reduction of HIV-acquisition risk by male circumcision performed outside the newborn period, showing the role of adult male circumcision in prevention of STDs in adolescents and adults."

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/119/4/821

[misskittyfantastico]

In Milliners defence (not that I think she needs defending:D) To circ or not to circ is a topic that has been done to death on this forum. Honestly, it died, then it came back to life, then we killed it again, then we buried it, then we dug it up etc, etc.

There is a HEAP of info in this section and the specific PRO and ANTI sections:goodvibes::goodvibes: