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It actually is medically necessary if the foreskin is too tight (phimosis). I had it done on the doctor’s recommendation and my sex life life greatly improved. But this was as an adult, so not really the same thing.

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Azrael@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah, but that’ super rare. Only around 0.6% of boys experience it before they’re 15. Even if you’re born with true pathological phimosis, circumcision is usually a last resort because topical steroids are safer and have a pretty high success rate.

“The incidence of pathological phimosis is 0.4 per 1000 boys per year or 0.6% of boys are affected by their 15th birthday.”

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3329654/

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- thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  penis != boy
  
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  - lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    If we were talking about adults yeah, but the study is mentioning 14 year old boys…
    
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    thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    In this context age is not relevant as I am using the “synonym of man” definition of “boy”
    
    I am talking about the fact that there are non-boys with penises (Such as myself, I am AMAB agender) and boys without penises.
    
    There are better terms that could be used here. In this particular case, for example:
    
    “The incidence of pathological phimosis is 0.4 per 1000 boys per year or 0.6% of boys are affected by their 15th birthday.”
    
    “The incidence of pathological phimosis is, counting only people who have penises, 0.4 per 1000 people per year; 0.6% are affected by their 15th birthday.”
    
    Less concise but accuracy>conciseness in this context
    
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  - Azrael@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You’re right. My bad
    
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