Botched Sircumcision - Need Advise!

Do it sooner rather than later.
Lots of bacitracin ointment on the spot that they are removing.
My husband and his brother both had to have circumcisions later in life -- They do NOT recommend waiting any longer than necessary to have surgery in that location.
If the original circumcision was botched, you need to seek restitution -- after your son has had the reparation surgery.
Do not freak out in your son's presence. Do not make a big deal out of it. He will read from you. If you act like this is not a huge deal, he will be fine about it. Give tylenol for pain. Keep it clean.
It will heal up very quickly.
LBC

Hi M.,

I am so sorry this happened to your little one!!! Have you talked with a Jewish Rabbi??? Maybe they could take a look and see if its neccessary to correct it or if they can help you. I have heard nothing but good things from Rabbis doing circumcisions. GL

M

No, I would not subject a child to additional surgery to remove more skin. What happens if they remove too much? What then? Having been in a relationship with a man with a 70s "high and tight" circ, there's plenty of things worse than a little extra skin. Let him grow into it and make his own decisions on what he wants it to look like.

I would wonder how much skin they consider too much. My younger son had a lot. I asked his pediatrician and was told not to worry. Most likely he will grow into it and if he doesn't then you can correct it. Like I said a lot, by the time he was 8 he had grown into it.

Here is the thing, when he was a newborn he had a diaper and lacked the ability to dig into it if he was irritated. At one he has the ability to dig into the diaper but lacks the ability to understand why he should not. That is why my pediatrician recommended waiting. At the point where we knew he would need the surgery he would also be old enough to understand what he can or cannot do. So what we gained by waiting was a reduced chance of needing the surgery and an increased chance of the surgery being successful without complications.

I am also getting my sons fixed because he wasnt cut straight and he is always getting irritated there...we are doing his along side his hernia repair. sorry i cant tell you what its like yet, but im sure everything will work out just fine :)

I'm so sorry you and your little one are going through this.
Here's my thought.......since it's an elective surgery I would choose not to go through any more surgeries since he is so small/young.
Could he possibly wait until he's older to do it and have the corrective surgery. I just hate to put a child through undue stress, pain and anesthesia. I am sending you hugs and love!!!!

My nephew had it done as a baby and as a 13 year old. My SIL said that it was small to begin with. Then they went back and took off more. Not that I wanted to hear about it but it. He is doing well and sounds like it worked. Hugs to you and your little one. I have girls so I don't know about it from a mom's point of view.

I want to preface this by saying that we did choose to have my son's circumcision redone when he was just over 2 years old. However, he had a rather large skin bridge that attached to tip of his glans. When speaking to the Urologist he couldn't give me a straight answer as to whether it would cause him pain--some do some don't! I wanted to wait until he was old enough to decide on his own, my husband was not on board with that at all.

I address my concerns with the urologist and he said that he would recommend doing it when they were young, once they hit the 3-5 yrs of age it also then become a psychological issue too!

Having said that, if there is just excess skin and no other physical reasons to have another circumcision I wouldn't go through with another procedure. It's very plausible he will 'grow' into it when he's older and all this worry would amount to nothing.

As a side note, it appears that this is becoming quite common in the Dr's & ob's leaving more skin. I think they are more fearful in removing too much, and are also leaning towards the more liberal side in term of circumcising.

I went around and around with my hubby as whether to even have my 2nd boy circumcised at all. We did, and he too has a lot of extra skin, even had some adherence (but nothing like his brothers) now at 2 yrs he has 'grown' into it, and the adhesions have broke on their own!

If you do decided to go through with it, you'd be SO surprised at how well they bounce back. I was instructed to just keep the antibiotic cream on him, and motrin for the next 3 days. Oh my goodness this kid was up bouncing around the same day--was even trying to ride his spring horse!! All the nurses told me not to restrict his activity they'll stop if it hurts et etc- I chose to stop the behavior I didn't want any ripped stitches.

Only lasting impression of his is that he is still REALLY REALLY fearful of any darker skinned Dr's--He always tells me 'he doesn't want to see the 'brown' Dr. with the blue mask!' His Urologist was from the Middle Eastern decent (sp?)-but this is only because they wouldn't let me go back there with him to put him under. The anesthesiologist swept him away and left--it was the scariest 1/2 hr of my life-I won't lie to you--but afterwards I was very relieved it was done :)

Good Luck on whatever you decided to do!!

If you are that nervous about getting it done, maybe you should get a second opinion from another Dr. Only you know what botched means for his situation and if it is causing him any issues right now or possibly down the line.

I like a few of the other mom's thought I was going to have to get my son's redone as well because it didn't look like they took anything off. His Ped told me he'd grow into it and the urologist was all more than too happy to take him to surgery to remove more at my expense too! So I did some research and found out that this is becoming a common practice and more the norm to leave skin there instead of 'scalping' as it was called. Which is probably what all of us ladies are used to seeing with our husbands-no skin at all. But removing too much skin can be dangerous and painful as boys enter adulthood and have erections. Their skin can pull too tight and become painful for them. But if some of the skin is left, then the skin can stretch to accommodate. Sorry if this is TMI for anyone. My son is 5 now and he still has skin there but we take care of it like an uncircumcised one, pull it back once in a while for cleaning and inspection. He's only had it stick once and he was a baby and it was because I didn't know any better. Since we were military, we've seen our share of different Drs over the years and only one has had a problem with how it 'looked' and that is a civilian Ped here in FL that is older so he is probably more old school than my OB (she was civilian) that did his circumcision back in SC.

Good luck and I'm sure your son will be fine when you have the procedure done, I've always heard younger is better as it aids in a faster recovery time.

S.

I do not know anuthing about hte doctor in question, but I do know that my son's circumcision was done by the pediatrician on call, not the OBGYN. I do not know if OBGYNs are commonly use dfor this procedure as my experience was with a pediatrician, but I would think that a pediatrician, with their training on little ones would be better suited for this surgery than an OGBYN.

Get a second oppinion. But do it soon. We had issues with my son with skin bridging after his circumcision it. I knew there was a problem and they kept telling me to wait. Not sure if it would have been better to wait or worse. My son was 4 and it was so painful. But I can not imagine having it done while he was still diapers, it seems it would have been more painful. But the down side with him being older, he knew what was going on and was traumatic. He is now 12 and fine.

Swelling was really bad, and it took way longer for him to recover than they predicted. Worst time of my life. But it needed to be done, and sometimes you just have to work through it.

Hugs to you.

I'm sorry this is happening to you...

I would contact a lawyer and see if you can recoup any of the money you are out....I do NOT like suing - but there are times when it's necessary..

No, I've not used Tennenbaum...there have been many moms here who have used a Jewish Rabbi - sorry - i'm not Jewish and can't remember the name and stated they had very positive experiences...

I wish you much luck and God speed!

I would agree with getting a second opinion. You may get the same response but at least you may feel more comfortable with the process. My son has some extra skin and had some adhesions. We have had to take him to the urologist twice now and the last time they suggested having him recircumcised. We were able to "break" the adhesion and he has grown into the extra skin some, so for now we are avoiding the recircumcision. Best wishes