F.A.Q.
General Questions
Most parents tend to arrange a circumcision for their child when they are still a baby and many prefer as a newborn. This makes easier for parents to manage and causes least amount of pain or discomfort, and they are unlikely to remember the procedure ever took place.
It is crucial that baby is healthy and well before any circumcision procedure is undertaken. This will help to reduce any risks. It is generally regarded that the earlier circumcision is done the better, provided no major illness such as severe jaundice or other diseases requiring hospital admission and constant care.
No, you can do before or after. However, it is better to give couple of days’ space between two events where possible, especially if they develop temperature after the vaccinations.
Home circumcision is not recommended as per regulatory bodies’ guidance and is not always safe for babies either. Many nonmedical persons may offer to do at home and they are often not registered with GMC and probably not doctors.
This varies, but usually takes 3 to 7 days for ring to fall off depending on the skin texture, age and aftercare. For newborn, ring may fall off as early as 3 days. After ring falls off, it may take another 5 to 7 days to heal completely and we advise you to apply Vaseline on the wound to facilitate the healing.
Simple answer is No. However, NHS may offer free circumcision if someone has medical indications to do so. This would require your GP referral to the hospital.
During consultation and examination, doctor will notify you if this is the case. This is not an abnormality and no need to panic and this will have no bearing on his future wellbeing. However, you may have to perform pushing back exercise, one week after the ring falls off. Cosmetic look may not be good and penis may not come out unless you push it out. This usually gets better as the baby grows out, loses weight and pubic fat etc.
90% of babies are not irritable or in pain after the procedure. However, we provide the aftercare, medicines and other advices for those who remain unsettled.
Prematurity is usually not a reason to delay the procedure; however, please discuss with the doctor for body weight and other issues he may have. We reduce the dose of local anaesthetic accordingly.
Very minimal; pain is only for 10 seconds from the local anaesthetic injection to make the area numb. We infiltrate local anaesthetic (combination of short acting lignocaine and long acting bupivacaine) injection using a tiny needle around the area before the procedure to ensure that baby is pain free. This works with immediate effect.
We do not use Emla cream routinely as pain is from fluid inflation of the tissue plane and topical agent does not work. However, if you wish to use Emla cream, please let us know in advance and you would need to apply it at least an hour before the procedure.
It depends on the age and associated medical conditions. This usually starts from £140 including consultation, medicines, 24/7 aftercare and unlimited follow ups as needed.
People do circumcision mainly for 4 different reasons: religious, cultural, hygienic and medical.
Boys who have been circumcised benefit from fewer infections and are at reduced risk for:
- Foreskin infections
- Urinary tract infections
- Penile cancer
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Phimosis (a condition sometimes observed in uncircumcised males which makes full and free retraction of foreskin impossible)
Complications are uncommon. However, bleeding, infection, stuck ring, swelling, redness and cosmetic deformity etc can happen and we deal with it if it happens.
Once you book, you will be texted the details of instruction 3 days before the procedure for you to prepare. Once you arrive, you will have thorough consultation, and we will explain the procedure and take consent. Then we prepare the parents with emotional support as needed and the baby for the procedure. After the procedure, you are transferred to a recovery room for aftercare package and medications and discharged when parents are happy and baby remains well.
Please call us to discuss.
