Circumcision
7 Articles & Excerpts
On Circumcision
 Totally Private: Answers to the Questions Lovers Long to Ask
by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd
Dear Joan, I'm a forty-two-year-old uncircumcised man and I was wondering whether the fact that I'm not circumcised makes a difference in the way a woman feels while we're making love. No one I've ever been with has ever commented on it, but I notice
How Big Is The Foreskin?
by Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., Frederick M. Hodges
The foreskin is the largest part of the skin system of the penis. It covers and usually extends far beyond the glans before folding under itself to its circumferential point of attachment just behind the corona (the rim of the glans).
Specialized Nerve Receptors in the Foreskin
by Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., Frederick M. Hodges
The innervation of the foreskin is impressive. Genitally intact males know from personal experience that the foreskin is one of the most sensitive parts of the body. Consequently, for over a century, some of the most respected names in medical science
Why Isn't the Foreskin Usually Retractable Until the Teenage Years?
by Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., Frederick M. Hodges
There is no need for the foreskin to be retractable until puberty. Only then are humans biologically programmed to become sexually mature. In babies and young children, the natural attachment of the foreskin to the glans protects the immature glans from
On Circumcision, Part 2
Totally Private: Answers to the Questions Lovers Long to Ask
by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd
Dear Joan, I'm not circumcised and I'm worried. When I get aroused my fore-skin doesn't pull all the way back and sometimes it's a bit uncomfortable. What can I do? Dear Mark, My best advice for you is to see a urologist.
What Is the Foreskin?
by Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., Frederick M. Hodges
The prepuce is a common anatomical structure of the male and female external genitalia of all human and non-human primates; it has been present in primates for at least 65 million years, and is likely to be over 100 million years old
What Does The Ridged Mucosa Do?
by Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., Frederick M. Hodges
Adjacent to the smooth mucosa and just behind the lips of the foreskin is the ridged mucosa. This exquisitely sensitive structure consists of tightly pleated concentric bands, like the elastic bands at the top of a sock.
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