Where can I get my 1 month and 3 day old baby circumcised at?
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I have a 1 month and 3 day year old baby and I want to get him circumcised as soon as possible where can I get him circumcised? I live in Hercules but the locations can be in Pinole, Oakland, Berkeley, Albany, Hercules. Please if you have an answer please respond thanks.
Answer
Please, don't.
There is no medical reason to justify routine infant circumcision. When you compare the risks versus the supposed benefits, the results are staggeringly in favour of leaving them well alone. These are some of the complications: http://www.circumstitions.com/Complic.html
If he decides on circumcision when he's older, he's:
-Not at risk of fatal haemorrhage
-Not at risk of fatal infection
-Not at risk of glans amputation, degloving or adhesions and skin bridges.
Any surgery is easier on an adult and has fewer complications, and the complications are less serious. The reality is though - in a non-circumcising country, which the USA is fast becoming with a neonatal circumcision rate of 33% (and falling) in 2009, it is incredibly rare for an intact man to want to be without his foreskin.
The reasons circumcision still continues in the USA and not in Europe or Australasia are religion and money. Doctors peer-reviewing studies in the USA have an overwhelming cultural or religious bias. These studies are laughed at, refuted and rejected internationally. The lack of a public health system encourages the practice of unnecessary but lucrative surgery - but increasingly, medical insurance companies are refusing to cover circumcision as not only is it deemed a cosmetic procedure, but they're also paying for the fix-ups - around 9% of circumcised boys have meatal stenosis, a narrowing of the urethral opening requiring surgery, virtually unheard of in intact boys.
Some common myths:
- It's easier to keep clean.
It's NOT. An intact penis should only ever be wiped gently like a finger - http://www.fathermag.com/health/boy-care/boy-care.shtml A circumcised newborn's penis is an open wound sitting in excrement. Often, the glans (which is raw where the adhered foreskin has been torn away) begins to heal onto the skin of the penile shaft, resulting in skin bridges: http://www.noharmm.org/IDcirc.htm This is a comparison between cut and intact newborn boys: http://www.drmomma.org/2010/01/cut-vs-intact-outcome-statistics.html
I'll add to that to say that it's also NOT cleaner in adulthood. Around half my partners have been intact and half circumcised. I've never had a smelly intact partner (except a smoker, who smelled like smoke) but I have had smelly circumcised partners. In intact men, the skin hangs freely over the glans. In circumcised men, it bunches behind the coronal ridge, making sweaty folds. I had a partner who found it very hard to stop these folds from stinking of sweat. Cleaning under the foreskin takes the adult man less time than it does for a woman to keep her vulva clean.
-It reduces his risk of HIV
Highly questionable. The studies in Africa were very poorly conducted and controlled for, only showed any benefit for female-male transmission (most sexual transmission in the USA is homosexual) and one study was abandoned when a similar INCREASE in transmission to women was shown. In any case, 60% was the supposed reduction, when the risk can be virtually eliminated with condom use. Any vaccine trial showing a reduction of 60% would be abandoned. More here: http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/17469600.2.3.193
-It reduces his risk of UTIs
False. Circumcision commonly causes meatal stenosis in boys, or narrowing of the urinary tract. It is virtually unheard of in intact boys. For this reason, and because the foreskin is no longer protecting the glans and urethra, it may increase his risk of urinary tract infections. In any case, UTIs are rare in boys - even more so after the first 12 months - and can be treated with antibiotics. More on UTIs: http://www.circumstitions.com/Utis.html
- It reduces his risk of STDs
Highly questionable. Other studies have shown no difference or an increase in STD transmission among circumcised men - who may be less likely to use condoms as they already have reduced sensation. In any case - newborns aren't sexually active! This is one he can decide when he's older. http://www.circumstitions.com/STDs.html
- Most men are circumcised
False. Around 80% of the world is intact: http://www.circumstitions.com/Maps.html
- It's just a snip!
False. In adult males, the foreskin has separated from the glans. In infants, it must be torn away from the glans first - yes, even with the Plastibell procedure, which DOES involve cutting. Circumstraints are bolted to a bench and the infant is firmly strapped in place. You don't have to do this for a heel prick. Videos made by and for medical professionals: Gomco - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXVFFI76ff0&has_verified=1 & Plastibell - http://www.drmomma.org/2009/08/plastibell-infant-circumcision.html
Please, don't.
There is no medical reason to justify routine infant circumcision. When you compare the risks versus the supposed benefits, the results are staggeringly in favour of leaving them well alone. These are some of the complications: http://www.circumstitions.com/Complic.html
If he decides on circumcision when he's older, he's:
-Not at risk of fatal haemorrhage
-Not at risk of fatal infection
-Not at risk of glans amputation, degloving or adhesions and skin bridges.
Any surgery is easier on an adult and has fewer complications, and the complications are less serious. The reality is though - in a non-circumcising country, which the USA is fast becoming with a neonatal circumcision rate of 33% (and falling) in 2009, it is incredibly rare for an intact man to want to be without his foreskin.
The reasons circumcision still continues in the USA and not in Europe or Australasia are religion and money. Doctors peer-reviewing studies in the USA have an overwhelming cultural or religious bias. These studies are laughed at, refuted and rejected internationally. The lack of a public health system encourages the practice of unnecessary but lucrative surgery - but increasingly, medical insurance companies are refusing to cover circumcision as not only is it deemed a cosmetic procedure, but they're also paying for the fix-ups - around 9% of circumcised boys have meatal stenosis, a narrowing of the urethral opening requiring surgery, virtually unheard of in intact boys.
Some common myths:
- It's easier to keep clean.
It's NOT. An intact penis should only ever be wiped gently like a finger - http://www.fathermag.com/health/boy-care/boy-care.shtml A circumcised newborn's penis is an open wound sitting in excrement. Often, the glans (which is raw where the adhered foreskin has been torn away) begins to heal onto the skin of the penile shaft, resulting in skin bridges: http://www.noharmm.org/IDcirc.htm This is a comparison between cut and intact newborn boys: http://www.drmomma.org/2010/01/cut-vs-intact-outcome-statistics.html
I'll add to that to say that it's also NOT cleaner in adulthood. Around half my partners have been intact and half circumcised. I've never had a smelly intact partner (except a smoker, who smelled like smoke) but I have had smelly circumcised partners. In intact men, the skin hangs freely over the glans. In circumcised men, it bunches behind the coronal ridge, making sweaty folds. I had a partner who found it very hard to stop these folds from stinking of sweat. Cleaning under the foreskin takes the adult man less time than it does for a woman to keep her vulva clean.
-It reduces his risk of HIV
Highly questionable. The studies in Africa were very poorly conducted and controlled for, only showed any benefit for female-male transmission (most sexual transmission in the USA is homosexual) and one study was abandoned when a similar INCREASE in transmission to women was shown. In any case, 60% was the supposed reduction, when the risk can be virtually eliminated with condom use. Any vaccine trial showing a reduction of 60% would be abandoned. More here: http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/17469600.2.3.193
-It reduces his risk of UTIs
False. Circumcision commonly causes meatal stenosis in boys, or narrowing of the urinary tract. It is virtually unheard of in intact boys. For this reason, and because the foreskin is no longer protecting the glans and urethra, it may increase his risk of urinary tract infections. In any case, UTIs are rare in boys - even more so after the first 12 months - and can be treated with antibiotics. More on UTIs: http://www.circumstitions.com/Utis.html
- It reduces his risk of STDs
Highly questionable. Other studies have shown no difference or an increase in STD transmission among circumcised men - who may be less likely to use condoms as they already have reduced sensation. In any case - newborns aren't sexually active! This is one he can decide when he's older. http://www.circumstitions.com/STDs.html
- Most men are circumcised
False. Around 80% of the world is intact: http://www.circumstitions.com/Maps.html
- It's just a snip!
False. In adult males, the foreskin has separated from the glans. In infants, it must be torn away from the glans first - yes, even with the Plastibell procedure, which DOES involve cutting. Circumstraints are bolted to a bench and the infant is firmly strapped in place. You don't have to do this for a heel prick. Videos made by and for medical professionals: Gomco - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXVFFI76ff0&has_verified=1 & Plastibell - http://www.drmomma.org/2009/08/plastibell-infant-circumcision.html
How can a teenage girl look pretty?
Jessica Ro
I'm 13 years old and i was wondering if any of you have any tips for me on how to be pretty. I can't wear make up though. Lip gloss is fine. Like for example what kind of clothes to wear, how i could wear my hair, how to get perfect skin, and things like that. I'm already skinny.
Also I'm not trying to impress guys. Surprisingly i don't even have any crushes on them like some girls do.
Answer
Wear jeans that kit kinda snug around the thigh, but flare out a little (boot cut). Wear fun earrings like these:
http://www.claires.com/store/goods/Tweens/cat310271/Drops/p54856/Ready-to-Roll-Dice-Earrings/
Identify the colors that look best on you. For tan to dark skinned people, navy/midnight blue looks AMAZING! For paler people, jewel tones like emerald and ruby look good.
Wear a messy bun:
1. Tie hair into ponytail, leaving a strand of hair out (about an inch thick)
2. Twist ponytail until it curls in on itself, then wrap the rest of your hair around the base of the ponytail, using bobby pins to keep it in place.
3. Curl the strand of hair.
For clear skin:
I know this will sound weird, but use Burt's Bee's Mens Body Soap on your face. It has oils in it that will kill acne-causing bacteria, and the lathering agents in the soap will dry out your face just enough that the pimples will go away, but your skin won't be dry. After the soap, use honey! Yup, that stuff is anti microbial, anti bacterial, and has anti-oxidants. Rub onto face, let sit for 5-8 minutes, then rinse THOROUGHLY. I do that and my skin is clearing up pretty well.
General Tips:
1. Don't try to be trendy. It's a deathtrap.
2. Drink water to keep pimples away.
3. Don't wear a ton of lip gloss. Shiny lips look weird.
4. Curl your eyelashes (but no mascara) to accentuate eyes.
5. To get rid of dark circles, freeze some spoons for a few hours, then put the indented side on your eyes for 5 minutes. This works GREAT!
6. If you have short nails, don't wear nail polish. It looks awful.
7. Whatever you do, DON'T CHANGE YOUR LOOKS FOR FRIENDS OR ANYONE ELSE!!!
8. Buy a Japanese toothbrush that works on solar power and you don't need toothpaste. It's $60 and it actually whitens teeth a little bit (not super white, but pretty white).
9. Instead of lip gloss, use lip balm (not Chapstick). ALBA is a good brand since it hydrates lips while keeping moisture in.
10. Don't care about what other people think. If you have a pimple and people laugh, just say "that is so pathetic" and whatever they say next, don't listen.
Good Luck!
Wear jeans that kit kinda snug around the thigh, but flare out a little (boot cut). Wear fun earrings like these:
http://www.claires.com/store/goods/Tweens/cat310271/Drops/p54856/Ready-to-Roll-Dice-Earrings/
Identify the colors that look best on you. For tan to dark skinned people, navy/midnight blue looks AMAZING! For paler people, jewel tones like emerald and ruby look good.
Wear a messy bun:
1. Tie hair into ponytail, leaving a strand of hair out (about an inch thick)
2. Twist ponytail until it curls in on itself, then wrap the rest of your hair around the base of the ponytail, using bobby pins to keep it in place.
3. Curl the strand of hair.
For clear skin:
I know this will sound weird, but use Burt's Bee's Mens Body Soap on your face. It has oils in it that will kill acne-causing bacteria, and the lathering agents in the soap will dry out your face just enough that the pimples will go away, but your skin won't be dry. After the soap, use honey! Yup, that stuff is anti microbial, anti bacterial, and has anti-oxidants. Rub onto face, let sit for 5-8 minutes, then rinse THOROUGHLY. I do that and my skin is clearing up pretty well.
General Tips:
1. Don't try to be trendy. It's a deathtrap.
2. Drink water to keep pimples away.
3. Don't wear a ton of lip gloss. Shiny lips look weird.
4. Curl your eyelashes (but no mascara) to accentuate eyes.
5. To get rid of dark circles, freeze some spoons for a few hours, then put the indented side on your eyes for 5 minutes. This works GREAT!
6. If you have short nails, don't wear nail polish. It looks awful.
7. Whatever you do, DON'T CHANGE YOUR LOOKS FOR FRIENDS OR ANYONE ELSE!!!
8. Buy a Japanese toothbrush that works on solar power and you don't need toothpaste. It's $60 and it actually whitens teeth a little bit (not super white, but pretty white).
9. Instead of lip gloss, use lip balm (not Chapstick). ALBA is a good brand since it hydrates lips while keeping moisture in.
10. Don't care about what other people think. If you have a pimple and people laugh, just say "that is so pathetic" and whatever they say next, don't listen.
Good Luck!
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