Circumcision - First Week Post Op

[osr_anonymous]

Hello,

Many of us get depressed or get anxiet about our penises just post the surgery. Happened with me too. Some of the key points we get worried about:

- Hyper-Sensitivity of Glans

- Pain when getting Erections

- Swelling / Infections Risks

- Sleeping/Sitting/Walking Discomfort

- No Clothing Is Comfortable

Well, I will answer each point as a first week review of the Post-Op/Post-Surgery.

- Glans are so sensitive for some people that even the slightest touch by cloth, hand, anything gives a sting or electric shock feeling in the entire penis and body as well. That goes off within 7 days around 50-60%, but we need to keep letting the penis touch some cloth in a very slight and comfortable manner to let the wound get used to getting touched.

- This will happen for the first week and just walk around the room for 2 mins holding your penis gently half lifted little in air (that's what worked for me :). Don't drink water after 7 pm or at least 3-4 hrs before you go to sleep. Empty your bladder properly before you go to bed. And don't give the pressure on penis (like we give when we urinate - this makes penis harder). 100% pain goes away after 1st week.

- Swelling will go down 30-40% after the first week (for me, may be different person to person, you may heal even faster). You should not feel any pain or discomfort in peeing from first day of surgery as well, as the surgery did not involve the uretra anywhere i guess. Due to Tip swelling you may face aiming issues, sit down and pee don't be ashamed. You may see some pus type formings on penis glans for first few days (not for all ppl), this is 100% normal just give it time to heal (when you do dressing put light vaseline on that pus type forming so that it doesn't stick to the Gauze pad that you wrap.

- Sleep like no one's watching, yes, Fully Naked (Mayb wear a T). don't sleep on your tummy at all, sleep on your back or side. Best position is on Sides in Fetal Position. Put a roll of towel or a pillow between your knees to give some comfortable space for your balls. Also, it's all in the mind, distract your mind and just wear loose fitting pajamas or Track Pants (I wore a Lungi), when roaming in the house. People say underwear is helpful as it holds penis n shit, I personally didn't prefer it bcoz the penis glans needs to be given right air/ventilation to dry and lessen the hypersensitivity faster.

These are a few points no surgeon or clinic would help with or talk to you about it. I am sharing this so that no one else feels the way I feeled (The feeling of being locked in like this forever and stuff). Penis would look aesthetic after a few weeks.

Just take utmost care with the most positive and optimistic mind, you are going to get the best experience. You can get back to sports and gymming post 4-5 weeks, still totally subjective from person to person.

Let me know in the comments if you have any other doubts to be answered. Remember, I am not a doctor, I got my circumcision done and I just shared my first week's experience.

Best Regards

OSR Anonymous.

[Cameron1799]

Thanks man! Yea i get the whole being worried as I am a little. It’s been 8 days, little redness on the right side along where the stitches are, and a little swelling not bad tho. Not red anywhere else really and I’ve had little to no pain so far. I was going to ask the doctor about the redness but people say that it will probably be there until the stitches come out so there was no point in going to the doctor as I’ve seen that the doctor really doesn’t say or do much. I am going to try putting the penis in some salt water and see if that speeds up the healing! Thanks!

[osr_anonymous in reply to Cameron1799]

I would suggest not to use Salt Water bcoz you are putting a wound in salt, may lead to great itchiness and irritation. And this may lead to furthermore redness of glans. Maybe give it another week (unless it's painless let it heal itself).

[Cameron1799 in reply to osr_anonymous]

I tried it once but I probably won’t again cuz it seems to be healing fine besides a little redness besides the stitches

[S2BC in reply to osr_anonymous]

If you use saline, it contains same amount of sodium that is on your own cells. Around 0.9%.

Homemade saline: Boil 1 litre of tap water and add 1 tea spoon of table salt. Stir. You can bath your penis in a bowl or a tea mug, when the solution is cooled down near the body temperature. 5-10 min, once a day. You can rinse with it too.

[Ryanr in reply to Cameron1799]

Just let it heal naturally there’s no need for any remedies. You are still very early on you should see a difference 6 to 8 weeks post op. Until then leave it alone 😃

[Cameron1799 in reply to Ryanr]

Do you know when you can shower with body wash and stuff after surgery?

[Ryanr in reply to Cameron1799]

I don’t think I used any body wash until 6 weeks after but I would have a quick shower with water only then I would wash my hair with shampoo out of the shower and my armpits with a flannel also out of shower to avoid any products on my penis.

[Cameron1799 in reply to Ryanr]

Yea that’s what I’ve been doing. Thanks!

[Ryanr in reply to Cameron1799]

It’s a struggle but it’s the best way to avoid any issues. No problem feel free to message me if you need any more advice 👍

[drek98]

Hey bro. I got circumcised 5 months ago. Still a bit of swelling. Scar is a bit hard and a bit raised. Color difference between shaft and inner skin there. How much will it take to settle down. and for scar to fade a bit? and for it to look good again since it looks wierd still

[osr_anonymous in reply to drek98]

Hey bro,

Don't worry sometimes the scar takes even 6 months for some people, i'm sure it might be 80% through the way. What i mean is that the scar might be 80% healed than the first week.

[drek98 in reply to osr_anonymous]

how long ago were you circumsiced. Have you seen improvement when you were 5 months into circumsicion to current date? thanks for responding

[osr_anonymous in reply to drek98]

Brother I have been circumcised only for 2 weeks now. That's why I posted just the First week post op update. Soon will be posting Week 3 update as well.

[Bnna777]

Did u feel any hard lumps in the shaft near about 1 cm down to stitch after circumcision?

[osr_anonymous in reply to Bnna777]

I feel like a Hump yes, feels like there's some stone type swelling in there. Doesn't pain but just feels lumpy kinda. But Dr. said not to worry give it a few weeks.

[Bnna777]

Howz the healing going now?