Anesthesia before circumcision

I'm going to see a urologist shortly to discuss having a circumcision performed. From what I've read, the week afterwards can be rather painful but what I'm more concerned about is the anesthesia beforehand. From what I understand, most circumcisions are done in the office under local anesthesia. How painful is it getting an injection into your penis? I've also heard that you feel a burning sensation for about a minute after the lidocaine is injected.

[6big]

Had mine done 12mths ago under local felt 2 small pricks of the needle then nothing at all for about 3hrs

[Cipher]

The injection itself is pretty ok, slight pinch and nothing really to worry about. The worst part for me in local anaesthesia was being aware of what was going on down there as in I knew what they were doing, not that I felt pain at all. I was stressed out a bit and the first sight of my penis after the circumcision made me a little uneasy so that was the worst part of that for me, which by itself means the anaesthesia isn't bad at all.

As for the burning sensation, I did not feel any. Only at the end but that was due to the alcohol disinfectant that they smeared on me post op to clean off.

[Daz81]

I had the choice of spinal or general anaesthetic. I chose general so was asleep throughout. Went down for anaesthetic and op at 09.15 and went home at 15.00.

[jimfromcalif]

Why do you want to have a circumcision?

[Hidden in reply to jimfromcalif]

even though I wash everyday, i've had balanitis 3 times and when I get an erection, my foreskin never stays retracted. Balanitis and an uncircumcised penis leads to a greater chance of penile cancer later in life. Plus...it's my personal decision.

[Carry123 in reply to jimfromcalif]

@ jimfromcalif

Are you interested in getting one? If so, you should have your own reasons.

[Ryanr]

I got was circumcised under general anaesthetic and the the surgeon put a local in whilst I was under I wasn’t given the option to be circumcised under local anaesthetic but being on general was fine by me

[Carry123 in reply to Ryanr]

I wanted to do local because of the risks involved with general, but I wasn’t given the option. I went to sleep and woke up 2 ounces lighter. I was definitely a little scared the days leading up to it, to the point where I even increased my life insurance. Talk to your doctor about the options and discuss LMA versus intubation.

[Ryanr in reply to Carry123]

The risks are 1 in a million. There are risks involved with everything you do.

[Carry123 in reply to Ryanr]

The actual statistic is 1 out of every 100,000 people may die from general anesthesia. While it’s not a High rate, it’s still an important consideration when choosing to do an unnecessary elective surgery. My wife is in medicine and sees a lot of complications in the operating room which made her nervous for me. That being said, I still felt it was worth the risk. I could have also been hit by a bus on my way to the hospital, so you cant always live life fearing risks, but you should be aware of them.

[Ryanr in reply to Carry123]

Well me and you are both still here after general anaesthetic 😂

[Carry123 in reply to Ryanr]

Exactly. That shouldn’t be the only reason to not have it done. But it is a very permanent procedure. And it’s good to consider every possible factor before going forward, so you feel prepared, informed and less likely to have any regrets.

[Ryanr in reply to Carry123]

I didn’t have a choice it was either get it done or have tight foreskin for the rest of my life there wasn’t another solution.

[seanupp]

I'm guessing your pro skin Bucky ?