Circumcision, twice failed! Will not heal

[Leeumz]

On June 1st I went in for a circumcision after 12-18 months wait (NHS). The reason for my circumcision was phimosis.

After the first 2-3 weeks I had noticed that only half of the wound had closed up, and I thought I had infection because i had some yellow coloured discharge from the wound, I booked in with my GP who agreed it was infected and then gave me antibiotics; the infection didn’t go away. I then unfortunately got covid, so called for a different antibiotic as this one hadn’t worked, and they gave me a stronger antibiotic, but the “infection” still wouldn’t budge. I emailed my surgeons secretary who called me the very next day and booked me in to see the surgeon a couple of hour later.

i went along to see him (30th June), he told me to stop taking the antibiotics, it was not infected, and that it was the lymph nodes draining…. He told me that I had two options, option 1) leave it a few more weeks and it will close up by itself or 2) he could do stitches there and then.

Option two was my surgeons recommendation and would be the quicker of the two options, so I opted for stitches.

The anaesthetic they had injected into my pubic area hadnt fully kicked in yet, and I could feel the stitches and needles going through me, I was screaming the place down, anyway they injected me a further two times in my shaft to ensure it was fully numb, and stitched me up. I went away traumatised, worst day of my life, but somewhat satisfied that my issue had been resolved… 2 days later it was still the same, the skin is refusing the fuse together as one, and I am left with the gap. I email my surgeons secretary again and he asks to see me, and says that the next step is to have a revision, I agreed, and managed to get booked in for the 10th august, they took some more foreskin, and revised my circumcision, great!

However, 12 days on and it’s healing in the same way, I have a gap where my skin should meet the glands, I have yellow lymph drainage discharge coming out when I pull the skin back or apply pressure.

I am just not sure what to do now, it’s really getting me down, I want to get on with my life, but the last 3 months have just been really challenging.

What do I do?

[drew15401]

You consulted with your GP and urologist, but neither was able to solve the problem. Perhaps you should get checked by a dermatologist (doctor who specializes in care of the skin). After an examination, There might be medications or treatments that a specialist can provide. Nobody on this board is qualified to make a diagnosis.

[jaglad]

Sounds like you have been very unlucky. Was there any indication what could have caused this ?Perhaps a dermatologist like Drew suggests ?

Meanwhile try to keep it bandaged and still !

Good luck

[DudeGuy2]

Have your wounds healed as of now?

what did the doctor do about it?