Worse to Circumcise as an Adult?

• Since an infant's foreskin is fused to the glans, it must first be ripped from the glans, then removed. 
• This tearing can further damage this sensitive structure. 
• When an adult is circumcised, the foreskin has already separated from the glans. 
• This difference alone suggests to me that the process would be more painful for the infant. 
• We also know that babies feel pain more intensely than adults. 
• Many infants are circumcised without any anesthetic. 
• Some get a shot of lidocaine. 
• The shot itself can be very painful. 
• Not only that, but it's not always effective and it can cause permanent nerve and vascular damage. 
• The adult male is anesthetized. 
• The method used is probably an epidural or he is put under. 
• Although the healing process may (or may not) take longer for an adult, the chances are extremely slim that he would require a circumcision later in life for any medical reason. 
• "RIC (routine infant circumcision) is performed on a small infant penis, usually with tools that preclude precision. 
• Frequently, it results in excess tissue removal and other complications which are avoidable when adult circumcision is performed. 
• An adult male is prescribed heavy duty pain medication to deal with the pain while infants can't have anything stronger than Tylenol and not all are given anything to help them cope. 
• Most parents report screaming pain responses for weeks, especially at diaper changing time. 
• Adult circumcision is performed on a much larger penis, usually using a scalpel and sutures, permitting the doctor to save more tissue if he so chooses. 
• Some have argued that circumcision is sometimes necessary in old age. 
• If an elderly man will not or cannot go through the simple process of cleaning himself, his care providers have that responsibility. 
• They help him get dressed, they feed him, they brush his teeth, bathe him, help him wipe at the potty, and sometimes change his diaper. 
• This is just one more thing among many they would have to do. 
• Additionally, by middle age, there is a decline in amount of smegma produced and by old age, there is a virtual absence of the substance. 
• Old people suffer from all sorts of aches and pains and many undergo several operations, each one entails a period of recuperation, pain and all. 
• An infant should not be subjected to the pain and a man should not suffer the loss of beneficial foreskin all his life on the slight chance that he'll need circumcision when he's an old man.
• Babies remember pain
  
• Much worse as an Adult