So, I took my son to his 15 month checkup?

Question

At his checkup the doctor said that the foreskin aroudn his penis was reattaching to the head. Right there on the table he had to pull the foreskin off my son's penis. Since I am not extremely educated on the male anatomy, it is somethign I didn't notice so who knows how long it was like that. We are now back to putting vaseline on every diaper change for the next week. What causes this to happen?

Answer 1

ask to have it recut maybe or talk to the babys doctor ask what can be done about it

Answer 2

When was the procedure done is the question, and it probably began to happen as it began to heal. very important to keep clean and apply Vaseline on the area. The skin will try to grow back during the healing process. (it was formed that way) so this is normal. After cleaning area well make sure there is no lint apply Vaseline and gently pull the foreskin back to ensure it is not reattaching. You should be fine in a couple of weeks, if you have doubts contact your physician. I know from the experience of having four son's and one grandson. My eldest son and grandson all experienced this same issue, they are all fine now. Good luck.

Answer 3

I assume your son was not circumcised at birth? If this is the case, then before you were discharged from the hospital, or at least at a previous well baby check, a doctor or other health care professional should have explained to you how to care for your son. The foreskin on a boy does not fully retract until the boy is somewhere between 1 and 4 years old. That means it won't completely roll up to expose the head of the penis. Underneath the penis head, though, the skin is still sweating a bit and the skin is still replacing itself with new skin cells. Each time you bath your son, you will need to gently push the foreskin up as far as it will go, and gently wash the head of the penis and surrounding area. At some point, the foreskin will completely retract, and things will look just like they should. Until your son can be relied upon to "hit it with the washrag" properly, you or a trusted male are going to have to either do it for him or instruct and observe that it gets done.
As much as it may upset you, this is not an unusual thing to happen in young males, even those who have been circumcised- depending on the amount of foreskin that was left. Once he has healed and things are not so tender- you can start the preventative treatment. Soak that lil' tush in nice warm soapy water and wash him up just like you always do. When you get to the penis, wash it up and gently push the foreskin back as far as it will go for him comfortably. After a while, you'll notice it goes farther and farther back, until at some point you will be able to see the entire head, with a "turtle neck" skin roll at the base.
I'm sorry if I am not wording this as technically as I should, but I found that sometimes it's best to put things as simply and straightforward as I can. I had three boys, and opted not to have them circumcised. As my husband was circumcised, and I had no brothers- we had no clue about this kind of thing until our oldest son was almost a six months old and the doctor happened to mention it. His foreskin had also begun to attach itself, and I felt just awful for him and responsible for it. The doctor was very kind and explained it all to me they way I just told you. I did it from then on, and with the other two boys that followed, and we never had another problem with it.

Answer 4

My 3 year old has this. He was circumsized and the doc left to much skin. He was then circumsized a second time, and still to much skin was left. I was not going to put him thru a 3rd and something happen to disfigure him, so we deal with it. You have to make sure you pull back the skin and expose the head of the penis at every diaper change. You then wipe the head, this keeps germs from accumilating. if you don't clean it everyday, he can get a yeast infection, just like a women. After he is potty trained, then clean it off during bath time, or until he can do it himself in the bath. It is just like teaching a boy who is uncircumsized the proper way to bath.

ps. my husband says it's better to have alitle extra skin, than not enough! lol

Answer 5

The body is amazing! It's instinct is to heal! The injured skin just healed back together. This is why they stress the petroleum jelly after a circumcision, and also pulling back what is left of the foreskin to clean daily. It is normal, but you will have to be religious about applying the Vaseline and pulling it back daily in order to prevent it from happening again. Your son is in no danger, and did not have a botched circumcision! There is absolutely no need to have it done again. Be sure you only get advice from those who know. If you ask your pediatrician, they will confirm this.

Answer 6

When you bathe and change diapers every now and again push the skin back to clean. I do this at everybath and maybe once a day during diaper changes, it will prevent the skin from growing back, our pediatrician suggested this for the first year.

Answer 7

All I know is that with each of my sons I gently pulled back on their skin when I changed on checked them. A white waxy substance was in between the skin and head. I would carefully take this out. Then proceed as you normally would. It took a while to get all the waxy stuff out. It never caused any pain with my sons.

Answer 8

Okay....the foreskin that the doctor was supposed to completely cut off and dispose of was re-attaching???? No that is not normal... What causes it to happen is an improper circumcision.

I have the same problem with my son....It's not that it is re-attaching itself. It's because they did not remove enough foreskin. You have two options.. You can have him re-circumcised which requires you son to go under general anestesia, (they have to be put under if you wait to have them circumcised) or you can just deal with it and make sure you properly wash the area, pulling the skin back, and teach him as he gets older how to care for it. I choose the latter of the two. I decided to wait and let my son decide for himself on what he wanted. He is now 11 and it doesn't bother him.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I have the same problem with my 1 year old son just hang in there but don't do another circ. they are painful as newborns but much worse on a 15 month old!!!

Answer 11

Was your son circumsized? if so it could have been that you werent religious with the rituals. I would let it be. and just pull back and clean it