Are most men in the UK who are circumcised circumcised at birth or later?

Question

Personal experience would be helpful

Answer 1

Older men who are circumcised (over 50 or so) were most likely done at birth.

Other than that, it's a very small proportion of men in the UK circumcised. The bulk of that is religious, which is done at birth. A few need it done medically later one, and a few probably choose it for looks as adults. Most are still intact though.

Answer 2

Almost no men are circumcised for non-religious purposes in the UK, and both Jews (a fairly small minority) and Muslims (becoming more numerous in Britain) usually circumcise soon after birth, Jews at 8 days. Those circumcised later would be the tiny minority who have real or perceived problems with the foreskin and the even smaller group of converts to a religion that requires it.

Older men may have been circumcised at birth at a time when it was fashionable to mutilate baby boys; few would have been circumcised later in life.

Answer 3

I'm quite confident it's later. I'm not a man so it's not personal experience. If boys are circumcised at birth in the UK it'll be for religious reasons. Any penile development problems usually become evident by toddlerhood so if the foreskin is causing problems (like it's too tight or won't roll back) then it'll be fixed then providing the parent is vigilant/sensible enough to seek medical advice.
I've known men who have had these problems so that's how I know - one was treated by circumcision when you was 2 and the other made it into his 20's with a foreskin so tight it hurt him when he became aroused.
So glad I'm a girl.

Answer 4

I live in the north of England.

Of the men I have known who are circumcised, half were done as babies for religious reasons (they are all muslims) and of the other 4, one was done in his twenties, and three at about 8 years old, all for medical reasons that necessitated a circumcision.

The vast majority of men are not circumcised. The first circumcised penis I saw was eight down the line. Of my exes who have been circumcised, one liked it because he saw it as cleaner, but then he fancied himself a bit anyway. The other was a bit insecure about it, he saw it as something that he couldn't change, but he was aware in made him different.

It isn't something that is done in the UK for 'health benefits' or appearances, and doing it at birth for anything other than religious belief would be considered extreme. It isn't provided for on our national health system unless there is a good reason for it.

Answer 5

Being circumcised, of retirement age and non-jewish I can advise that it was (according to my late parents) fairly common when I was born and was done on health grounds within the first year of birth as prevention rather than cure.
The need for circumcision of adults was far more common in the first half of the 20th century and was a very painful procedure. I have known only one adult in need of circumcision and he was crippled for almost three weeks afterwards so performing the procedure whilst a helpless infant was recommended back then.

Answer 6

Most guys get it done later... as it is not common to do it at birth

Answer 7

I don't know... I am not circumcised and I don't see the point in it... and I wouldn't want a knife anywhere near my penis

Answer 8

Some cynical women reckon you should keep the foreskin and throw the bloke away......

Answer 9

I like that part of my wang, wouldnt feel right without it haha

Answer 10

at birth or very shortly thereafter (within days). the longer this is put off the worse it can become.