13.33 here again. Answers:

Our insurance covered in full.

Our pediatrician found Dr. Gearhart for us and fully supported our decision.

Can't remember what is looked like before, but we were not happy, and it looks completely normal now.

DS was 13 months when we did the surgery.

He was under General Anes for a small amount of time.

Recovery was easy, easy. Very rapid healing, no problem peeing and we used a pain reliever prescribed by the doctor for only a couple of days.

HTH.

I would leave it alone. It is a painful corrective surgery, and it may take one or two more surgeries, depending if they botch the second one or not. Your child would have to go under general anesthesia, and have a week of recovery time. I have seen several friends go through this with their sons, and it is something I would never recommend to anyone.

13:33, thank you.

Does insurance usually cover this?

Did your pediatrician think you were nuts?

Was your DS, as the OP referred to it, barely a "pig in the blanket" (i.e., how much skin was at or over the penis head)?

How old was DS when you "revised"?

Is it a full surgical procedure (i.e., anesthesia)?

How long for recovery?

Thank you very much.

FWIW, we were unhappy about our son's circumcision and consulted with Dr. Gearhart, a pediatric urologist at John Hopkins, who ultimately did a circumcision revision. Said he did them all the time. If you want a consult with someone, I highly recommend him.

Please no more posts opining on whether OP's child will one day be the target of locker room teasing. Everyone is entitled to their own views on circumcision, but the apparent view of OP is that her child's may not have been circumcised correctly. I'm anxious to hear from others in our boat. I have a 3 year old son, not even enough head showing to qualify as a pig in the blanket, more like a mini croissant with absolutlely no sign of stuffing.

Incidentally, it's not so much the locker room potential for teasing. For us it's more of an issue of not looking like daddy or big brothers. And please no posts saying this shouldn't be a problem. It has become one in our household. DS3 wondering why his looks different. Always fodder for DS2 and DS1 when they seek to tease.

OP, I wouldn't worry about your DS being teased in the locker room. Less boys are being circumcised for non religious reasons. I think it is less of an issue than we are lead to believe.

I do remember living in the UK and there was an American family, with a school aged son. I was pregnant, and circumcision came up. They don't do it in the UK, unless there are religious reasons, and then you have to find someone to do it. My friend's son was circumcised, and probably was the only one in his class at the catholic school. My friend told her son, and even though there was lots of dressing and undressing for swim classes I don't think it was ever an issue for him.

My son isn't circumcised, and I don't think it will be an issue for him later in life. He is British born, and that is really enough of an answer for anyone who asks, should they ever.

My son is really chubby and has alotta "pudge" and fat down there where the penis is. Our ped told us once he thinned out the head would pop out much more. It's not so much the extra skin but the fact the penis itself is still tiny and can get "pillowed" back into the chubby baby parts if that makes any sense.

previous poster here, and I am really bugged by my errant apostrophe in "son's" -- next I'll be using quotation marks for emphasis.

it would look like everyone else's

Well, but no one's look like anyone else's, at least not exactly.

My son's aren't circed, but some friends' boys are, and when they were still in diapers (which for most of them means when they were under 2), they had a lot of head sticking out.

Is it wrong that I find the pig-in-blanket comparison beyond cute? If it is wrong, is it really wrong, or just kind of wrong.

I just don't get the whole "being teased in the locker room" thing. My husband isn't circumsized, and he played football, basketball and soccer throughout high school, was the captain of the football team, and went on to play in college as well. He was never teased. We had our son circumsized, and were very relieved that it's on the more skin left side of things. A little too much is waaaaayyy better than a little too little. The latter can be extremely painful and lead to an adult lifetime of sexual dysfunction. Do some research (there is plenty on there about when too much is cut) but please don't consider surgery for your 6 year old to "correct" something that is purely cosmetic and that he will most likely still eventually grow out of.

Anonymous wrote:My ds is 8 mos and I see the same thing with his circumcision. His penis head is barely visible. Is this what your talking about? What is it supposed to look like on a baby?

OP here. Yes, that it what I was referring to. I emphasize, though, that my DS is much older. Having said that, I can say that at 8 months, my other DS had a penis head that was quite visible. In other words, even at a very young age he looked circumcised. So yes, that's what I'm talking about. My guess is that many will tell you that your DS will grow out of it quickly, and that will prove to be true, it just hasn't happened yet in our case.

My ds is 8 mos and I see the same thing with his circumcision. His penis head is barely visible. Is this what your talking about? What is it supposed to look like on a baby?

Dear 10:02,

Thank you for sharing. Knowing that I'm not the only one, and hearing that the advice was similar, is encouraging. Perhaps I'll check back in 9 years and let you know how it turned out (or grew out as it were). Would love to hear from anyone else out there.

OP

I thought this, too about our DS's penis. he was circumcised by a mohel with an incredible rep in the DC-MD-VA-PA area. in other words, he has done a lot of circumcisions. (and one of the friends who suggested him to me said, "he does a good penis.") given his rep, I was surprised after the healing that his penis looked just as you described. I asked the ped about it. she said that it looked like there was a little more skin there than she would expect, but that it's totally normal. she said that some families opt to do a second circumcision in those cases, but she wouldn't recommend it. she said he would outgrow it, too... at puberty, not as a little boy. so, maybe you can ask your doc when you can expect DS 1 and 2 to have the skin even out. maybe you're expecting it to happen too soon?

My DS is now 6. He is circumcised. But there is skin that still hangs over his penis head. Picture a pig in a blanket, with the pig barely visible, sometimes not at all visible.

We have been told that he will "grow out of it" (literally). But my DH is not convinced. And truthfully, that's what the pediatrician told us when we first broached the subject when DS was 1, estimating that by 2 or 3, it would look like everyone else's. That hasn't happened. Still have the same barely visible pig in the blanket.

It doesn't bother me one bit. But my husband is not happy, concerned about teasing that will take place in the locker rooms. And I certainly don't want DS to one day hold this against me for not fully addressing it earlier.

Please, I don't mean to instigate a protracted debate about those for circumcision or against. I just would like to hear from any parents who have had a similar experience and: 1) whether DS actually grew out of it (i.e., penis head showing much more); 2) whether you considered or actually recircumcised.

Oh gosh, I hope that I'm not going to offend anyone or cause any internet alarms to go of. But this really is something that has been weighing heavily with DH for many years, and I'm feeling increasingly worried about this.