Hi DLD, nwa,
It was 1985. I'd already been into piercing for a long time and had some redundant foreskin piercings (they'd seemed like a good idea, but weren't as much fun as I'd hoped), and as I've said, I suspected that pe would be easier without the foreskin, plus I kind of liked the way circumcised cocks look, so I asked my Dr. to refer me for circumcision. He didn't even ask why I wanted it done. I had it done under general anaesthetic (I wasn't offered local, and I didn't think to push for it). Surgeon turned out to be the hero who had saved my life earlier in the year after my motorcycle crash (another story). Hospital staff were very nice. I had a private room. They gave me a pre-med and some other pills (antibiotics, etc. I was told), took me down to theatre and I awoke several hours later sans foreskin and very groggy. Lots of nurses came to see me (and have a look at my 'incision' :s) But I kept falling back to sleep and slept and slept. Next day felt ok, but was having painful hard-ons. A nice nurse told me one of the pills I'd been given (stilboestrol?) was supposed to have prevented the erections
![Eek! :o :o](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
). I drove (!) home later that day. Went to the pub that evening and boasted about my 17 stitches. The bar maid was very interested ;o)
I was pretty surprised to see how much skin had gone. My erection was measurably shorter than pre-op ?
![Frown :( :(](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)
The stitches dissolved over the next week or 2, and when I went back to see the surgeon, he said he'd had to cut a lot of foreskin away to remove the old piercing scars. He assured me the remaining shaft skin would stretch and I'd regain my length. In time I did regain the length, but not without developing some turkey neck. A year or 2 later, when I tried pe again, I found it easier. When I finally got into pe more seriously (thanks to tips from this forum
![Cool :cool: :cool:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png)
) I added jelqs and reverse stretches (is that what it's called when you pull the skin away from the glans and towards the base of the [erect] shaft?) and turkey neck is much reduced.
The only down side of adult circumcision compared to having it done in infancy is that adult circumcision doesn't leave such a neat scar. But I don't think there is any excuse for doing it to minors against their will. I think that's absolutely unacceptable in modern society.
All in all, if I had my time over, I'd still opt for circumcision, and I'd still wait until my 30s as I'm glad I know what it was like to have had a foreskin. I liked my foreskin, and had fun with it, but I prefer my cock without it.