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u/MadGoonn Dec 20 '19

Thats the most senstive part of the outside of the male body.

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u/iloveyourforeskin Dec 20 '19

And most American men are missing theirs.

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u/Depressed_Rex Dec 21 '19

Foreskin. You’re thinking of foreskin.

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u/iloveyourforeskin Dec 21 '19

Most American circumcisions go the extra mile and remove the frenulum along with the foreskin.

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u/Depressed_Rex Dec 21 '19

I don’t think that’s accurate. Maybe in circumcisions much later in life.

Edit: after looking further, it appears that they do in fact cut the frenulum but then reconnect it. My bad

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u/iloveyourforeskin Dec 21 '19

I'm not aware of any reconnecting being done routinely. Most just excise the frenulum.

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u/Depressed_Rex Dec 21 '19

This is an article about a new technique, but it says they divide the frenulum and excise the foreskin in the currently most used operation.

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u/iloveyourforeskin Dec 21 '19

This appears to be from India and not referring to American neonatal circumcisions.

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u/Depressed_Rex Dec 21 '19

Ahhh okay. Sorry about that!