Patient's question:
My child is four years old, can they have a circumcision?Doctor's answer:
If the foreskin cannot be retracted by the time the child is seven or eight years old, surgery should be performed. At this stage, the child can understand the doctor's instructions and cooperate, lying "quietly" on the operating table for the procedure. If it is phimosis, where the foreskin opening is very small and the foreskin swells like a ball each time the child urinates, treatment should be initiated earlier. The method involves dilating the foreskin opening, and this minor surgery can be performed at a children's surgery department in a regular hospital.