Patient's question:
My child is four years old, can they have a circumcision?Doctor's answer:
If by the age of seven or eight, the foreskin cannot be retracted, surgery should be performed. At this stage, the child can understand the doctor's instructions and cooperate, lying "honestly" 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, it requires earlier treatment. The method involves dilating the foreskin opening, and this minor surgery can be performed at a children's surgery department in a regular hospital.