interesting posts and thought provoking, good banter going there folks :hatsoff:
so this is a long post, sorry, but i'm just going to speak on personal experience cos i really don't think there's just a one size fits all answer.
oddly enough it was the uncircumcised part of me that got me really into a healthy lifestyle. i got a yeast infection once and it was just a nightmare cos the ************ didnt beat it. it kept recurring and the foreskin was just a mega incubator making it worse. turns out it was my diet, lots of carbs (turns to sugar), lots of fruits, fruit drinks, sodas etc. too many sugars were causing an imbalance in chemical makeup and the sugars passing through the ***** would incubate with the yeast inside the foreskin. male yeast infections are more common in uncircumcised men because of this. most male yeast infections were usually transmitted from sex. in my case it wasnt sex it was the diet, but the foreskin amplifying by giving the yeast ideal living conditions.
it sounds simple, just pull back the foreskin and wash it....but the rash also induced phimosis which is a tightening of the foreskin which makes it very very very (there arent enough very's to emphasize this) painful. and take into account how many times a day you pee then well, it sucked and pulling back the foreskin was very far removed from being a simple procedure because of that pain, not to mention the occasional stretching would sometimes break the skin and pain would be excruciating. this all happened when i was freaking 17, and my diet was typical of most 17 year olds.
i changed the diet, cut out pastas, breads, sugars etc. the yeast infection has never recurred thank god, but as i said, i've been following a better diet for 11 years now. i probably over do it on the hygiene as well now, though it happened over a decade ago the annoyance of that 2 months in my life is enough to keep me motivated. I wash frequently under the foreskin daily. maybe overkill but i havn't heard of anyone dying from being too hygenic and the alternative is less than pleasant.
i have a friend who was uncut but he developed phimosis as well, to the point where it was nearly impossible to pee and sex was out of the question as it was too painful. there's two types of phimosis, he had the one that really required a circumcision. at age mid twenties no less and i remember it was anything but pleasant for him cos he was in pain and couldnt have sex for a while, however eventually he healed and has a healthy sex life.
i'm still uncut, havnt had any problems since my issue. but the thing is, i have a great sex life and my friend who had the circumcision mid 20's has a great sex life as well now and a rather hot gf. so in two cases one circumsized one uncircumsized, each person seems to be happy with thier performance with a female and the females don't seem to be bitching about it either way. if a woman is bitching to you about the fact that your are or are'nt circumcised, then my opinion is that its time to start looking for another woman.
is it **********? well in my friend's case it made for a better quality of life, being able to pee easily and have sex certainly has its rewards. in my case the healthy lifestyle has paid off in may different ways including the fact that i havn't got a yeast infection in 11 years.
so if you're having any issues physically go see your urologist or general doctor, if you're having issues mentally about it then seriously, circumcised or uncircumsized you can still please a woman. if anyone tells you that you can't, find out what medical school they went to and avoid any doctor that graduated there.
sorry so long, but i've seen this issue on other social fronts and most of the people arguing either side have thier minds made up and tend to disregard a lot of facts. again, there's no cookie-cutter answer. it's a personal issue between you and your penis, he's been good to you, so be good back to him and make the right decision for you both. if you're one of the ones who was circumsized as a baby then trust me, you're fine and nothings wrong with you, but you knew that already, right?
the end. thank you for reading my novel