Circumcision Styles

Function and Aesthetics

STY-EN Booklet


When performing a circumcision for a teen or adult is generally possible for the doctor to adjust three parameters, essentially independently, to achieve distinct aesthetic/visual differences. These adjustments are not so easily achieved when circumcising infants or young children as their penis is generally too small to be able to reliably make them. Similarly, the use of certain devices to assist in the circumcision can limit the ability to make adjustments.

The parameters that can be adjusted are: tightness, position of the cut, and retention or not of the frenulum. We consider each of these in the booklet, after looking at the composition of the foreskin.


File STY-EN-P is in English and is formatted for printing double-sided on A4 paper and folding into an A5 booklet. (This is a PDF file.)

File STY-EN-W is in English and is formatted for reading directly on the Web. (This is a PDF file.)

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