For the first two days after the circumcision, you can give your child a sponge bath or shower. Do not put them in the bath. After two days you can bath your child as usual. For babies, change their nappies regularly so the penis stays dry.
You should remain relatively inactive the first 72 hours following surgery. We do encourage walking around for a few minutes every two hours to maintain good circulation, but otherwise, no activity.
Normal Circumcision Healing
The incision starts off red and tender. The tenderness should be much less by day 3. The scab at the incision line comes off in 7 to 10 days. If a Plastibell (plastic ring) was used, it should fall off by 14 days.
This pain often gets better in 3 or 4 days. But it may last for up to 2 weeks. Even though your baby's penis will likely start to feel better after 3 or 4 days, it may look worse. The penis often starts to look like it's getting better after about 7 to 10 days.
Applying petroleum jelly (Vaseline) around the tip of your penis will stop it sticking to your underwear. Wearing light, loose-fitting clothing for 2 or 3 days after your operation will also help avoid irritation to your penis while it heals.
The Stitches
Although soluble (Vicryl Rapide) stitches have been used and will fall out between 3-4 weeks, they can be removed after 2 weeks. You should avoid getting the area wet for the first 3 days, you can then take a shower bath but do not bath for 3 weeks.
Wash the area daily with warm water and pat it dry. Don't use hydrogen peroxide or alcohol, which can slow healing. You may cover the area with a thin layer of petroleum jelly, such as Vaseline, and gauze bandage if it weeps or rubs against clothing. Change the bandage every day.
Newborns and infants recover very quickly from the procedure, usually within 12 to 24 hours. Young children recover in one to two days. Older children and young adults recover in three to four days. After circumcision, there may be temporary skin bruising or mild swelling that can last for several weeks.
To reduce the effect of night erections pulling on the stitches during the first few days, empty your bladder before retiring and a few times during the night. Do not lie on your back, but on your side. It may be helpful to draw your knees up a bit into a more foetal position.
Most babies recover quickly from a circumcision. At first, the incision (cut) will be red and the glans (head of the penis) will look like it has been scraped. The area may be tender, but this will lessen over the first couple of days.
The area should be kept dry for 48 hours after the operation. After this, take warm baths or showers once or twice a day. Don't use bubble bath or scented soaps, as these may irritate your healing wound. Leave the penis to dry naturally after having a bath or shower.
Use a Vaseline and gauze bandage every diaper change for 1-to-2 days. Then apply a large amount of Vaseline to coat the end of the penis. Do this every diaper change for 3-to-4 more days until it no longer looks red or raw. A small amount of bleeding is normal.
Your child may be constipated after surgery, or they may not. If they have small, hard or painful poop, this is from the anesthesia and pain medications they received. If your child is constipated before surgery, you may want to consider doing the following things.
Refrain from vigorous physical exercises for a week to avoid unwanted pressure at the penis. Such exercises involve running, cycling, sports, swimming, etc. The doctors also recommend the patient to avoid sexual intercourse for 5-6 days. The patient can take a shower when the bandage is removed.
Bathing/Bandage Removal:
Showering is permitted after 48hrs. Remove the bandage 48hrs after your procedure during the first shower. Stand in a warm shower for several minutes allowing the bandage to moisten. This will allow you to unravel the bandage easily.
Most of the time it takes between 7 to 10 days for a penis to heal. At first the tip of the penis may appear slightly swollen and red and you may notice a small amount of blood on the diaper. You may also notice a slight yellow discharge or crust after a couple of days. This is a normal part of healing.
discharge that includes pus (cloudy, yellowish/white, foul-smelling fluid) hot skin and/or spreading redness around the wound site. fever.
Give pain relief if needed
During the first 24 hours after circumcision, you may give acetaminophen regularly to manage your child's pain. Be aware of how much acetaminophen your child has received in the hospital.
Clean the circumcision site with warm water and a cotton ball once or twice a day. Apply Vaseline for several days. This helps keep the area clean and keeps the wound site from adhering to the diaper.
You can add a few tablespoons of salt to the bath water to help with the healing process. Use the Fucidin cream that was prescribed 3 times a day and in between nappy changes, apply some Vaseline or Olive oil. Please do not interfere with the wound, other than to make sure it is kept clean.
Circumcision, whereby the foreskin is removed from the penis, can cause the urethral opening to narrow, making it difficult to urinate. The condition is called meatal stenosis and the risk of developing it is 16-26 times higher in circumcised than intact boys under the age of ten.
Urine will not hurt the circumcision and should not cause pain since surgery was not performed on the area where the urine comes out. Urine is sterile and does not cause infections. It is not unusual to see a small amount of bleeding from the incision for the first day or two.
How do I keep the wound clean? It is important to keep the wound clean, particularly when passing urine – preferably by drenching the area with lukewarm water (no need to dry afterwards). From the next day following the operation take a shower daily until the wound is healed.
The smegma appears as accumulations of opaque-white or yellow substance composed of dead cells and skin oils, which is malodorous [1]. It constitutes the emission of the sebaceous gland that accumulates between the foreskin and the glans [2].