In the past, attention was focused on the sensitivity of the glans penis. The positive medical benefits of circumcision need to be considered in the context of any potential adverse effects on reproductive potential and sexual satisfaction.
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Although the practice of circumcision is often a topic of debate, scientific evidence documenting the health benefits and low risks has led to several evidence-based statements by professional bodies advocating male circumcision 2–4. Male circumcision is one of the most ancient and most common surgical procedures. The scientific literature suggests that any sexual effect of circumcised men may depend solely on exposure of the glans and not on the absence of the prepuce. This is based on the distribution of these corpuscles (which are located in the glans) and, in uncircumcised men, the position of the retracted prepuce during intercourse, rather than any change in the number of genital corpuscles.
Observations that penile sexual sensation is higher post circumcision are consistent with greater access of genital corpuscles to sexual stimuli after removal of the prepuce. Vibrational sensitivity is not related to circumcision status. Thermal sensitivity seems part of the reward mechanism of intercourse. Because tactile sensitivity of the glans decreases with sexual arousal, it is unrelated to sexual sensation. Free nerve endings also show no correlation with sexual response. Considered in the light of 12 reporting physiological measurements, our evaluation finds that sexual response is unlikely to involve Meissner’s corpuscles, whose density in the prepuce diminishes at the time of life when male sexual activity is increasing. We retrieved 41 publications on penile structure.
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