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> I'm afraid it's the case that most all surgeries on infants (circumcision) are elective and performed for aesthetic reasons Circumcision is awful, for sure.
by King-Aaron 4y ago
> I'm afraid it's the case that most all surgeries on infants (circumcision) are elective and performed for aesthetic reasons
Circumcision is awful, for sure. However am I reading your comment correctly in that you think that "most all surgeries on infants are elective and performed for aesthetic reasons"? Because with my little one, he's had to undergo some pretty invasive procedures in his short life so far that are on the extreme opposite of aesthetic reasoning.
- DavidSJ 4y agoCircumcisions are "most all" surgeries on infants (in the US), since they are sadly done routinely on something like a quarter of them (half of anatomic boys).
- Sharlin 4y agoIn the US, yes… although I wonder whether non-MGM surgeries on infants are rare enough that the large number of circumcisions made in the US (and a bunch of smaller countries) actually make them the most common infant surgery worldwide.