Much has been debated throughout the last century, and perhaps even longer, about whether circumcision is the best, and more importantly, the healthiest decision to make as a male child for your child. Christians, I believe, I will tell you that in Genesis 17:11 God said to Abraham: You are going to undergo circumcision, and […]
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Besides the pain of the procedure and the loss of a functional organ, there are many downsides to circumcising. The healing process is long and leaves the child in discomfort for the duration of the recovery. More importantly, more severe complications can occur, and circumcision can cause more problems than it is rumored to solve. […]
Like many parents of boys, before our son was born, my husband and I had to decide if we were going to have our newborn son circumcised. With the many health and hygiene benefits and commonality of circumcision, this was not a tough decision for us. It was a no-brainer, in fact. We decided that […]
Many people think that just men have smegma, but that is not true. Women also have smegma. Some of you may be asking what is smegma? The definition in the Mirriam-Webster Online Dictionary for smegma is ” the secretion of a sebaceous gland; specifically: the cheesy sebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and […]
Artificial skin (’tissue-engineered skin’ or ‘cultured skin graft’) allows severely damaged skin, related to burns or inherited diseases and open wounds, to grow new tissue, and heal faster. According to the Food and Drug Administration (2001), more than one million people are treated in the United States each year for burns. Available several artificial skin […]
Circumcision is said to promote good penile hygiene, but the circumcised person also has to wash his will if he wants to avoid infection. Circumcision, however, is a cleaner story from the fact that substance can accumulate under the foreskin. And this is called smegma, which is unjustly considered impure. Fresh smegma is very clean, […]