[SoothingDave]

Circumcision removes the layer of skin covering the penis.

120 posts and nobody's noted that this description is just wrong. Makes it sound like they peel the top layer off the whole thing.

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[whd23]

120 posts and nobody's noted that this description is just wrong. Makes it sound like they peel the top layer off the whole thing.

At birth, the skin is attached to the glans. Before it can be removed then do have to "peel" it off the glans. It can remain attached as late as four years old.