After Circumcision Care - Baby Circumcision Healing & Recovery

We understand that parents will sometimes have concerns and questions in the days after a baby boy’s circumcision. Please see the detail below for information on how to care for your baby post-circumcision, and do not hesitate to contact us with any concerns that you feel require Dr. McAuliff’s attention.

How to care for your son in the first 24 hours following the circumcision:

1. Keep your son snugly swaddled (especially his legs). The more he kicks his legs, the less comfortable he may be. After the first day you no longer need to swaddle him, but can continue to do so if he finds it comforting.
2. 

   This image shows initial application of the gauze with Vaseline. Replace it if it falls of in the first 24 hours. The image also shows the long gauze and bandage around the penis that will be removed in 24 hours, or if it falls off earlier you may leave it off.

   There will be a square white gauze with Vaseline placed over the head of your son’s penis. Leave the gauze in place and remove it only after 24 hours. If it has fallen off, just replace it with a new piece of gauze with some Vaseline on it and put it over the penis then close the diaper.

3. Please check your baby’s diaper every hour for the first 24 hours to look for any abnormal bleeding.
4. If the white gauze over the penis is soiled with urine don’t worry just leave it alone. If it is soiled with stool, remove the gauze gently and rinse his bottom with warm water and replace the gauze with Vaseline on it.
5. There will also be a long piece of gauze wrapped around your son’s penis. Leave this gauze in place for 24 hours as well. If it falls off earlier, don’t worry just leave it off. If it is dry or stuck when you are trying to remove it after 24 hours, you may need to wet it to make it easier to remove and you may need to pull slightly harder and expect that there may be a little bleeding when you do this. This is normal and you may need to apply some direct pressure on the head of the penis as we taught you in the clinic. You may use some warm water to wet the dressing to help remove it. If there is some bleeding, maintain firm pressure for 3-5 minutes.
6. No gauze bandages are required after the first 24 hours, just ointment.

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