 [ Symptoms ] should i or should i not circumcise my little baby boy [ Disease ] the answer really needs to be individual you need to decide from a personal point of view from a social point of view and a religious point of view what is best for your child i used to say that if the father is circumcised from an identity point of view it is always good for the son to be because when he looks in the shower looking up at dad it is nice that part a matches part a they bond that way but the truth is there is not any absolute clear reason to have to have it yes better hygiene yes it is easier to maintain with cleanliness the risk for penile cancer is lower in circumcised men but that is extremely rare in this country if you maintain normal hygiene penile cancer is unheard of so the benefits are really more social we do know there are some studies that it is rarer to contract hiv and other illness because the circumcised penis the skin becomes a little bit thicker so it is a little less likely to be something during sex less chance for infections the uncircumcised penis again has more risks as far as scarring as you get older where it scars down or you have to have a circumcision or other technique to open it and also concerns over hygiene but realistically in this day and age if the boy is clean there is no biological need to have it it is really more of a personal or religious social