Uganda, May 6 -- I am a 40-year-old who got circumcised one and a half months ago. However, when erect, I tip of the penis becomes numb with little or no feelings. The scar is also itchy. Will this feeling change? Joseph Mukama

Dear Joseph,

Circumcision is a surgery to remove the foreskin that covers and protects the tip of the penis.

In Uganda, male circumcision has traditionally been done culturally, for religious reasons, as a personal preference or for medical reasons including the removal of a tight foreskin that cannot be pulled back over the head of the penis (phimosis), and for prevention of some STDs such as HIV where it is packaged alongside the famed ABC in prevention of HIV.

Circumcision is thought to reduce penile sensiti...