After-Care Guide

For One Full Week — At Every Diaper Change

1. Replace the dressing at every diaper change. The dressing is simply a 3×3 inch gauze pad liberally coated on one side with Bacitracin or a similar ointment.
2. The dressing should cover the glans of the penis (the head). You do not need to wrap it or tape the gauze — just place it down, close the diaper, and the diaper itself will keep the gauze in place.

What to Expect

• ·The skin on the circumference of the penis and glans may be red for several days — this is a normal part of healing.
• ·Small amounts of blood may be found on the gauze or diaper — also normal.
• ·These changes are generally not causes for alarm.

Hygiene

While hygiene is important, we don't want to be aggressive near the wound. Urine is generally sterile, but in the case of stool on or near the penis, gently squirting lukewarm water from a bulb syringe is the safest method for removing feces.