Treatment Choice - Treatment Choice | Compare Prices | Find Hospital | Male circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin. The foreskin is the hood of skin covering the end of the penis, which can be gently pulled back.<br/>Circumcision may be performed for:<br/>religious reasons – circumcision is a common practice in the Jewish and Islamic faiths, and is also practised by many African communities as a tribal or ethnic tradition<br/>medical reasons, although alternative treatments are usually preferred to circumcision<br/>This article focuses on the medical aspects of circumcision.