x704, the alternative surgery to circumcision is preputioplasty. A cut is made in the underside of the foreskin then stitched back together.

Dorsal slits were tried for a while but abandoned.

Nonsurgical solutions should be tried first. Steroid creams have been proved in clinical studies to have a very high success-to-complication rate. A prescription is required for those in USA, U.K., and elsewhere.