Although individuals have different opinions on the preferred age to circumcise a male, medical personnel say infancy is an optimal time for clinical circumcision due to various reasons.

Dr Moise Nack Nack further notes that it is better to circumcise a man when he is still young that is, less than five years because, his low mobility during circumcision facilitates the use of local anesthesia, sutures are not required, healing is quick, cosmetic outcome is usually excellent, costs are minimal, and complications are uncommon. According to Moise Nack Nack due to pains felt during circumcision, the individual has the tendency to resist and fight back.

This becomes complicated when the person is already an adult because it will need extra force to put such a person under control. Due to the constant shaking of such a person, mistakes may occur leading to complications during and after circumcision.