Thursday
03Apr2008
Filipino-Italian teen circumcised in PBB house
April 3, 2008
Snip-snip—ouch!—and presto, he’s a certified Filipino male: 18-year-old Pinoy Big Brother teen housemate Filipino-Italian Alex Anselmuccio joined a hundred other boys aged 10-18 years old in a free mass circumcision activity on Wednesday.
The “Libreng Tuliang Bayan” was held inside the Pinoy Big Brother’s Eviction Hall with doctors from Capitol Medical Center performing the medical procedure.
Kuya provided the space for the free mass circumcision not only to help in the activity but also to grant Alex’s wish, which is to be circumcised in the Philippines just like his two brothers before him.
Alex, dubbed as the “Italian Valentino” in the show, had said that he wants to be a true Filipino man by becoming circumcised, which is a traditional rite of passage for all Filipino males.
The event was scheduled to start at 8 a.m. but as early as 6 a.m. boys from different parts of Metro Manila with their parents and guardians had already filled the eviction hall.
The doctors began performing the procedure right after the registration and validation period from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
The question now is how will Alex face this turning point in his life? How will the other housemates help Alex recover from his surgery—which can be painful as his wound heals—after going through this ritual of manhood?
Stay tuned everyday to PBB Teen Edition Plus Uber, 5:30 PM, and PBB Teen Edition Plus Primetime, after “Lobo” on ABS-CBN.
You can also watch the housemates live on Studio 23, 12:00-2:00 PM and 24/7 online via TFCNow Live Stream (www.abs-cbnnow.com).
The “Libreng Tuliang Bayan” was held inside the Pinoy Big Brother’s Eviction Hall with doctors from Capitol Medical Center performing the medical procedure.
Kuya provided the space for the free mass circumcision not only to help in the activity but also to grant Alex’s wish, which is to be circumcised in the Philippines just like his two brothers before him.
Alex, dubbed as the “Italian Valentino” in the show, had said that he wants to be a true Filipino man by becoming circumcised, which is a traditional rite of passage for all Filipino males.
The event was scheduled to start at 8 a.m. but as early as 6 a.m. boys from different parts of Metro Manila with their parents and guardians had already filled the eviction hall.
The doctors began performing the procedure right after the registration and validation period from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
The question now is how will Alex face this turning point in his life? How will the other housemates help Alex recover from his surgery—which can be painful as his wound heals—after going through this ritual of manhood?
Stay tuned everyday to PBB Teen Edition Plus Uber, 5:30 PM, and PBB Teen Edition Plus Primetime, after “Lobo” on ABS-CBN.
You can also watch the housemates live on Studio 23, 12:00-2:00 PM and 24/7 online via TFCNow Live Stream (www.abs-cbnnow.com).





Reader Comments (5)
Great that he has the guts to get himself circumcised.
This shows what a backward and primitive country the gagolands (Philippines) is. As long as they continue to hold on to rituals like this, that are public, dehumanizing, then they can never hope to lose 3rd world status.
Well he is old enough to do what he wants so ok by me. I am an American circumcised at birth and do not really give to winks about it. I have been lucky enough to travel any where I want and it has not been a problem. When I was in Europe I had two or three OHHs. When I was in many other parts world it was treated as a natural thing. My favorite time was in Japan, in an Onsen just north of Kyoto. I got to many stares by both men and women. At first I thought i might have messed up, but after I dried off 3 women approached me. Let me tell you I am either going to marry a Southern French Girl or I am going back to Japan and waste my family fortune!
St. Charles Lousisana
What's the point of getting circumcised anyway? Like one of the contestants I'm half-spanish and I'm proud to be uncircumcised. Oh well, we all know he did it just to be more "pinoy-like" and hopefully win the contest. Tsk tsk tsk... ¿dóndé esta tu dignidad tío?
I would like to share my following knowledge and experiences with you as a doctor who has performed more than 25.000 male circumcisions (MC) and who has a lot of information about world circumcision map of world.
The most important requirements of circumcision are written below:
1- Everybody should get circumcised,
2- Circumcision should be performed healthy,
3- MC operator should be should follow the surgical procedures,
4- MC operations should be performed by trained professionals,
5- Every kid, boy and adult male should get male circumcision in best conditions,
6- All male circumcision should be performed in operation room or equal sterilization conditions,
7- The mass circumcisions must be stopped.
The conditions written above are the ideal terms. Besides every people has their habits and truths, there are the medical truths. It is impossible to carry the all male circumcision operations in to operation rooms due to high quantity of operations. It will be meaningless if we say just the trained professional do the all male circumcisions. I would have used to get angry to mass circumcision sponsors specially municipality presidents and would say exactly like that to them: go ahead and serve to the people in different fields like communications, roads, water lines, etc. But I saw that it is not so easy to do as like as to say.
Although I know all circumcision techniques, I use the clamp technique and perform Modern Circumcision Surgery.
I am one of the doctors who knows best the male circumcision is very difficult in fact. Absolutely every method has advantages and disadvantages. I never used electro-cauter or thermo-cauter techniques. I have circumcised 5.000 kids between 1990-2002 years by Classic Circumcision Surgery which requires sutures. I met with Smartclamp named device in 2002 and I had a chance to introduce this device to the Turkey. I visited the Turkey step by step. I met with surgeons who make circumcisions in different countries. I circumcised people from different nationalities. I shared my experiences with most of well know people who assigned with circumcision in their countries or all world. I had the difficult experiences of many authors.
I am using the alisklamp disposable circumcision device which I had supported the developing period. I honestly believe that it will be a world brand and suggest to everyone who makes circumcisions to see this product. You will notice that how it approach to ideal circumcision when you see the results at www.alisklamp.com.
Dear friends, although I am you consider me as a clamp user, I also would like to share my opinions about which method is feasible while looking the world circumcision map.
1. The method should supply easiness to operator,
2. The method should be done fast,
3. The method should protect the operator and the people who will get circumcised,
4. The method should not to cause any cosmetic defect,
5. The method should not be a reason for sexual function problems,
6. The method should be applicable easily,
7. The method should easy to learn and to teach,
8. The method should not require to suturing on penis,
9. The method should not require too much surgical instruments,
10. The method and tools should not cause unknown infections like the Catguts,
11. The required tools should be disposable,
12. The method should not require bed resting during the healing period,
13. The method should not require additional antibiotic medicines nor wound dressing
14. The method and tools should not cause glans penis amputations,
15. The method should be a standard method,
16. Post operative bleeding should not be even in case of bleeding anomalies,
17. The method should supply standardization in all conditions.
I suggest to everyone to perform and advice the method which covers the most of above features in male circumcision practices.
I wish the success to all doctors who contribute to developments in circumcision techniques and technologies.
Dr. Mustafa Demirelli.