Historically, there has been a suggestion that circumcision may prevent transmission of some diseases such as sexually transmitted diseases including viruses. There has also been the thought that some types of cancer may be reduced among those who have undergone circumcision. For the most part, this evidence is very weak, and most doctors and surgeons consider it an entirely elective procedure that can be done for social reasons rather than something that should be done for medical reasons. That being said, there are valid social reasons to undergo circumcision, and it is, therefore, a very commonly completed procedure. It can either be accomplished in infancy as a neonate, or at another date later in life. When one has undergone a circumcision, or any surgical procedure, in which the outcome is not as cosmetically favorable as one would like, there are options that exist to revise the outcome.