 Hi, my name is Dr. Radhakrishnan. I'm a pediatric surgeon and a pediatric urologist and I work at the Manipal Hospital in Bangalore. The treatment of hypospedias again is complicated and varied and depends on the individual child. Most varieties of hypospedias usually require surgery. The more minor degrees of hypospedias require surgery, mostly for cosmetic reasons. Although cosmetic reasons may sound trivial, it is actually important because many of these children, when they grow up and go to school, can get ragged because their penis looks different and that can cause serious psychological problems. And therefore, even though surgery in minor degrees of hypospedias is done for cosmetic reasons, it is important to counsel parents and explain to them the consequences of not doing the surgery early on to the child. In a severe degree of hypospedias, the problem is not just cosmetic but also functional because of the bend in the penis and the fact that the opening is so low down. In these children, surgery is an absolute must to restore normal function when this child grows up and also to restore cosmesis.