La okipoepoe he hana opuu e komo anaka hemo ana o ka omaka, ka ili i uhi maoli i ka nā aniani ma ka penis.

Hiki ke ʻoki ʻia ka ʻāpana a i ʻole ka huina, a loaʻa ka hopena o ka waiho ʻole ʻana o nā glans. Ke hanaʻia no nā kumu lāʻau, ua kapaʻiaʻo ia posthectomie.

Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ke ʻoki poepoe ʻana ʻo ia ke kaʻina hana ʻokiʻoki kahiko loa a nui loa i hana ʻia ma ka honua: ma kahi o 30% o nā kāne ma luna o 15 mau makahiki ua ʻoki poepoe ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

Hiki ke ʻoki poepoe ʻia no nā kumu hoʻomana, moʻomeheu a olakino paha:

• manao hoomana : ʻoki poepoe ʻia ma nā hoʻomana Iudaio a me Muslim (maʻamau ma waena o 3 a me 8 mau makahiki no nā Mahometa, he mau lā ma hope o ka hānau ʻana no nā Iudaio)
• kumu maʻemaʻe a moʻomeheu : Ua hāʻawi ʻia ke ʻoki poepoe ʻana i nā mākua o nā keiki hou no nā kumu maʻemaʻe ma nā ʻāina Anglo-Saxon (United States, Australia, Canada a me Great Britain a me South Korea).
• kahua lapaʻau : pono paha ke okipoepoe ma ka hihia o phimosis, ka mea e puka mai ana i ka wehe 'ana o ka omaka i hiki ole ke puka i waho o ka glans i ka hanana o ke kukulu ana (scaling no hoi hiki ole). Hiki i kēia kūlana ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia like ʻole, e like me ka paʻakikī o ka mimi ʻana, ka mumū a i ʻole ka maʻi o ka glans a i ʻole urethral meatus.