We didn't with our son, and are really glad we didn't as the benefits seemed to not outweigh the risks. Just seemed like an unnecessary hassle, and it doesn't take much effort at all to clean.
A few months after the procedure could have been done, after developing mystery bruises, he was diagnosed with a condition where his blood doesn't clot. The condition runs in most families, but we had no family history and no clue it was there for a few months. For families without a history, circumcision is usually where it is discovered/diagnosed, but not before significant, potentially life threatening blood loss.
The vast, vast majority of boys don't have the same risks of course (talking 1:5000 odds), but for our anecdote, we certainly dodged a bullet, and our decision definitely would have remained the same.
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