Some docs do. I did a brief time in OB, and at least one of the doctors there used a local. I happened to be there when two newborns were having circumcisions. The one with the anesthetic cried a little bit and stopped when the doc picked him up. The other baby screamed for several minutes afterward.
It’s possible you remember your circumcision, they’re pretty traumatic. They don’t anesthetize for them.
Some docs do. I did a brief time in OB, and at least one of the doctors there used a local. I happened to be there when two newborns were having circumcisions. The one with the anesthetic cried a little bit and stopped when the doc picked him up. The other baby screamed for several minutes afterward.