- snapcracklepop"Most MD's don't want to remove tonsils. It used to be a standard operation when a lot of us were kids, but over the years research has shown that tonsils are important to prevent infections, so now they make people take tons of antibiotics, etc to treat tonsilitis. Tonsils are only removed if there have been a certain number of infections a year, or they are terribly abscessed. I still have mine. "Tonsil Stones!!!