Forced foreskin retraction - Revision history

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	}}</ref>		}}</ref> Forced foreskin retraction is extremely inappropriate in the health care of young boys.

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 Forced foreskin retraction is forbidden by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]].<ref>{{REFweb

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	}}</ref> Forcible foreskin retraction is extremely painful and traumatic to the child.<ref>{{REFbook		}}</ref> Forcible foreskin retraction is extremely harmful, painful, and [[trauma\| traumatic]] to the child.<ref>{{REFbook
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	"At birth, the [[foreskin]] is fused to the [[Glans penis\|glans]] (head) of the [[penis]] by a membrane known as the balano-preputial lamina. This membrane, in the fullness of time, will dissolve naturally, allowing the [[foreskin]] to retract from the [[Glans penis\|glans]] when desired by the male.		"At birth, the [[foreskin]] is fused to the [[Glans penis\|glans]] (head) of the [[penis]] by a membrane known as the balano-preputial lamina. This membrane, in the fullness of time, will dissolve naturally, allowing the [[foreskin]] to retract from the [[Glans penis\|glans]] when desired by the male.

	The age at which the [[foreskin]] can easily retract varies widely: some boys are retractable in their late toddler years, but many are well into teen years before the membrane dissolves fully. Virtually all medical ~~practicioners~~ in countries that do not practice [[RIC\|routine infant circumcision]] understand this process and know that to force back the [[foreskin]] before it is ready HURTS, opens the [[penis]] to infection, and can damage the [[foreskin]] itself, causing a lifetime of woe.		The age at which the [[foreskin]] can easily retract varies widely: some boys are retractable in their late toddler years, but many are well into teen years before the membrane dissolves fully. Virtually all medical practitioners in countries that do not practice [[RIC\|routine infant circumcision]] understand this process and know that to force back the [[foreskin]] before it is ready HURTS, opens the [[penis]] to [[infection]], and can damage the [[foreskin]] itself, causing a lifetime of woe.

	In the [[United States]], many healthcare workers are ignorant of these facts. Indeed, due to the prevalence of [[circumcision]] in decades of the past, healthcare providers have lost a generation of knowledge regarding proper care of the natural [[penis]]. As a result, scores of young boys have been [[Trauma\| traumatized]] and injured by those very professionals pledged to protect them. Some professionals remain stubbornly blind to the facts of proper penile care, and some are merely uninformed. Either way, as caregivers to an [[intact]] boys, we must continue to promote correct standard of care."<ref>{{REFweb		In the [[United States]], many healthcare workers are ignorant of these facts. Indeed, due to the prevalence of [[circumcision]] in decades of the past, healthcare providers have lost a generation of knowledge regarding proper care of the natural [[penis]]. As a result, scores of young boys have been [[Trauma\| traumatized]] and injured by those very professionals pledged to protect them. Some professionals remain stubbornly blind to the facts of proper penile care, and some are merely uninformed. Either way, as caregivers to an [[intact]] boys, we must continue to promote correct standard of care."<ref>{{REFweb
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 Wright (1994) advised that the first person to retract a child's [[foreskin]] should be the child himself.<ref name="wright1994">{{REFjournal

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	Wright (1994) ~~advises~~ that the first person to retract a child's [[foreskin]] should be the child himself.<ref name="wright1994">{{REFjournal		Wright (1994) advised that the first person to retract a child's [[foreskin]] should be the child himself.<ref name="wright1994">{{REFjournal
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