Physiological phimosis - Revision history

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	Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain\| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently causes [[bodily harm]] by destroying the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions\| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so circumcision should be avoided except as a last resort.		Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain\| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently causes [[bodily harm]] by destroying the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions\| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so circumcision should be avoided except as a last resort.

	Parents who have such a doctor for their [[intact]] son would do well to find a [[Lists of foreskin-friendly and intact-friendly physicians\| foreskin-friendly physician]].		Parents who have such a doctor for their [[intact]] son would do well to find a [[Lists of foreskin-friendly and intact-friendly physicians\| foreskin-friendly physician]].<ref>{{REFweb
			\|url=https://www.yourwholebaby.org/phimosis
			\|title=The Doctor Says My Child has Phimosis!
			\|last=Ward
			\|first=Katie
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			\|publisher=Your Whole Baby
			\|date=2019-06-29
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	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}
	* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]		* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
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-}}</ref> 1) The inner surface of the foreskin is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common [[synechia]] to prevent retraction. Forcible retraction will tear the synechia so should be avoided. 2) Nature provides a second method is provided to prevent retraction by making the tip of the immature foreskin too narrow to pass over the [[glans penis]]. One-half of boys can retract by 10.4 years of age, but the others do not become retractable until later.<ref>{{REFjournal
+}}</ref> 1) The inner surface of the foreskin is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common [[synechia]] to prevent retraction.<ref>{{REFjournal
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 ==Adolescents==
 A few pubescent [[intact]] adolescents will find that their foreskin has retained the normal childhood tightness. French physician Dr. Michel Beaugé (1997) recommends that teens adopt a [[masturbation]] style that will cause [[stretching]] of the [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal

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	==Warning to parents==		==Warning to parents==
	Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain\| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently causes [[bodily harm]] by destroying the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions\| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so circumcision should be avoided except as a last resort.		Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain\| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently causes [[bodily harm]] by destroying the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions\| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so circumcision should be avoided except as a last resort.

			Parents who have such a doctor for their [[intact]] son would do well to find a [[Lists of foreskin-friendly and intact-friendly physicians\| foreskin-friendly physician]].
	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}
	* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]		* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]

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	==Warning to parents==		==Warning to parents==
	Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain\| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently ~~destroys~~ the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions\| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so ~~surgery~~ should be avoided except as a last resort.		Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain\| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently causes [[bodily harm]] by destroying the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions\| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so circumcision should be avoided except as a last resort.
	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}
	* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]		* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]

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	'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a medical term that is used to designate the normal, healthy, developmental condition of the [[penis]] during infancy, boyhood, and adolescence.		'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a medical term that is used to designate the normal, healthy, developmental condition of the [[penis]] during infancy, boyhood, pre-teen, and adolescence.

	<b>Physiological</b> is a word that designates a normal, healthy condition. It opposes the word <b>pathological</b> that designates an abnormal, perhaps diseased condition.<ref>{{REFweb		<b>Physiological</b> is a word that designates a normal, healthy condition. It opposes the word <b>pathological</b> that designates an abnormal, perhaps diseased condition.<ref>{{REFweb
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			==Warning to parents==
			Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain\| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently destroys the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions\| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so surgery should be avoided except as a last resort.
	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}
	* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]		* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]

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-}}</ref> 1) The inner surface of the foreskin is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common [[synechia]] to prevent retraction. Forcible retraction will tear the synechia so should be avoided. 2) Nature provides a second method is provided to prevent retraction by making the tip of the immature foreskin too narrow to pass over the [[glans penis]]. The tip of the [[foreskin]] normally widens to render the foreskin retractable by age 18, but a few persist until later. Continued physiological phimosis with non-retractable foreskin into adult life is a normal variant.
+}}</ref> 1) The inner surface of the foreskin is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common [[synechia]] to prevent retraction. Forcible retraction will tear the synechia so should be avoided. 2) Nature provides a second method is provided to prevent retraction by making the tip of the immature foreskin too narrow to pass over the [[glans penis]]. One-half of boys can retract by 10.4 years of age, but the others do not become retractable until later.<ref>{{REFjournal
 The first person to retract a boy's [[foreskin]] should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
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   |journal=Med J Aust
   |volume=160
   |pages=134-135
   |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright2/

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	==Adolescents==		==Adolescents==
	A few pubescent adolescents will find that their foreskin has retained the normal childhood tightness. French physician Dr. Michel Beaugé (1997) recommends that teens adopt a [[masturbation]] style that will cause [[stretching]] of the [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal		A few pubescent [[intact]] adolescents will find that their foreskin has retained the normal childhood tightness. French physician Dr. Michel Beaugé (1997) recommends that teens adopt a [[masturbation]] style that will cause [[stretching]] of the [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}
	* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]		* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
			* [[Masturbation]]
	* [[Pathological phimosis]]		* [[Pathological phimosis]]

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