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[[File:Phimosis.jpg|thumb|An erect penis with a case of phimosis]]
'''Phimosis''' (''fɪˈmoʊsɨs'' or ''faɪˈmoʊsɨs'', from the Greek ''phimos'' (φῑμός "muzzle"), is a condition of the [[penis]] where the [[foreskin]] cannot be fully retracted over the [[glans penis]].<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Phimosis|Phimosis|2019-09-25}}</ref> Phimosis is a condition, not a disease. Phimosis may or may not require treatment. Some men live their entire lives with a non-retractile foreskin. They are able to have sexual intercourse and father children.
Beaugé (1997) states that adult phimosis is cause by unusual methods of masturbation that fail to stretch the narrow foreskin of childhood.<ref name="beauge1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Beaugé
|first=Michel
|author-link=
|title=The causes of adolescent phimosis
|journal=Brit J Sex Med
|date=1997-9
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=26
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/beauge2/
|accessdate=2020-04-20
}}</ref> The condition may be treated by changing one's method of masturbation according to Beaugé.
There are three causes of non-retractile foreskin:
}}</ref>
Teen intact boys with a non-retractable foreskin may benefit by manual stretching.<ref>{{REFjournal |lastname=Beaugé |first=Michel |author-link= |etal=no |title=The causes of adolescent phimosis |trans-title= |language= |journal=Br J Sex Med |location= |date=1997-10 |volume= |issue= |pages=26 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/beauge2/ |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2019-11-02}}<"beauge1997" /ref>
==Treatment options==