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|last=Zöllner
|first=Alexander M.
|init=AM
|author-link=
|last2=Tepole
|first2init2=A.B.AB
|last3=Kuhl
|first3init3=E.
|title=On the biomechanics and mechanobiology of growing skin
|journal=Theoretical Biology
|date=2012
Tissue expansion by manual stretching effectively widens the [[foreskin]] to treat [[phimosis]] or [[paraphimosis]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Dunn
|firstinit=HP
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title= |transNon-title= |language=Surgical Management of Phimosis
|journal=Aust N Z J Surg
|location=
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Beaugé
|firstinit=M.
|title=The causes of adolescent phimosis
|journal=Br J Sex Med
Tissue expansion has also been used for the technique of non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]], which applies tension externally using specialized devices and/or manual stretching to replace circumcised tissues with newly expanded residual shaft skin.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Radovan
|firstinit=C.
|author-link=
|title=Tissue expansion in soft-tissue reconstruction
|last=Collier
|first=Roger
|init=R
|author-link=
|title=Whole again: the practice of foreskin restoration