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The foreskin can [also] be tightened by a simple purse-string suture (transverse [[incision ]] with vertical suturing or a circumferential purse-string suture), where a continuous stitch is made around the tip of the foreskin and then pulled tight, drawing it closed in somewhat the same way the frenar band works in a natural [[foreskin]].

The suture will dissolve after about six weeks. During this period the body reacts to the suture as a foreign object and begins to grow [[skin ]] tissue around the suture. This is the same thing that happens with body piercings such as a simple ear piercing. The body reacts by making a [[skin ]] tube around the foreign object so it is no longer inside the body.Even though the suture dissolves the [[skin ]] tube will remain.

A [[restored foreskin ]] is typically not as tight as a natural one, so a small number of restorers may choose to have this surgery performed when they finish their restoration process, in order to increase the tightness of the foreskin.

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* [http://www.foreskin.gc.bz/other_surgical.phpForeskin Restoration]* [http://www.foreskinrestore.com/purse_string.htmlAlex's purse string suture]* {{REFjournal |last=Schultheiss |first=Dirk |init=D |author-link= |last2=Truss |first2=Michael C. |init2=MC |author2-link= |last3=Stief |first3=Christian G. |init3=CG |author3-link= |last4=Jonas |first4=Udo |init4=U |author4-link= |etal=no |title=Uncircumcision: A Historical Review of Preputial Restoration |trans-title= |language= |journal=Plast Reconstr Surg |location= |date=1998 |volume=101 |issue=7 |pages=1990-8 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/schultheiss/ |quote= |pubmedID=9623850 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1097/00006534-199806000-00037 |accessdate=2020-01-08}}