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|DOI=10.1503/cmaj.109-4009
|accessdate=
}}</ref> Men who have been [[circumcised ]] stretch and apply tension to their shaft and foreskin remnants to expand and elongate tissue in efforts to produce a functional [[foreskin]]. This form of tissue expansion can take years, as the amount of [[skin]] growth required is typically around 15 square inches.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.noharmm.org/snip.htm
|title=Not a "Snip," But 15 Square Inches
|date=2012-02-28
|accessdate=2019-10-10
}}</ref> This process does not regenerate or restore the function of the [[frenulum]] or the [[ridged band]]. It does, however, typically involve growing more [[shaft skin]] and [[preputial mucosa]], which serves to moisten and protect the [[glans penis|glans]]. Men who have restored their [[foreskin ]] typically notice increased sensitivity and [[dekeratinization]] of the glans.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.cirp.org/pages/restore.html
|title=Foreskin restoration for circumcised men
An [[acroposthion]] may be created gradually with consistent regular stretching with a device or manually.
=== Correction of an uneven foreskin ===
Some foreskins are naturally shorter on one side than the other. This may be corrected over time by manually stretching only the short side.
=== Retraining of a long retracted foreskin ===
A few [[intact]] males will elect to wear their [[foreskin]] permanently retracted for months or years. Later, when they change their mind about the advisability of that practice, they find that their foreskin will not remain in its normal position where it covers and protects the [[glans penis]], because it seems to have become shorter. In such cases, it is necessary to provide traction on the [[foreskin]] to lengthen it to its normal length. The same techniques used by [[circumcised]] men, who are restoring their lost foreskin, works very well in such cases.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Basics of foreskin restoration]]
* [[Frenulum breve]]
* [[Mitosis]]
* [[Penis]]
* [[Phimosis]]
* [[Retraction of the foreskin]]
|accessdate=2022-08-20
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* [ {{REFweb |url=http://phimosisjourney.com/ |title=A Phimosis Journey] |last= |first= |init= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2023-12-24}}{{REF}}
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Foreskin restoration]]
[[Category:Physiology]]
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]