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'''Intact-friendly''' and '''foreskin-friendly''' are interchangable interchangeable terms used in the [[United States]], where non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys has been generally practiced, to describe health-care providers who are knowledgeable regarding care of the [[intact]] natural [[penis]] with a [[foreskin]].
The extraordinary ignorance of many American health-care providers regarding the human foreskin, a natural body part, makes these terms necessary.<ref>{{REFjournal
|accessdate=2022-09-09
}}</ref> It is said that the only thing doctors learn in medical school about the human foreskin is that it is to be cut off!
Ignorant doctors are likely to confuse a normal healthy developmentally non-retractable boy's [[foreskin]] with [[phimosis]] and recommend an unnecessary [[circumcision]].
Parents need to be especially wary at their [[intact]] son's visit to a doctor for any reason.<ref>{{REFjournal
4. Risk of urethral ulcer causing urethral stenosis, as well as recurrent UTI, urinary tract infections.
5. Scarring Risk of scarring from recurrent infections, leading to inelasticity of the foreskin.
6. Risk of paraphimosis (inability to replace the foreskin after retraction, a urologic emergency), due to swollen and/or inelastic tissue.
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This information illustrates the need for parents to be certain that their [[intact]] son's healthcare provider is intact-friendly.
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* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
* [[Forced foreskin retraction]]
* [[Foreskin Care for Boys]]
* [[United States of America]]
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