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Relatively little medical literature regarding [[foreskin restoration]] for [[circumcised]] men exists. The reasons for this are two-fold:
* Foreskin restoration embarrasses and discredits the [[circumcision industry]] as it tries to make [[Financial incentive| as much money as it can]] from [[genital mutilation]] of boys.<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb |url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually |title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually |last=Bollinger |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Bollinger |publisher=Academia |website=https://www.academia.edu |date=2012 |accessdate=2024-06-21 |format= |quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.}}</ref>* Most of the development of non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]] has been done by non-medical organizations such as [[BUFF]].<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Özer |first= |init=M |author-link= |last2=Timmermans |first2= |init2=FW |author2-link= |etal=no |title=‘An insight into circumcised men seeking foreskin reconstruction: a prospective cohort study’ |trans-title= |language= |journal=Int J Impot Res |location= |date=2020-11 |volume=32 |issue=6 |pages=611-6 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-019-0223-y |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=31896833 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1038/s41443-019-0223-y |accessdate=2024-06-19}}</ref>
==Surgical foreskin restoration==
|accessdate=2024-06-13
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* {{REFbook
|last=Bigelow
|first=
|init=J
|author-link=Jim Bigelow
|year=1994, 1998
|title=The Joy of Uncircumcising
|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Joy-Uncircumcising-Circumcision-Restoration/dp/093406122X
|scope=
|location=
|publisher=Hourglass Book Publishing
|ISBN=978-0934061223
|accessdate=2024-06-25
}}
* {{REFjournal
|last=Bigelow
|accessdate=2024-06-13
}}
* {{REFjournal |last=Zöllner |first=Alexander M. |init=AM |author-link= |last2=Tepole |init2=AB |last3=Kuhl |init3=E |title=On the biomechanics and mechanobiology of growing skin |journal=Theoretical Biology |date=2012 |volume=297 |pages=166-75 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278515/ |pubmedID=3278515 |pubmedCID=22227432 |DOI=10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.12.022 |accessdate=2024-06-25}}</ref>
* {{REFjournal
|last=Özer
* [[Restoration]]
* [[Restored foreskin]]
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* {{REFjournal
|last=Narvaez
|init=DF
|author-link=Darcia Narvaez
|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/201506/practical-tips-men-distressed-their-circumcision
|title=Practical Tips for Men Distressed by Their Circumcision
|journal=Psychology Today
|date=2015-06-21
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=
|quote=One of the (many) problems with circumcision is that circumcised men often suffer in silence, for fear of being thought weak or weird if they complain.
|accessdate=2024-06-28
}}
The [https://my.clevelandclinic.org/ Cleveland Clinic] (2023) has belatedly recognized the existence of both surgical and non-surgical foreskin restoration:
* {{REFweb
|title=Foreskin Restoration
|url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/25139-foreskin-restoration
|archived=
|trans-title=
|language=
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Cleveland Clinic
|website=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/
|date=2023-07-23
|accessdate=2024-06-21
|format=
|quote=Restoring your foreskin is a personal decision, and there are many reasons why you may want to do it. Most people who wish to restore their foreskin want the appearance of an uncircumcised penis. It can also make you feel good to reclaim decisions about your body.
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[[Category:Foreskin restoration]]
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