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}}</ref> Moistness also may be maintained by [[transudation]].<ref name="cold-taylor1999" /> The preputial sac may also receive slippery [[pre-ejaculate]], which may be distinguished because it is more slippery. The sac may vary from very slightly moist to wet when one is aroused.
=== Foreskin fragrance ===
The [[foreskin]] produces [[pheromone| pheromones]] that are likely to be present in the preputial sac.<ref name="fleiss1998" /> Many [[foreskinned]] men report a pleasant musky fragrance<ref name="vocabulary2024">{{REFweb
}}</ref> from their [[penis]]. Musk is also produced by deer to create sexual arousal.<ref name="vocabulary2024" /> The fragrance, when it occurs, is emitted from the preputial sac.
The fragrance may contain stimulating pheromones and is variously characterized. A few find it offensive, but others find it attractive, pleasing, exciting, stimulating, or arousing.<ref name="vocabulary2024" /> <ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1juhht2/scent/ |title=Scent |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=Reddit |date= |accessdate=2025-04-09}}</ref>
Some believe that the use of soap in the preputial sac harms the natural [[microbiome]] and increases the strength of the fragrance. The musky foreskin fragrance may be contained by avoiding retraction of the [[foreskin]].
== Urination by foreskinned men==
[[Foreskinned]] men sometimes ask, "do I have to retract my [[foreskin]] for [[urination]]?"<ref>Some men with abundant overhanging foreskin find it awkward and difficult to retract and keep retracted their [[foreskin]] because the foreskin is constantly pushing to glide forward to return to its normal position of covering and protecting the [[glans penis]].</ref> They may have been heard myths that it is unhealthy to have [[urine]] inside the [[foreskin]], however there is no factual basis for that claim. Urine has a healthy microbiome<ref name="cold-taylor1999" /> when it leaves the urethra and is helpful for flushing out the [[foreskin]] and keeping it clean. The presence of urine in the preputial sac is ''not'' unsanitary and does not do harm. Nature has planned for this condition. Boys by necessity pee through their [[foreskin]] because it the juvenile foreskin does not retract and men with [[phimosis]] also pee through their [[foreskin]] because the foreskin does not retract. It does no harm so it is not necessary to pull back when you pee.
The epithelium of all tissue in the preputial sac is [[Mucosa| mucosal membrane]] (similar to the inside of your mouth), which likes to be wet, so no damage or threat to health or well-being is caused by having [[urine]] inside the [[foreskin]]. The sphincter action of the preputial orifice functions as a one way valve, blocking the entry of contaminants and pathogens while allowing the passage of urine.<ref name="fleiss1998" /> The [[urine]] will serve to flush contaminants and pathogens out of the [[foreskin]]. A few individuals may experience [[ballooning of the foreskin]], which is harmless.
===Video===
A NSFW video image of a [[foreskinned]] man urinating through his [[acroposthion]].
https://www.reddit.com/r/4skinoverhang/comments/15xxkyc1jhcx5j/overhang_soft_peeemptying_the_hose/?chainedPosts=t3_15xxkyc
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* {{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/user/C4Charkey/comments/1jumg8s/the_accidental_intactivist_manifesto_iii_the/ |title=Section III. The Hygienic Hoax: Soap, Water, and the Ghosts of Victorian Anxiety |last=C4Charkey |first= |init= |author-link=C4Charkey |publisher=REDDIT |date=2025-04-08 |accessdate=2025-04-12}}
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