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|title=Phimosis Unveiled: Breaking Barriers to Enjoying a Fulfilling Sex Life |url=https://wwwdrpaulo.kindlyhealthcom.combr/blogen/phimosis-unveiled-breaking-barriers-to-enjoying-a-fulfillinhinder-sex-life/ |publishertitle=kindlyDoes Phimosis Hinder Sex? 5 Myths and Facts About the Condition |last=IndraEgydio |first=Paulo |init= |author-link= |publisher=Egydio Medical Center |date=20232024-0806-1125 |accessdate=20242025-04-08
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}}</ref> A foreskin will not retract when the tip of it is too narrow to [[Gliding action| glide]] back over the [[glans penis]],<ref name="phimosis2016" /> so that the glans penis is exposed. Phimosis is classified as a condition, not a disease. It does not threaten health, so treatment of it is elective.
In newborn boys and toddlers, [[phimosis]] is natural and normal. It protects the [[glans penis]] from injuries and contamination. This natural phimosis, which is an adhesion of the foreskin to the glans due to [[synechia]], usually resolves by [[puberty]], and in some men even later.
== Can I have sex with phimosis? ==
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