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}}</ref> <ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-journey/
|title=Taking Back What Was Stolen: A Foreskin Restoration Journey
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
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|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-02-26
|accessdate=2025-02-28
}}</ref> They are also used by [[regret men]] and by [[foreskinned]] men who simply desire a longer [[foreskin]].  
}}</ref> They are also used by [[regret men]] and by [[foreskinned]] men who simply desire a longer [[foreskin]].  


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The practice of foreskin restoration was revived in the late twentieth century using modern materials and techniques. In 1982 a group called Brothers United for Future Foreskins ([[BUFF]]) was formed,<ref name="kennedy2015" /> which publicized the use of tape in non-surgical restoration methods. Later in 1991, another group called UNCircumcising Information and Resources Centers ([[UNCIRC]]) was formed.<ref name="Bigelow - uncirc">{{REFjournal
The practice of foreskin restoration was revived in the late twentieth century using modern materials and techniques. In 1982 a group called Brothers United for Future Foreskins ([[BUFF]]) was formed,<ref name="kennedy2015" /> which publicized the use of tape in non-surgical restoration methods. Later, in 1991, another group called UnCircumcising Information and Resources Centers ([[UNCIRC]]) was formed.<ref name="Bigelow - uncirc">{{REFjournal
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  |last=Bigelow
  |first=Jim
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}}</ref> Since its founding, several NORM chapters have been founded throughout the [[United States]], as well as internationally in [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and Germany.
}}</ref> Since its founding, several NORM chapters have been founded throughout the [[United States]], as well as internationally in [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and Germany.
== Surgical techniques ==
Surgical techniques of foreskin restoration are  historical. They are seldom, if ever, used today because they have not given good results.
Surgical methods of foreskin restoration, sometimes known as foreskin reconstruction, usually involve a method of grafting skin onto the distal portion of the penile shaft. The grafted skin is typically taken from the scrotum, which contains the same smooth muscle (known as [[dartos|dartos fascia]]) as does the skin of the penis. One method involves a four stage procedure in which the shaft is buried in the scrotum for a period of time.<ref name="Greer">{{REFjournal
|last=Greer
|first=Donald M.
|init=DM
|last2=Mohl
|first2=Paul C.
|init2=PC
|last3=Sheley
|first3=Kathy A.
|init3=KA
|title=A technique for foreskin reconstruction and some preliminary results
|journal=The Journal of Sex Research
|volume=18
|issue=4
|pages=324-330
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/greer1/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1080/00224498209551158
|date=1982
|accessdate=
}}</ref> Such techniques are costly, and have the potential to produce unsatisfactory results or serious complications related to the skin graft.
British Columbia resident [[Paul Tinari]] was held down and [[circumcised]] at eight years old, in what he stated was "a routine form of punishment" for [[masturbation]] at [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metis-experiences-at-residential-school residential schools].  Following a lawsuit, Tinari's surgical foreskin restoration was covered by the British Columbia Ministry of Health. The plastic surgeon who performed the restoration was the first in [[Canada]] to have done such an operation, and used a technique similar to that described above.<ref name="Tyee article">{{REFjournal
|last=Euringer
|first=Amanda
|init=A
|title=BC Health Pays to Restore Man's Foreskin
|journal=The Tyee
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=
|url=http://thetyee.ca/News/2006/07/25/Circumcision/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|date=2006-07-25
|accessdate=
}}</ref><ref name="NRM article">{{REFjournal
|last=Laliberté
|first=Jennifer
|init=J
|title=BC man's foreskin op a success
|journal=National Review of Medicine
|volume=3
|issue=12
|pages=
|url=http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2006/06_30/3_patients_practice01_12.html
|quote=
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}}</ref>
See also: [[Surgical foreskin restoration]]
=== Results ===
Results of surgical foreskin restoration are much faster, but are often described as unsatisfactory, and most restoration groups advise against them.


== Nonsurgical techniques ==
== Nonsurgical techniques ==
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}}</ref> A loose effect can also be alleviated by creating increased length, but requires a longer commitment to the restoration program.  In addition, several websites claim that the use of O-rings during the restoration program can train the skin to maintain a puckered shape.
}}</ref> A loose effect can also be alleviated by creating increased length, but requires a longer commitment to the restoration program.  In addition, several websites claim that the use of O-rings during the restoration program can train the skin to maintain a puckered shape.
If the [[frenulum]] was excised during the [[foreskin]] [[amputation]], it cannot be regrown.


As the [[shaft skin]] expands and gets longer the [[circumcision scar]] will travel down toward the tip and eventually turn under and be concealed inside the restored foreskin, thus producing a very natural appearance.
As the [[shaft skin]] expands and gets longer the [[circumcision scar]] will travel down toward the tip and eventually turn under and be concealed inside the restored foreskin, thus producing a very natural appearance.


When the [[glans penis]] is habitually covered by the regrown foreskin, the increase in protection, plus moisture and oil from [[transudation]] provided by the new [[foreskin]], will result in [[Keratinization#De-keratinization_treatment| de-keratinization]] of the [[glans penis]] and increase in sensation.
Reports indicate that some men have restored their [[foreskin]] to the degree that their [[glans penis]] will remain covered, even during [[erection]]. This is called CI-10 on the [https://www.restoringforeskin.org/coverage-index/CI-chart.htm coverage index].
 
== Surgical techniques ==
 
Surgical techniques of foreskin restoration are  historical. They are seldom, if ever, used today because they have not given good results.
 
Surgical methods of foreskin restoration, sometimes known as foreskin reconstruction, usually involve a method of grafting skin onto the distal portion of the penile shaft. The grafted skin is typically taken from the scrotum, which contains the same smooth muscle (known as [[dartos|dartos fascia]]) as does the skin of the penis. One method involves a four stage procedure in which the shaft is buried in the scrotum for a period of time.<ref name="Greer">{{REFjournal
|last=Greer
|first=Donald M.
|init=DM
|last2=Mohl
|first2=Paul C.
|init2=PC
|last3=Sheley
|first3=Kathy A.
|init3=KA
|title=A technique for foreskin reconstruction and some preliminary results
|journal=The Journal of Sex Research
|volume=18
|issue=4
|pages=324-330
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/greer1/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1080/00224498209551158
|date=1982
|accessdate=
}}</ref> Such techniques are costly, and have the potential to produce unsatisfactory results or serious complications related to the skin graft.
 
British Columbia resident [[Paul Tinari]] was held down and [[circumcised]] at eight years old, in what he stated was "a routine form of punishment" for [[masturbation]] at [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metis-experiences-at-residential-school residential schools]. Following a lawsuit, Tinari's surgical foreskin restoration was covered by the British Columbia Ministry of Health. The plastic surgeon who performed the restoration was the first in [[Canada]] to have done such an operation, and used a technique similar to that described above.<ref name="Tyee article">{{REFjournal
|last=Euringer
|first=Amanda
|init=A
|title=BC Health Pays to Restore Man's Foreskin
|journal=The Tyee
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=
|url=http://thetyee.ca/News/2006/07/25/Circumcision/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|date=2006-07-25
|accessdate=
}}</ref><ref name="NRM article">{{REFjournal
|last=Laliberté
|first=Jennifer
|init=J
|title=BC man's foreskin op a success
|journal=National Review of Medicine
|volume=3
|issue=12
|pages=
|url=http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2006/06_30/3_patients_practice01_12.html
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|date=2006-06-30
|accessdate=
}}</ref>


See also: [[Surgical foreskin restoration]]
When the [[glans penis]] is habitually covered by the regrown foreskin, the increase in protection, plus moisture and oil from [[transudation]] provided by the new [[foreskin]], will result in [[Keratinization#De-keratinization_treatment| de-keratinization]] of the [[glans penis]], an increase in sensation, a smoother, more glossy texture, and usually a more purplish color in Caucasian men.


=== Results ===
The recreation of the foreskin also results in the creation of a [[preputial sac]].


Results of surgical foreskin restoration are much faster, but are often described as unsatisfactory, and most restoration groups advise against them.
====Moving the goal====
[[Circumcised]] men who start to restore usually establish a set amount of new foreskin that they would like to restore. However, as they restore, they become so delighted with the results that they move the goal to create more [[foreskin]] than originally planned.


== Physical aspects ==
== Physical aspects ==
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# ''Moist glans penis'': A restored foreskin keeps the [[glans penis]] moist and oily by [[transudation]] in the same manner as a natural [[foreskin]].
# ''Moist glans penis'': A restored foreskin keeps the [[glans penis]] moist and oily by [[transudation]] in the same manner as a natural [[foreskin]].
# ''Appearing and Feeling whole'': The [[circumcision scar]] has turned under the restored foreskin and is invisible. The presence of the restored foreskin causes one to look and feel [[intact]], whole, complete, and normal.
# ''Appearing and Feeling whole'': The [[circumcision scar]] has turned under the restored foreskin and is invisible. The presence of the restored foreskin causes one to look and feel [[intact]], whole, complete, and normal.
# ''Coverage of the glans'': this is beneficial because (a) it protects the [[glans]] from uncomfortably rubbing up against things, and (b) by keeping the glans moist and protected, it leads to [[dekeratinization]], which subsequently increases sensation.
# ''Coverage of the glans'': this is beneficial because (a) it protects the [[glans]] from uncomfortably rubbing up against things, and (b) by keeping the glans moist and protected, it leads to [[dekeratinization]], which subsequently increases sensation. Many men report a desire to have the [[glans]] covered at all times, even when [[erection]] occurs.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1kx5iv2/men_with_long_foreskin/
|title=Men with long foreskin
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2025-05-27
|accessdate=2025-06-07
}}</ref>
# ''More sensation'': It is true that non-surgical foreskin restoration cannot restore the [[ridged band]] or the [[frenulum]], but a restored foreskin does have some nerves in it. Those nerves are stimulated by the [[Gliding action| gliding]] of the foreskin, so it is quite pleasurable to have a restored foreskin.  Some men who were [[circumcised]] as adults and subsequently restored have estimated that they got back about 80 percent of what they had lost in sensation.
# ''More sensation'': It is true that non-surgical foreskin restoration cannot restore the [[ridged band]] or the [[frenulum]], but a restored foreskin does have some nerves in it. Those nerves are stimulated by the [[Gliding action| gliding]] of the foreskin, so it is quite pleasurable to have a restored foreskin.  Some men who were [[circumcised]] as adults and subsequently restored have estimated that they got back about 80 percent of what they had lost in sensation.
# ''Increased comfort'': The head of one's [[penis]] is protected by [[foreskin]] as nature intended.
# ''Increased comfort'': The head of one's [[penis]] is protected by [[foreskin]] as nature intended.
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[[Foreskin regeneration]] is only theoretical as of 2024. No foreskin has ever been regenerated. There is no assurance that foreskin regeneration would actually be successful, if attempted.
[[Foreskin regeneration]] is only theoretical as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}. No foreskin has ever been regenerated. There is no assurance that foreskin regeneration would actually be successful, if attempted.


[[Foregen]] had announced its desire to conduct trials on human volunteers in 2025.<ref>{{REFweb
[[Foregen]] had announced its desire to conduct trials on human volunteers in 2025.<ref>{{REFweb
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== Videos ==
== Videos ==
==== Wayne Griffiths - Foreskin Restoration & Human Rights ====
=== Wayne Griffiths - Foreskin Restoration & Human Rights ===
[[R. Wayne Griffiths]], {{MS}}, co-founder of [[NORM]], discusses foreskin restoration and human rights in 2009.
[[R. Wayne Griffiths]], {{MS}}, co-founder of [[NORM]], discusses foreskin restoration and human rights in 2009.
<youtube>v=qWIyipxe2uE</youtube>
<youtube>v=qWIyipxe2uE</youtube>
====Circumcised at 46====
 
===Circumcised at 46===
<youtube>v=pZ3n8CtcmRY</youtube>
<youtube>v=pZ3n8CtcmRY</youtube>
==== Foreskin Restoration ====


=== Foreskin Restoration ===
[[Ron Low]], a manufacturer of a foreskin restoration device, discussed foreskin restoration.
[[Ron Low]], a manufacturer of a foreskin restoration device, discussed foreskin restoration.
<youtube>v=7B98RAGbJkc</youtube>
<youtube>v=7B98RAGbJkc</youtube>
====Why some men cannot orgasm after being circumcised - tight cut versus regular cut====
 
===Why some men cannot orgasm after being circumcised - tight cut versus regular cut===
<youtube>v=xGRpOFSrDes</youtube>
<youtube>v=xGRpOFSrDes</youtube>
===Medical malpractice leads to painful erections (Part 1 of 3)===
<youtube>v=xKNWoUCpatk</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Basics of foreskin restoration]]
* [[Basics of foreskin restoration]]
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* [[Epispasm]]
* [[Epispasm]]
* [[Foreskin]]
* [[Foreskin]]
* [[Foreskin play]]
* [[Foreskin Restoration - video]]
* [[Foreskin Restoration - video]]
* [[Foreskin restoration information for circumcised teens]]
* [[Gliding action]]
* [[Gliding action]]
* [[Intact Again Podcast]]
* [[Intact Again Podcast]]
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{{LINKS}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Foreskin_restoration|Foreskin restoration|2025-08-17}}
* [http://www.norm.org NORM - National Organization of Restoring Men (U.S.)]
* [http://www.norm.org NORM - National Organization of Restoring Men (U.S.)]
* [https://www.cirp.org/pages/restore.php CIRP Foreskin restoration for circumcised males]
* [https://www.cirp.org/pages/restore.php CIRP Foreskin restoration for circumcised males]
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  |date=2024
  |accessdate=2024-09-24
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}}
* {{REFweb
|url=http://pages.suddenlink.net/manual_methods/index.html
|title=Manual Methods of Foreskin restoration
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=
|date=
|accessdate=2025-11-16
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-journey/
|title=Taking Back What Was Stolen: A Foreskin Restoration Journey
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-02-26
|accessdate=2025-11-23
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-tiktok-trend/
|title=TikTokers Are Talking About Foreskin Restoration—Here’s What They’re Not Saying
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=A
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-07-03
|accessdate=2025-07-06
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/foreskin_restoration/comments/1mzug2p/why_restore/?chainedPosts=t3_1n06r5s%2Ct3_1mzbtb1%2Ct3_1n12ly5%2Ct3_1n0u1l4%2Ct3_1mz1zdg
|title=Why restore?
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2025-08-25
|accessdate=2025-08-27
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1o4kvc4/comment/nj3bkac/
|title=Learning to love my foreskin
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2025-10-12
|accessdate=2025-10-14
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/foreskin_restoration/comments/1phhp0x/and_then_suddenly_one_day_you_have_a_foreskin/?chainedPosts=t3_1piqqbe
|title=......and then: Suddenly one day you have a foreskin.
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2025-12-08
|accessdate=2025-12-11
}}
* {{REFnews
|title=Ho, Ho, Ho! I’m Regrowing My Foreskin!
|url=https://theonion.com/ho-ho-ho-im-regrowing-my-foreskin-2/
|last=Claus
|first=Santa
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Onion
|website=
|date=2025-12-22
|season=Christmas
|accessdate=2025-12-25
|format=
|quote=Many, many years ago, something terrible happened to your old friend Santa. Like so many beautiful babies, I was born with a gift between my legs that was wrapped in very sensitive paper called the frenulum. But soon after, some naughty doctors tore it off, exposed my glans, and hurt my penis very badly!
}}
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