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|accessdate=2026-01-21
}}</ref> A '''long foreskin''' may have an [[acroposthion]].
==Health benefits==
The foreskin provides health benefits, which are increased by having full coverage.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Fleiss
|first=
|init=PM
|author-link=Paul M. Fleiss
|last2=Hodges
|first2=
|init2=FM
|author2-link=Frederick M. Hodges
|last3=Van Howe
|first3=
|init3=RS
|author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe
|etal=no
|title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce
|journal=Sex Transm Infect
|date=1997-10
|volume=74
|issue=5
|pages=364-7
|url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=10195034
|pubmedCID=1758142
|DOI=10.1136/sti.74.5.364
|accessdate=2026-01-27
}}</ref>
==Can it be manually retracted?==
'''Long foreskins''' do not spontaneously retract, but some can be manually retracted while others will not manually retract, usually due to a narrow tip of the foreskin that will not pass over the [[glans penis]].