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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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}}</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 ==


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==Generally recognized benefits of foreskin restoration==
==Generally recognized benefits of foreskin restoration==
 
# ''Reduction'' of the [[trauma]] of [[foreskin]] [[amputation]].<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal
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|author-link=Dale Andersen
|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses
|date=2025-12
|volume=10
|issue=2
|pages=1-37
|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786
|accessdate=2026-03-12
|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.
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# ''An end to tight and painful [[erection]]s''.  Increasing the quantity of skin results in longer skin and less tension when the [[penis]] is erect.
# ''An end to tight and painful [[erection]]s''.  Increasing the quantity of skin results in longer skin and less tension when the [[penis]] is erect.
# ''Gliding mechanism'': the [[gliding action]] is beneficial because it facilitates [[masturbation]] and sex by reducing friction and providing a stimulating sheath that pleasurably slips back and forth over the [[glans]], thereby decreasing the need for artificial lubrication. This provides for more enjoyable intercourse for both partners and avoids problems with vaginal dryness.<ref name="warren1994">{{REFjournal
# ''Gliding mechanism'': the [[gliding action]] is beneficial because it facilitates [[masturbation]] and sex by reducing friction and providing a stimulating sheath that pleasurably slips back and forth over the [[glans]], thereby decreasing the need for artificial lubrication. This provides for more enjoyable intercourse for both partners and avoids problems with vaginal dryness.<ref name="warren1994">{{REFjournal
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* [[Epispasm]]
* [[Epispasm]]
* [[Foreskin]]
* [[Foreskin]]
* [[Foreskin play]]
* [[Foreskin Restoration - video]]
* [[Foreskin Restoration - video]]
* [[Foreskin restoration information for circumcised teens]]
* [[Foreskin restoration information for circumcised teens]]
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* {{REFweb
|url=http://pages.suddenlink.net/manual_methods/index.html
|title=Manual Methods of Foreskin restoration
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-journey/
|title=Taking Back What Was Stolen: A Foreskin Restoration Journey
|last=Alissa
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|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-02-26
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* {{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.
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|date=2025-12-08
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* {{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
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|publisher=The Onion
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|date=2025-12-22
|season=Christmas
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|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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