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The practice of autocircumcision may be a reaction to the experience of [[Living with a foreskin in circumcised America| living with a foreskin in a circumcised society]].
The practice of autocircumcision may be a reaction to the experience of [[Living with a foreskin in circumcised America| living with a foreskin in a circumcised society]].


IntactiWiki does not recommend the practice of autocircumcision. The [[foreskin]] evolved over about 1,000,000 years to provide protection against [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. Those functions cannot work when the foreskin is not in its intended position.
IntactiWiki does ''not'' recommend the practice of autocircumcision. The [[foreskin]] evolved over about 1,000,000 years to provide protection against [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. Those functions cannot work when the foreskin is not in its intended position.


==Claimed benefit==
==Claimed benefit==
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==Loss of immunological and protective function==
==Loss of immunological and protective function==
Fleiss, Hodges, & Van Howe (1998)<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> and other medical scientists have identified numerous [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological and protective functions of the foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]]. These functions would largely cease to operate when the [[foreskin]] is kept in a retracted position that deactivates the [[preputial sac]].
Fleiss, Hodges & Van Howe (1998)<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> and other medical scientists have identified numerous [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological and protective functions of the foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]]. These functions would largely cease to operate when the [[foreskin]] is kept in a retracted position that deactivates the [[preputial sac]].


==Keratinization==
==Keratinization==
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== [[Tissue_expansion#Retraining_of_a_long_retracted_foreskin|Retraining of a long retracted foreskin]] ==
== [[Tissue_expansion#Retraining_of_a_long_retracted_foreskin|Retraining of a long retracted foreskin]] ==
Some [[stretching]] to lengthen the shortened foreskin may be necessary to repair the damage and encourage the [[foreskin]] to stay in place.
Some [[stretching]] to lengthen the shortened foreskin may be necessary to repair the damage and encourage the [[foreskin]] to stay in place.
==Video==
===autocircumcision===
<youtube>v=rFsxfno6M0Q</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Adolescent and adult circumcision]]
* [[Paraphimosis]]
* [[Paraphimosis]]
* [[Keratin]]
* [[Keratin]]
{{LINKS}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://pullitback.org/
|title=Pull it back — living with a bare head
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=
|date=2013
|accessdate=2025-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
  |url=https://www.myadultcircumcision.org/circumcision-wiki/keeping-your-foreskin-back-auto-circumcision-explained/
  |url=https://www.myadultcircumcision.org/circumcision-wiki/keeping-your-foreskin-back-auto-circumcision-explained/
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  |accessdate=2025-12-24
  |accessdate=2025-12-24
}}
}}
==Video==
===autocircumcision===
<youtube>v=rFsxfno6M0Q</youtube>
{{REF}}
{{REF}}