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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 | 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 | |||
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|date=2013 | |||
|accessdate=2025-12-30 | |||
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* {{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 | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||