Development of retractable foreskin: Difference between revisions

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|quote=The boys themselves retracted the foreskin for the first time at a mean age of 10.4 years.

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}}</ref> Non-retractile foreskin is the more common condition until about 10-11 years of age.

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== Discussion ==

Boys are born with a non-retractile foreskin.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> The [[foreskin]] gradually becomes retractable over a variable period of time ranging from birth to 18 years or more.<ref name="Øster1968~~"/><ref name="thorvaldsen2005~~"/> There is no “right” age for the foreskin to become retractable. Non-retractile foreskin does not threaten health, so no intervention is necessary. Many boys only develop a retractable foreskin after [[puberty]]. Education of concerned parents usually is the only action required.<ref>{{REFjournal

Boys are born with a non-retractile foreskin.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> The [[foreskin]] gradually becomes retractable over a variable period of time ranging from birth to 18 years or more.<ref name="Øster1968"/> There is no “right” age for the foreskin to become retractable. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported the mean age of first foreskin retraction was 10.4 years.<ref name="thorvaldsen2005"/> Non-retractile foreskin does not threaten health, so no intervention is necessary. Many boys only develop a retractable foreskin after [[puberty]]. Education of concerned parents usually is the only action required.<ref>{{REFjournal

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* [[Penis]]

* [[Phimosis]]

* [[Physiological phimosis]]

* [[Preputioplasty]]

* [[Stretching]]

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+  |quote=The boys themselves retracted the foreskin for the first time at a mean age of 10.4 years.
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 }}</ref> Non-retractile foreskin is the more common condition until about 10-11 years of age.
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 == Discussion ==
-Boys are born with a non-retractile foreskin.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> The [[foreskin]] gradually becomes retractable over a variable period of time ranging from birth to 18 years or more.<ref name="Øster1968"/><ref name="thorvaldsen2005"/> There is no “right” age for the foreskin to become retractable. Non-retractile foreskin does not threaten health, so no intervention is necessary. Many boys only develop a retractable foreskin after [[puberty]]. Education of concerned parents usually is the only action required.<ref>{{REFjournal
+Boys are born with a non-retractile foreskin.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> The [[foreskin]] gradually becomes retractable over a variable period of time ranging from birth to 18 years or more.<ref name="Øster1968"/> There is no “right” age for the foreskin to become retractable. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported the mean age of first foreskin retraction was 10.4 years.<ref name="thorvaldsen2005"/> Non-retractile foreskin does not threaten health, so no intervention is necessary. Many boys only develop a retractable foreskin after [[puberty]]. Education of concerned parents usually is the only action required.<ref>{{REFjournal
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 * [[Penis]]
 * [[Phimosis]]
+* [[Physiological phimosis]]
 * [[Preputioplasty]]
 * [[Stretching]]