Care of intact, foreskinned boys

The preputial mucosa of the foreskin is fused with the glans penis by the synechia in infancy and childhood so the foreskin cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is harmful. Wright (1994) advises that the first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.

Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of 4,000 boys in Denmark. They report that the mean age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years in Denmark.

See also

• Ballooning of the foreskin
• Immunological and protective function of the foreskin
• Retraction of the foreskin
• Synechia

External links

• Fleiss, Paul M. (March 1989). Care of the intact male, NOCIRC. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  Quote: Leave the penis of the newborn infant alone.
• Simpson, Errol T., Baraclough, Phillip. The management of the paediatric foreskin. Aust Fam Physician. 1998; 27(5): 381-3. PMID.
• Milos, Marilyn (September 2007). Answers To Your Questions About Your Young Son's Intact Penis, NOCIRC. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
• Milos, Marilyn (September 2007). Answers To Your Questions About Premature (Forcible) Retraction of Your Young Son's Foreskin, NOCIRC. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
• Care of the Intact (Not Circumcised) Penis in the Young Child , Doctors Opposing Circumcision. (July 2016). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
• https:Basic Care (Intact Penis), Your Whole Baby. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
• (July 2018). The penis and foreskin, The Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne. Retrieved 23 December 2019.