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Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the [[glans penis]] by the balanopreputial lamina, a [[synechia| synechial membrane]], which prevents retraction. In addition, the tip of the foreskin ([[acroposthion]]) is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]]. The preputial cavity is closed by the synechia and cannot be infected.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"/>

Forcible attempts to retract the foreskin result in injury to the boy, so should be avoided. The first person to retract the foreskin should be the boy himself.

Forcible attempts to retract the foreskin result in injury to the boy, so should be avoided. The first person to retract the foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal

|last=Wright

|first=J.E.

|title=Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin"

|journal=Med J Aust

|volume=160

|issue=

|pages=134-135

|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright2/

|quote=

|pubmedID=8295581

|pubmedCID=

|DOI=

|date=1994-02-07

|accessdate=2020-05-16

}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Thorvaldsen-meyhoff2005">{{REFjournal

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 Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the [[glans penis]] by the balanopreputial lamina, a [[synechia| synechial membrane]], which prevents retraction. In addition, the tip of the foreskin ([[acroposthion]]) is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]]. The preputial cavity is closed by the synechia and cannot be infected.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"/>
-Forcible attempts to retract the foreskin result in injury to the boy, so should be avoided. The first person to retract the foreskin should be the boy himself.
+Forcible attempts to retract the foreskin result in injury to the boy, so should be avoided. The first person to retract the foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Wright
+ |first=J.E.
+ |title=Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin"
+ |journal=Med J Aust
+ |volume=160
+ |issue=
+ |pages=134-135
+ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright2/
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=8295581
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=
+ |date=1994-02-07
+ |accessdate=2020-05-16
+}}</ref>
 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.<ref name="Thorvaldsen-meyhoff2005">{{REFjournal