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The information provided by supposed authorities regarding when the foreskin of a boy becomes retractable is usually wrong. The foreskin may be become retractable after a few years, but it usually does not. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of young men in Denmark where boys are preserved intact. They found that the average age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years.<ref name="thorvaldsen2005">{{REFjournal | |||
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|first=M A | |||
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|last2=Meyhoff | |||
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|title=Patologisk eller fysiologisk fimose? | |||
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|language=Danish | |||
|journal=Ugeskr Læger | |||
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|date=2005-04-25 | |||
|volume=167 | |||
|issue=17 | |||
|pages= 1858-62 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/thorvaldsen1/ | |||
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}}</ref> This means that many boy's foreskins become retractable even later. | |||
==Penile care for adolescents and teens== | ==Penile care for adolescents and teens== | ||