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==Penile care for adolescents and teens==
==Penile care for adolescents and teens==


By the onset of puberty, most but not all boys have a retractable foreskin. Boys with a retractable foreskin should retract and wash their foreskin when they bathe. Use of soap, shampoo, and body wash on the mucosa inside the foreskin should be avoided because it dries the oils from the mucosal tissue.<ref>{{REFjournal
By the onset of puberty, most, but not all boys, have a retractable foreskin. Boys with a retractable foreskin should retract and wash their foreskin when they bathe. Use of soap, shampoo, and body wash on the mucosa inside the foreskin should be avoided because it dries the oils from the mucosal tissue.<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Birley
  |last=Birley
  |first=HDL
  |first=HDL
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  |journal=Clinical features and management of recurrent balanitis: association with atopy and genital washing
  |journal-Genitourin Med
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  |date=1993
  |date=1993
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  |pubmedID=Clinical features and management of recurrent balanitis: association with atopy and genital washing
  |pubmedID=8244363
  |pubmedCID=8244363
  |pubmedCID=1195128
  |DOI=10.1136/sti.69.5.400
  |DOI=10.1136/sti.69.5.400
  |accessdate=2020-05-28
  |accessdate=2020-05-28