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  |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/synechia
  |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/synechia
  |title=Synechia
  |title=Synechia
|trans-title=
|language=
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|first=
  |publisher=The Free Medical Dictionary  
  |publisher=The Free Medical Dictionary  
  |website=The Free Dictionary
  |website=The Free Dictionary
|date=
  |accessdate=2019-10-07
  |accessdate=2019-10-07
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There are some synechiae that are natural.  Baby boys are born with the inner foreskin fused with the glans penis by a synechial membrane that is common to both parts,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
There are some synechiae that are natural.  Baby boys are born with the inner foreskin fused with the glans penis by a synechial membrane that is common to both parts,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
  |last=Deibart
  |last=Deibart
|init=GA
  |first=G.A.
  |first=G.A.
  |title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis
  |title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis
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}}</ref> The separation and breakdown and the synechia is natural, normal, spontaneous, and requires no special care. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) report about 50 percent of boys can retract their [[foreskin]] by age 10.4, thus confirming Øster's report.<ref name-"thorvaldsen2005">{{REFjournal
}}</ref> The separation and breakdown and the synechia is natural, normal, spontaneous, and requires no special care. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) report about 50 percent of boys can retract their [[foreskin]] by age 10.4, thus confirming Øster's report.<ref name-"thorvaldsen2005">{{REFjournal
  |last=Thorvaldsen
  |last=Thorvaldsen
  |first=M.A.
  |init=MA
  |last2=Meyhoff
  |last2=Meyhoff
  |first2=H.H.
  |init2=HH
  |title=Phimosis: pathological or physiological?
  |title=Phimosis: pathological or physiological?
  |journal=Ugeskr Læge
  |journal=Ugeskr Læge
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Premature forcible foreskin retraction (PFFR) of a boy's foreskin will rip the boy's synechia apart and cause severe pain and injury to the boys.<ref>{{REFjournal
Premature forcible foreskin retraction (PFFR) of a boy's foreskin will rip the boy's synechia apart and cause severe pain and injury to the boys.<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Narvaez
  |last=Narvaez
  |first=D.F.
  |init=DF
  |last2=Geisheker
  |last2=Geisheker
  |first2=J.
  |init2=J
|author2-link=John Geisheker
  |title=What Is the Greatest Danger for an Uncircumcised Boy?
  |title=What Is the Greatest Danger for an Uncircumcised Boy?
  |journal=Psychology Today
  |journal=Psychology Today
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}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Narvaez
  |last=Narvaez
  |first=D.F.
  |init=DF
  |last2=Geisheker
  |last2=Geisheker
  |first2=J.
  |init2=J
|author2-link=John Geisheker
  |title=Doctor Ignorance of Male Anatomy Harms Boys  
  |title=Doctor Ignorance of Male Anatomy Harms Boys  
  |journal=Psychology Today
  |journal=Psychology Today
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  |DOI=
  |DOI=
  |accessdate=2019-10-08
  |accessdate=2019-10-08
}}</ref> Unfortunately, many American physicians are ignorant of normal penile anatomy and cause severe pain and grave injury to boys whom they examine in their practice. The first person to retract a boy's foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref> Unfortunately, many American physicians are ignorant of normal penile anatomy and cause severe pain and grave injury to boys whom they examine in their practice. The first person to retract a boy's foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Wright
  |last=Wright
  |first=J.E.
  |init=JE
  |title= Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin."  
  |title= Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin."  
  |journal=Med J Aust
  |journal=Med J Aust
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{{LINKS}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFdocument
* {{REFdocument
  |title=Answers to Your Questions About Premature (Forcible) Retraction of Your Young Son's Foreskin
  |title=Answers to Your Questions About Premature (Forcible) Retraction of Your Young Son's Foreskin
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