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No bandage is required, allowing easy monitoring for infection.

Healing occurs while the edges of the prepuce are secured in the ring, making [[skin bridge]]s (where the foreskin's end heals to the glans' corona) unlikely.

Healing occurs while the edges of the [[prepuce]] are secured in the ring, making [[skin bridge]]s (where the foreskin's end heals to the glans' corona) unlikely.

Cosmetically, there will be little to no [[circumcision scar]], though as usual with any circumcision, there will be a color change where the (formerly) inner and outer layers of foreskin meet.

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==Disadvantages==

The ring must fall off before final healing can occur. Rarely, the tip of the glans may protrude through the ring and become swollen, trapping the ring in place. Blood transfusion risk is 1 in 30,000 procedures (Wiswell).

The ring must fall off before final healing can occur. Rarely, the tip of the [[glans]] may protrude through the ring and become swollen, trapping the ring in place. Blood transfusion risk is 1 in 30,000 procedures (Wiswell).

One study of 2000 Plastibell circumcisions found a complication rate of 1.8%.<ref>{{REFjournal

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The foreskin must be slit and forced from the glans to allow entry for the plastic dome.

The [[foreskin]] must be slit and forced from the glans to allow entry for the plastic dome.

Furthermore, because convalescence depends on a (temporarily) affixed medical device, risks of infection or hemorrhage due to the bell slipping or otherwise failing are greater<ref>{{REFnews

Furthermore, because convalescence depends on a (temporarily) affixed medical device, risks of [[infection]] or [[bleeding| hemorrhage]] due to the bell slipping or otherwise failing are greater<ref>{{REFnews

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 No bandage is required, allowing easy monitoring for infection.
-Healing occurs while the edges of the prepuce are secured in the ring, making [[skin bridge]]s (where the foreskin's end heals to the glans' corona) unlikely.
+Healing occurs while the edges of the [[prepuce]] are secured in the ring, making [[skin bridge]]s (where the foreskin's end heals to the glans' corona) unlikely.
 Cosmetically, there will be little to no [[circumcision scar]], though as usual with any circumcision, there will be a color change where the (formerly) inner and outer layers of foreskin meet.
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 ==Disadvantages==
-The ring must fall off before final healing can occur. Rarely, the tip of the glans may protrude through the ring and become swollen, trapping the ring in place. Blood transfusion risk is 1 in 30,000 procedures (Wiswell).
+The ring must fall off before final healing can occur. Rarely, the tip of the [[glans]] may protrude through the ring and become swollen, trapping the ring in place. Blood transfusion risk is 1 in 30,000 procedures (Wiswell).
 One study of 2000 Plastibell circumcisions found a complication rate of 1.8%.<ref>{{REFjournal
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 }}</ref>
-The foreskin must be slit and forced from the glans to allow entry for the plastic dome.
+The [[foreskin]] must be slit and forced from the glans to allow entry for the plastic dome.
-Furthermore, because convalescence depends on a (temporarily) affixed medical device, risks of infection or hemorrhage due to the bell slipping or otherwise failing are greater<ref>{{REFnews
+Furthermore, because convalescence depends on a (temporarily) affixed medical device, risks of [[infection]] or [[bleeding| hemorrhage]] due to the bell slipping or otherwise failing are greater<ref>{{REFnews
   |last=Brennae
   |first=Mark