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One of the aspects of [[intactivism]] that are most ignored by the medical community is the existence of a large community of men restoring their foreskin through non-surgical methods. [[Foreskin restoration]] was first done by the Jewish people approximately 100 years before the Christian era,<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Hall |init=RG |author-link= |last2= |init2= |author2-link= |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/hall1/ |title=Epispasm: circumcision in reverse |journal=Bible Review |date=1992-08 |volume= |issue= |pages=52-7 |accessdate=2022-06-17}}</ref> <ref name="schultheiss1998">{{REFjournal
|last=Schultheiss
|first=Dirk
|DOI=10.1097/00006534-199806000-00037
|accessdate=2020-01-02
}}</ref> and was the reason why the original [[brit milahBrit Milah]] was made more radical, turning it into brit periah.
Interest in foreskin restoration reappeared during World War II, when Jewish men were often identified by the absence of [[foreskin]].<ref name="schultheiss1998" /> Surgical methods were attempted.<ref name="tushmet1965">{{REFjournal