Care of intact, foreskinned boys: Difference between revisions

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==Discussion==

The human [[foreskin]] is nature's protection against injury and [[infection]] of the [[penis]]. Since it has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the [[foreskin]] is left alone, only the outside of the [[foreskin]] should be washed as one washes a finger.

The human [[foreskin]] is nature's protection against injury and [[infection]] of the [[penis]]. Since it has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the [[foreskin]] is left alone, only the outside of the [[foreskin]] should be washed as one washes a finger. Bubble bath can be irritating to a child's foreskin so it is best to avoid bubble bath products in the bath water.<ref name="milos2022-03-07">{{REFweb

|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bath-time-turns-a-boys-foreskin-red/

|title=Ask Marilyn – Bath Time Turns a Boy’s Foreskin Red

|last=Milos

|first=

|init=MF

|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos

|publisher=Intact America

|date=2022-03-07

|accessdate=2024-10-24

}}</ref>

The [[preputial mucosa]] of the [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans penis]] by the [[synechia]] in infancy and childhood so the [[foreskin]] cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is traumatic and painful. Wright (1994) advised that the first person to retract the boy’s [[foreskin]] should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal

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 ==Discussion==
-The human [[foreskin]] is nature's protection against injury and [[infection]] of the [[penis]]. Since it has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the [[foreskin]] is left alone, only the outside of the [[foreskin]] should be washed as one washes a finger.
+The human [[foreskin]] is nature's protection against injury and [[infection]] of the [[penis]]. Since it has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the [[foreskin]] is left alone, only the outside of the [[foreskin]] should be washed as one washes a finger. Bubble bath can be irritating to a child's foreskin so it is best to avoid bubble bath products in the bath water.<ref name="milos2022-03-07">{{REFweb
+ |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bath-time-turns-a-boys-foreskin-red/
+ |title=Ask Marilyn – Bath Time Turns a Boy’s Foreskin Red
+ |last=Milos
+ |first=
+ |init=MF
+ |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
+ |publisher=Intact America
+ |date=2022-03-07
+ |accessdate=2024-10-24
+}}</ref>
 The [[preputial mucosa]] of the [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans penis]] by the [[synechia]] in infancy and childhood so the [[foreskin]] cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is traumatic and painful. Wright (1994) advised that the first person to retract the boy’s [[foreskin]] should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal