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==Characteristics of longer foreskins==
As with shorter foreskins, the [[ridged band]] is located just inside the tip of the [[foreskin]].
Longer foreskins are much less likely to spontaneously retract. The longest foreskins, if manually retracted, are likely to glide forward to recover and protect the glans penis when released.
A longer [[foreskin]] improves wetness in the preputial sac.<ref name="ofarrell2008">{{REFjournal
|last=O'Farrell
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|last2=Chung
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|init2=CK
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|last3=Weiss
|first3=Helen
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|title=Foreskin length in uncircumcised men is associated with subpreputial wetness
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|journal= Int J STD AIDS.
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|date=2008-12
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|volume=19
|issue=23
|pages=821-3
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|pubmedID=19050212
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|DOI=10.1258/ijsa.2008.008106
|accessdate=2025-07-04
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Men with the longest foreskin are able to glide the [[foreskin]] without exposing the [[glans penis]].
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Acroposthion]]