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==Claimed benefit== | ==Claimed benefit== | ||
"This will make the penis appear like being [[circumcised]], without the drawbacks."<ref name="lee2019" /> | "This will make the penis appear like being [[circumcised]], without the drawbacks."<ref name="lee2019" /> | ||
== | ==Loss of immunological and protective function== | ||
Fleiss, Hodges, and Van Howe (1998)<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> and other medical scientists have identified numerous [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological and protective functions of the foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]]. These functions would largely cease to operate when the [[foreskin]] is kept in a retracted position that deactivates the [[preputial sac]] | Fleiss, Hodges, and Van Howe (1998)<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> and other medical scientists have identified numerous [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological and protective functions of the foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]]. These functions would largely cease to operate when the [[foreskin]] is kept in a retracted position that deactivates the [[preputial sac]]. | ||
==Keratinization== | ==Keratinization== | ||