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==Warning to parents==
==Warning to parents==
Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently destroys the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so surgery should be avoided except as a last resort.
Some medical doctors, either because of ignorance or because of greed, will tell parents that their normal, healthy son, with a normal, healthy, non-retractile foreskin needs a [[circumcision]]. Circumcision is a [[pain| painful]], harmful, and usually unnecessary [[amputation]] that permanently causes [[bodily harm]] by destroying the many useful, healthful, beneficial [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions of the foreskin]], so circumcision should be avoided except as a last resort.
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]