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|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409
|accessdate=2023-05-23
}}</ref> so it cannot be [[Infection| infected]]. The preputial sac will remain closed for a variable number of years. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of 4000 young men in [[Denmark]]. They reported that the mean age of first [[foreskin ]] retraction is 10.4 years in [[Denmark]].<ref name="Thorvaldsen">{{REFjournal
|last=Thorvaldsen
|init=MA
|date=2005
|accessdate=2025-03-06
}}</ref> Non-retractile [[foreskin ]] is the more common condition until about 10-11 years of age.===Penile health===
The preputial sac is lined with [[mucosa]] as is appropriate for an internal organ where moisture is present.<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> [[Urine]] and other sources of moisture are not harmful to it.
|ref=<ref>{{DeWitte etal 2007}}</ref>
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Fendereski et al. (2024) compared the penile health of [[circumcised]] boys without a preputial sac to [[intact]] boys with a preputial sac during the first five years of life. The authors reported that the [[circumcised]] boys had three times as many complaints when compared with [[intact]] boys.<ref name=fendereski2024">{{REFjournal
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|title=Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision
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|journal=J Pediatr Surg
|date=2024-11
|volume=59
|issue=11
|article=161614
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|DOI=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.022
|accessdate=2025-12-03
}}</ref>
=== Sub-preputial moisture ===
A longer [[foreskin]] improves wetness in the preputial sac.<ref name="ofarrell2008">{{REFjournal
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1llu8bi/what_does_it_smell_like/
|title=What does it smell like?
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}}</ref> from their [[penis]]. Musk is also produced by deer to create sexual arousal.<ref name="vocabulary2024" /> The fragrance, when it occurs, is emitted from the preputial sac.
The fragrance may contain stimulating [[pheromone| pheromones ]] and is variously characterized. A few find it offensive, but others find it attractive, pleasing, exciting, stimulating, or arousing.<ref name="vocabulary2024" /> <ref>{{REFweb
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|accessdate=2025-04-09