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==Fusion==

It is well established that boys are born with the inner [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common membrane to which both parts are fused. The membrane, which is called the <i>balanopreputial lamina</i>, is common to both parts, so retraction of the boy's foreskin is prevented by nature. There is good reason for this, since the [[foreskin]] provides protection to the [[penis]] while in the diaper, which usually contains feces, urine, and ammonia. Boys with a protective foreskin do not develop [[meatal stenosis]].

It is well established that boys are born with the inner [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common membrane to which both parts are fused.<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal

|last=Deibart

|init=GA

|title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis

|journal=Anat Rec

|date=1933

|volume=57

|issue=

|pages=387-99

|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/deibert/

|quote=

|pubmedID=

|pubmedCID=

|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409

|accessdate=2025-12-03

}}</ref> The membrane, which is called the <i>balanopreputial lamina</i>, is common to both parts, so retraction of the boy's foreskin is prevented by nature. There is good reason for this, since the [[foreskin]] provides protection to the [[penis]] while in the diaper, which usually contains feces, urine, and ammonia. Boys with a protective foreskin do not develop [[meatal stenosis]].

The fusion of the balanopreputial lamina gradually breaks down over a widely variable period of years, so the foreskin can be retracted. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported the mean age of first foreskin retraction to be 10.4 years.<ref name="thorvaldsen2005">{{REFjournal

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==Adhesion==

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 ==Fusion==
-It is well established that boys are born with the inner [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common membrane to which both parts are fused. The membrane, which is called the <i>balanopreputial lamina</i>, is common to both parts, so retraction of the boy's foreskin is prevented by nature. There is good reason for this, since the [[foreskin]] provides protection to the [[penis]] while in the diaper, which usually contains feces, urine, and ammonia. Boys with a protective foreskin do not develop [[meatal stenosis]].
+It is well established that boys are born with the inner [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common membrane to which both parts are fused.<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Deibart
+ |init=GA
+ |title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis
+ |journal=Anat Rec
+ |date=1933
+ |volume=57
+ |issue=
+ |pages=387-99
+ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/deibert/
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409
+ |accessdate=2025-12-03
+}}</ref> The membrane, which is called the <i>balanopreputial lamina</i>, is common to both parts, so retraction of the boy's foreskin is prevented by nature. There is good reason for this, since the [[foreskin]] provides protection to the [[penis]] while in the diaper, which usually contains feces, urine, and ammonia. Boys with a protective foreskin do not develop [[meatal stenosis]].
 The fusion of the balanopreputial lamina gradually breaks down over a widely variable period of years, so the foreskin can be retracted. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported the mean age of first foreskin retraction to be 10.4 years.<ref name="thorvaldsen2005">{{REFjournal
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 }}</ref>
+==Adhesion==
 {{REF}}