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Adhesions take many possible forms. The [[skin bridge]] is a common one.
Adhesions take many possible forms. The [[skin bridge]] is a common one.


Unlike fusions, adhesions do not spontaneously dissolve. The services of a pediatric urologist are needed to release the adhesion.
==The difference==
The <b>fusion</b> with which one is born has a synechial membrane between the [[glans penis]] and the [[foreskin]]. The synechial membrane breaks down with increasing maturity and releases the foreskin, so that it can be retracted and have [[gliding action]].  Fusions are normal and healthy.
 
The <b>adhesion</b> forms when two raw tissues heal together.  There is no synechial membrane to dissolve and release the connection. The adhesion is pathological and requirs a surgeon to separate the adhesed tissue.
{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Forced foreskin retraction]]
* [[Forced foreskin retraction]]