Surgical foreskin restoration: Difference between revisions

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While reviewing the results of the implanted-ring procedure, an engineer living in the Pacific Northwest hit upon the idea of using tape to hold the [[skin]] in place over the [[glans]]. His intent was to avoid both the surgery needed to have the platinum ring implanted and the unsightly fibrous band it left. This simple idea was circulated among a small network of men who had been sharing whatever information they could find on [[foreskin restoration]] as well as their ideas and experimentation. As a result, in 1982, [[BUFF]] (Brothers United for Future Foreskins) was born.<ref name="bigelow1994"/>

Despite the possible complications of surgery and the inevitable presence of scars, the main disadvantage seems to be the different color and texture of the original [[penile skin]] and the graft. This outcome may not be what the patient had expected; therefore, most foreskin restoration seekers nowadays prefer [[Tissue expansion|skin expansion]] systems, which avoid these problems.

Despite the possible complications of surgery and the inevitable presence of scars, the main disadvantage seems to be the different color and texture of the original [[penile skin]] and the graft. This outcome may not be what the patient had expected; therefore, most foreskin restoration seekers nowadays prefer [[Tissue expansion|skin expansion]] systems, which avoid these problems. NORM and Doctors Opposing Circumcision do not recommend non-surgical foreskin restoration.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://norm.org/foreskin-restoration/surgical-restoration/

|title=Surgical Restoration

|last=Anonymous

|publisher=NORM

|date=

|accessdate=2026-04-30

}}</ref> <ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/foreskin-restoration/

|title=Non-surgical Foreskin Restoration

|last=Anonymous

|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision

|date=2023-04

|accessdate=2026-04-30

}}</ref>

==Contemporary surgical foreskin restoration==

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 While reviewing the results of the implanted-ring procedure, an engineer living in the Pacific Northwest hit upon the idea of using tape to hold the [[skin]] in place over the [[glans]]. His intent was to avoid both the surgery needed to have the platinum ring implanted and the unsightly fibrous band it left. This simple idea was circulated among a small network of men who had been sharing whatever information they could find on [[foreskin restoration]] as well as their ideas and experimentation. As a result, in 1982, [[BUFF]] (Brothers United for Future Foreskins) was born.<ref name="bigelow1994"/>
-Despite the possible complications of surgery and the inevitable presence of scars, the main disadvantage seems to be the different color and texture of the original [[penile skin]] and the graft. This outcome may not be what the patient had expected; therefore, most foreskin restoration seekers nowadays prefer [[Tissue expansion|skin expansion]] systems, which avoid these problems.
+Despite the possible complications of surgery and the inevitable presence of scars, the main disadvantage seems to be the different color and texture of the original [[penile skin]] and the graft. This outcome may not be what the patient had expected; therefore, most foreskin restoration seekers nowadays prefer [[Tissue expansion|skin expansion]] systems, which avoid these problems. NORM and Doctors Opposing Circumcision do not recommend non-surgical foreskin restoration.<ref>{{REFweb
+ |url=https://norm.org/foreskin-restoration/surgical-restoration/
+ |title=Surgical Restoration
+ |last=Anonymous
+ |publisher=NORM
+ |date=
+ |accessdate=2026-04-30
+}}</ref> <ref>{{REFweb
+ |url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/foreskin-restoration/
+ |title=Non-surgical Foreskin Restoration
+ |last=Anonymous
+ |publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision
+ |date=2023-04
+ |accessdate=2026-04-30
+}}</ref>
 ==Contemporary surgical foreskin restoration==