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The widening of the foreskin also depends on age. A child's foreskin may be too tight to be retracted all the way past the glans, even though it has already completely separated from the glans. This early foreskin tightness ([[phimosis]]) is a normal stage of development and vanishes with increasing age in most boys. | The widening of the foreskin also depends on age. A child's foreskin may be too tight to be retracted all the way past the glans, even though it has already completely separated from the glans. This early foreskin tightness ([[phimosis]]) is a normal stage of development and vanishes with increasing age in most boys. | ||
A study by the Danish paediatrician and school doctor, Jakob Øster, of 9,545 examinations of pupils, published in 1968, led to the following results<ref>Øster J. | A study by the Danish paediatrician and school doctor, Jakob Øster, of 9,545 examinations of pupils, published in 1968, led to the following results<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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| title=Further fate of the foreskin: incidence of preputial adhesions, phimosis, and smegma among Danish schoolboys | |||
| journal=Arch Dis Child | |||
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| url=https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/43/228/200.full.pdf | |||
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| date=1968 | |||
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''Classification according to Øster:'' | '''''Classification according to Øster:''''' | ||
''[[phimosis]]: Foreskin tightness prohibiting retraction'' | ''[[phimosis]]: Foreskin tightness prohibiting retraction'' | ||