Development of retractable foreskin: Difference between revisions

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== Avoidance of premature retraction ==
== Avoidance of premature retraction ==


Care-givers and healthcare providers must be careful to avoid [[forced retraction|premature retraction]] of the foreskin, which is contrary to medical recommendations, painful, traumatic, tears the attachment points (synechiae), may cause infection, is likely to generate medico-legal problems, and may cause paraphimosis, with the tight foreskin acting like a tourniquet. The first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright"/>
Care-givers and healthcare providers must be careful to avoid [[forced retraction|premature retraction]] of the foreskin, which is contrary to medical recommendations, painful, traumatic, tears the attachment points (synechiae), may cause infection, is likely to generate medico-legal problems, and may cause paraphimosis, with the tight foreskin acting like a tourniquet. The first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright"/> <ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingforcibleretraction.org/
|title=Doctors Opposing Forcible Retraction
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== Making the foreskin retractable ==
== Making the foreskin retractable ==