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}}</ref> Therefore, it has been necessary to establish an educational program for both parents and physicians on the normal care of the intact penis.<ref name="bollinger2007" />
==Discussion==
The intact [[foreskin]] has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the foreskin is left alone. Only the outside of the foreskin should be washed as one washes a finger.
The [[preputial mucosa]] of the [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans penis]] by the [[synechia]] in infancy and childhood so the foreskin cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is harmful. Wright (1994) advises that the first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal