Care of intact, foreskinned boys: Difference between revisions

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The [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans]] penis in infancy and childhood so it cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Wright (1994) advises that the first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
The [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans]] penis by the [[synechia]] in infancy and childhood so it cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Wright (1994) advises that the first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
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