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The foreskin has many [[Meissner's corpuscles]], which are specialized nerves that sense motion and [[stretching]] as pleasurable. Such behavior is normal and parents need not be concerned.
The foreskin has many [[Meissner's corpuscles]],<ref name="winkleman1956">{{REFjournal
|last=Winkelmann
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|init=RK
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|title=The cutaneous innervation of human newborn prepuce
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|journal=J Invest Dermatol
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|date=1956-01
|volume=26
|issue=1
|article=
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|pages=53-67
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|DOI=10.1038/jid.1956.5
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}}</ref> which are specialized nerves that sense motion and [[stretching]] as pleasurable. Such behavior is normal and parents need not be concerned.


==Not recommended==
==Not recommended==