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All circumcisions excise the [[ridged band]], which is the source of much [[Sexual sensation of the foreskin| sexual sensation]], resulting in a permanent life-time loss of sensation.

The loss of the immunological and protective functions makes penile health issues more likely. In comparison, due to the open wounds and raw [[bleeding]] flesh in a diaper, the [[circumcised]] [[penis]] needs much more care after [[circumcision]]. The surgically externalized [[glans]] is dirty rather then clean because of constant exposure to dirt, abrasion, pathogens, and contaminants.<ref name="vanhowe1997">{{REFjournal

|last=Van Howe

|init=RS

|author-link=Robert Van Howe

|url=https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1464-410X.1997.00467.x

|title=Variability in penile appearance and penile findings: a prospective study

|journal=Br J Urol

|date=1997

|volume=80

|pages=776-782

|DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410X.1997.00467.x

|accessdate=2019-10-20

}}</ref> [[Circumcised]] boys are also found to be more likely to develop [[balanitis]], [[meatitis]], [[Skin bridge| coronal adhesions]], and [[meatal stenosis]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal

|last=Van Howe

|init=RS

|author-link=

|title=Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting

|journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila)

|volume=45

|issue=1

|pages=49-54

|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000992280604500108?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

|quote=

|pubmedID=16429216

|pubmedCID=

|DOI=10.1177/000992280604500108

|date=2006-01

|accessdate=2025-01-31

|note=Jan-Feb 2006

}}</ref>

The excision of skin by circumcision makes painful erections more likely.

==U.S. Government policy on circumcision==

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 All circumcisions excise the [[ridged band]], which is the source of much [[Sexual sensation of the foreskin| sexual sensation]], resulting in a permanent life-time loss of sensation.
+The loss of the immunological and protective functions makes penile health issues more likely. In comparison, due to the open wounds and raw [[bleeding]] flesh in a diaper, the [[circumcised]] [[penis]] needs much more care after [[circumcision]]. The surgically externalized [[glans]] is dirty rather then clean because of constant exposure to dirt, abrasion, pathogens, and contaminants.<ref name="vanhowe1997">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Van Howe
+ |init=RS
+ |author-link=Robert Van Howe
+ |url=https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1464-410X.1997.00467.x
+ |title=Variability in penile appearance and penile findings: a prospective study
+ |journal=Br J Urol
+ |date=1997
+ |volume=80
+ |pages=776-782
+ |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410X.1997.00467.x
+ |accessdate=2019-10-20
+}}</ref> [[Circumcised]] boys are also found to be more likely to develop [[balanitis]], [[meatitis]], [[Skin bridge| coronal adhesions]], and [[meatal stenosis]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Van Howe
+ |init=RS
+ |author-link=
+ |title=Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting
+ |journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila)
+ |volume=45
+ |issue=1
+ |pages=49-54
+ |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000992280604500108?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=16429216
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=10.1177/000992280604500108
+ |date=2006-01
+ |accessdate=2025-01-31
+ |note=Jan-Feb 2006
+}}</ref>
+The excision of skin by circumcision makes painful erections more likely.
 ==U.S. Government policy on circumcision==