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It is normal for the glans penis (head of the penis) to be very sensitive to touch when the [[foreskin]] is retracted for the first time since birth.
It is normal for the glans penis (head of the penis) to be very sensitive to touch when the [[foreskin]] is retracted for the first time since birth.


There is no particular reason to touch the head so, if it is painful to touch, then one may simply avoid touching it.  Keeping the foreskin forward in its protective position over the glans penis also prevents pain.
There is no particular reason to touch the head so, if it is painful to touch, then one may simply avoid touching it. Nature provides the [[foreskin]] with its well known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective functions]]Simply keeping the foreskin forward in its protective position over the glans penis will prevents pain.


==Sensitivity and innervation of the glans penis ==
==Sensitivity and innervation of the glans penis ==