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}}</ref> Boys with a protective foreskin do not develop [[meatal stenosis]]. | }}</ref> Boys with a protective foreskin do not develop [[meatal stenosis]]. | ||
The fusion of the balanopreputial lamina gradually breaks down over a widely variable period of years, so the foreskin can be retracted. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported the mean age of first foreskin retraction to be 10.4 years.<ref name="thorvaldsen2005">{{REFjournal | The fusion of the balanopreputial lamina gradually breaks down over a widely variable period of years, so the foreskin can be retracted. | ||
When the fusion is separating, it is normal for an [[intact]] boy to report feeling pain when he urinates. When the separation is complete, he will no longer feel pain when the urinates. | |||
Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported the mean age of first foreskin retraction to be 10.4 years.<ref name="thorvaldsen2005">{{REFjournal | |||
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