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}}</ref> A '''long foreskin''' may have an [[acroposthion]]. | }}</ref> A '''long foreskin''' may have an [[acroposthion]]. | ||
==Health benefits== | |||
The foreskin provides health benefits, which are increased by having full coverage.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Fleiss | |||
|first= | |||
|init=PM | |||
|author-link=Paul M. Fleiss | |||
|last2=Hodges | |||
|first2= | |||
|init2=FM | |||
|author2-link=Frederick M. Hodges | |||
|last3=Van Howe | |||
|first3= | |||
|init3=RS | |||
|author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe | |||
|etal=no | |||
|title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce | |||
|journal=Sex Transm Infect | |||
|date=1997-10 | |||
|volume=74 | |||
|issue=5 | |||
|pages=364-7 | |||
|url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf | |||
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|pubmedID=10195034 | |||
|pubmedCID=1758142 | |||
|DOI=10.1136/sti.74.5.364 | |||
|accessdate=2026-01-27 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Can it be manually retracted?== | ==Can it be manually retracted?== | ||
'''Long foreskins''' do not spontaneously retract, but some can be manually retracted while others will not manually retract, usually due to a narrow tip of the foreskin that will not pass over the [[glans penis]]. | '''Long foreskins''' do not spontaneously retract, but some can be manually retracted while others will not manually retract, usually due to a narrow tip of the foreskin that will not pass over the [[glans penis]]. | ||