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Medical science has not established any limits on the quantity or frequency of masturbation. One is free to do it as much and as often as one desires. There is no minimum or maximum age for masturbation. Interest in masturbation typically increases with the onset of [[puberty]].

====Masturbation with foreskin====

}}</ref> It is ''not'' necessary to retract the [[foreskin]] while masturbating. If the foreskin is of adequate length, then the [[foreskinned]] male will usually keep it forward for additional stimulation. Keeping the head covered by the [[foreskin]] also protects the sensitive [[mucosa]] covering the [[glans penis| head]]. The motion of the foreskin, as in [[gliding action]], stimulates the nerves ([[Meissner's corpuscles]]) in the [[foreskin]]. Use of lubrication is optional for [[intact]] males. An informal online survey of [[intact]] and restored males in 2024 found use of lubricant is unnecessary and unpopular with almost no use of lubricant.<ref name="survey2025garcía-mesa2021">{{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1hs49xk/do_you_use_lubricant_when_masturbating/ |title=Do you use lubricant when masturbating?REFjournal |last=AnonymousGarcía-Mesa |first=Yolanda

|publisherlast2=García-Piqueras |first2=Jorge |init2= |author2-link= |last3=Cobo |first3=Ramón |init3= |author3-link= |last4=Martín-Cruces |first4=José |init4= |author4-link= |last5=Suazo |first5=Iván |init5= |author5-link= |last6=García-Suárez |first6=Olivia |init6= |author6-link= |last7=Feito |first7=Jorge |init7= |author7-link= |last8= |first8=Vega |init8=José A. |author8-link= |etal=no |title=Sensory innervation of the human male prepuce: Meissner's corpuscles predominate |trans-title= |language= |journal=Journal of Anatomy |location=REDDIT |date=20252021-0110 |volume=239 |issue=4 |article= |page= |pages=892-02902 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13481 |pubmedID=34120333 |pubmedCID=8450466 |DOI=10.1111/joa.13481 |accessdate=2025-0109-0509}}</ref> Foreskins naturally vary greatly in length and tightness, so men report different experiences, however every [[foreskin]] offers a [[ridged band]] and [[gliding action]]. There are many variations in technque.<ref>{{REFweb

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Many believe that [[foreskinned]] men tend to produce more [[pre-ejaculate]]than [[circumcised]] men, perhaps because of better erogenous stimulation.====Lubrication====Lubrication is a crutch for men crippled by [[circumcision]]. Use of lubrication is optional for [[intact]] males as the mobile [[gliding action]] of the [[foreskin]] renders lubrication unnecessary.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1nwnl9c/i_use_my_foreskin_as_lube/ |title=I use my foreskin as lube |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=REDDIT |date=2025-10-03 |accessdate=2025-10-05}}</ref> An informal online survey of [[intact]] and restored males in 2024 found use of lubricant is unnecessary and unpopular with almost no use of lubricant, although a few [[intact]] men enjoy the sensation produced by lubrication.<ref name="survey2025">{{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1hs49xk/do_you_use_lubricant_when_masturbating/ |title=Do you use lubricant when masturbating? |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |publisher=REDDIT |date=2025-01-02 |accessdate=2025-01-05}}</ref>

The muscle fibers of the ring will become elastic over time as your son’s foreskin loosens with the hormones of [[puberty ]] and eventually fully retracts. Until then, tell your son to masturbate gently to slowly widen the opening. If he masturbates too vigorously, he can force the head of the penis through the opening and tear the ring, causing bleeding as well as pain. Gentleness is always important when the genitals are involved.<ref name="milos2022-07-25">{{REFweb

In all cases [of masturbation] circumcision is undoubtedly the physicians' closest friend and ally ... To obtain the best results one must cut away enough [[skin]] and [[Mucosa| mucous membrane]] to rather put it on the stretch when erections come later. There must be no play in the [[skin]] after the wound has thoroughly healed, but it must fit tightly over the [[penis]], for should there be any play the patient will be found to readily resume his practice, not begrudging the time and extra energy required to produce the orgasm. It is true, however, that the longer it takes to have an orgasm, the less frequently it will be attempted, consequently the greater the benefit gained ... The younger the patient operated upon the more pronounced the benefit, though occasionally we find patients who were [[circumcised]] before [[puberty ]] that require a resection of the [[skin]], as it has grown loose and pliant after that epoch.<ref name="spratling1895">{{REFjournal

[[Circumcised]] males found that they could still practice [[masturbation]], if they used lubrication to overcome the crippling handicap of being [[circumcised]].<ref name="spratling1895" /> Lubrication has been characterized as a "prosthesis" used to overcome the impairment induced by loss amputation of a functional body part. Ravi Kumar (2017) reports:

Many commenters on death grip syndrome seem profoundly ignorant of the effects of circumcision ([[MGM]]). Their comments are not helpful. Death grip masturbation may be regarded as a late complication of circumcision.

The presence of the [[foreskin]], with its high degree of [[Foreskin sensitivity| sensitivity]] and easy [[gliding action]], eliminates any need or desire for death grip masturbation among [[intact]] men.<ref name="savage2019" />It appears to be impossible for a [[foreskinned]] man to practice death grip masturbation.

====Improving the masturbation experience====

}}</ref> [[Circumcised]] males who are not satisfied with the quality of their masturbation experience may wish to consider non-surgical [[foreskin restoration]]. It takes some time and effort to restore a missing foreskin, but once it is done, it will last the rest of one's life.

Many men who practice [[foreskin restoration]] report a substantial improvement in their masturbation experience with their [[restored]] [[penis]] as compared with their previous [[circumcised]] penis. Notably, they typically report an improvement in [[gliding action]], in [[Foreskin sensitivity| sensation]], and a reduction or elimination of the need for lubricationwith their [[restored foreskin]].