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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the practice by a small number of [[foreskinned]] men of permanently keeping and wearing their [[intact]] [[foreskin]] in a retracted position so that the [[glans penis]] is permanently exposed. The practice preserves the [[intactness]] of the [[penis]]. Some men who practice <b>''autocircumcision</b> '' find it necessary to wear a plastic ring behind their [[corona]] to keep their foreskin retracted.<ref name="lee2019">{{NSFW}} {{REFweb

Some reports indicate that a foreskin permanently kept retracted may shorten and may no longer be kept in its normal position where it covers and protects IntactiWiki does not recommend the glans penispractice of autocircumcision.

It is expected that [[keratinization]] and loss of sensation would occur.===Claimed benefit==="This will make the penis appear like being [[circumcised]], without the drawbacks."<ref name="lee2019" />

==Loss of immunological and protective function==Fleiss, Hodges, and Van Howe (1998)<bigref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}<b/ref>Warning: The citation below and other medical scientists have identified numerous [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological and protective functions of the foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]]. These functions would largely cease to operate when the [[foreskin]] is NSFWkept in a retracted position that deactivates the [[preputial sac]].</b></big>{{REF}}