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The layer of [[dartos]] muscle in the foreskin keeps the tip closed to protect the penis from infection.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{REFjournal
|last=Fleiss
|firstinit=P.PM
|author-link=Paul M. Fleiss
|last2=Hodges
|first2init2=F.FM
|author2-link=Frederick M. Hodges
|last3=Van Howe
|first3init3=R.S.RS
|author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe
|title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce
|last=Babu
|first=Ramesh
|init=R
|author-link=
|last2=Harrison
|first2=Sara K. |init2=SK
|author2-link=
|last3=Hutton
|first3=Kim
|init3=K
|author3-link=
|etal=no
No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is harmful. Wright (1994) advises that the first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
|last=Wright
|firstinit=J.E.JE
|title=Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin"
|journal=Med J Aust