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The characteristics of the circumcision scar often depend on the technique that was used. Open surgical techniques using sutures may cause uneven scarring where the sutures were placed. Newborn circumcisions do not require sutures and therefore may result in a fine, even scar, but may also result in adhesions and [http://www.circumstitions.com/Restric/Botched1sb.html skin bridges].<ref name="gracely-kilgore1984">{{REFjournal
|last=Gracely-Kilgore
|first=Katherine A. |init=KA
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}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Ponsky
|firstinit=L.E.LE
|author-link=
|last2=Ross
|first2init2=J.H.JH
|author2-link=
|last3=Knipper
|first3init3=N.
|author3-link=
|last4=Kay
|first4init4=R.
|author4-link=
|etal=no
<!--There is some controversy as to what happens to the severed nerves of the foreskin at the scar. Xin ''et al''. (1997) suggest that nerves regenerate, forming new receptors.<ref name="Xin1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Xin
|firstinit=Z.C.ZC
|author-link=
|last2=Choi
|first2init2=Y.D.YD
|author2-link=
|last3=Rha
|first3init3=K.H.KH
|author3-link=
|last4=Choi
|first4init4=H.K.HK
|author4-link=
|etal=no
}}</ref>-->Pathologists Cold & Taylor (1999) report: "Histology of the male circumcision scar shows amputation neuromas, Schwann cell proliferation and the bulbous collection of variably sized neurites. Amputation neuromas do not mediate normal sensation and are notorious for generating pain."<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{REFjournal
|last=Cold
|firstinit=C.J.CJ
|author-link=
|last2=Taylor
|first2init2=J.R.JR
|title=The prepuce
|trans-title=
}}</ref> Several reports of cancer forming on the circumcision scar have been published.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Bissada
|firstinit=N.K.NK
|author-link=
|last2=Morcos
|first2init2=R.R.RR
|author2-link=
|last3=el-Senoussi
|first3init3=M.
|author3-link=
|etal=no
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Fetsch
|firstinit=J.
|author-link=
|last2=Davis
|first2init2=C.J.CJ
|author2-link=
|last3=Miettinen
|first3init3=M.
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|last4=Sesterhenn
|first4init4=I.A.IA
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|etal=no