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|url=http://www.cirp.org/pages/parents/peron1/
|title=How to properly care for your uncut intact baby(It's easy!)
|website=[[CIRP]]
|accessdate=2020-12-30
|accessdate=2020-12-30
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== How do I care for my young son's intact penis? ==
The [[intact]] [[penis ]] needs no special care.
The [[foreskin]] should never be retracted by force.
During the first few years of a male's life, the inside fold of his [[foreskin]] is attached to his [[glans]] by the [[synechia]], very much the way the eyelids of a newborn kitten are sealed closed. The tissue that connects these two surfaces dissolves naturally over time — a process that should never be hurried.
The [[foreskin ]] can be retracted when its inside fold separates from the [[glans]] and its opening widens. This usually happens by age 18. Even if the [[glans ]] and foreskin separate by themselves in infancy, the foreskin still may not be retractable then because the opening of a baby's foreskin may be just large enough to allow for the passage of [[urine]].
The first person to retract a child's [[foreskin]] should be the child himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
=== What happens if someone retracts my son's foreskin prematurely? ===
[[Forced foreskin retraction]] by health care providers is a major problem in the [[United States]].
Forcing the foreskin back can be very painful and can cause problems.
Tearing the foreskin from the glans leaves raw, open wounds, which can lead to [[infection]], adhesions and [[skin bridges]].
Raw surfaces on the foreskin and glans can heal together, forming adhesions.
Small tears in the opening of the foreskin can heal to form non-elastic scar tissue, possibly causing acquired phimosis.
The foreskin can get "stuck" behind the glans ([[paraphimosis]]). By squeezing the [[glans]], the foreskin can be brought forward again, without [[circumcision]].
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* [[Intact-friendly]]
* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
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