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This option preserves the [[foreskin]], its appearance, and most of the protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual [[https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/Foreskin#Physiological_functions physiological functions]], but does not make the foreskin retractable.
If desired, a non-retractile foreskin may be flushed out with warm water with the aid of a rubber-bulb ear syringe or a Water Pik.
==== Manual stretching ====
==== Preputioplasty ====
Should those therapies not yield the desired outcomes, there is a surgical option, namely a [[preputioplasty]].
This surgical method preserves the [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal
====Circumcision====
Circumcision is was the classic treatment for phimosis, but has many disadvantages and drawbacks. [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| Circumcision]] is less performed today, because it is becoming outmoded by newer and better treatments.<ref name="shahid2012" />
* Circumcision is the most expensive treatment.<ref name="vanhowe1998" />
[[Adolescent and adult circumcision| Circumcision]] should be the treatment of last resort, to be used only after conservative methods of treatment fail.
Kumar et al. (2017) graded phimosis from 0 to 5. They believe argue that circumcision is necessary to treat grades 4 and 5.<ref name="kumar2017">{{REFjournal
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