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* {{REFweb
|url=https://genitalwholeness.wordpress.com/article/phimosis-2y9nanfagw8nr-11/
|archived=
|title=Phimosis: Non-retracticle foreskin
|trans-title=
|language=English
|last=Hill
|first=George
|author-link=George Hill
|publisher=genitalwholeness
|website=wordpress
|date=2012-05-28
|accessdate=2020-12-06
|format=
|quote=Development of retractile foreskin in boys is very gradual and occurs over a period of years._The membrane that fuses the foreskin and the glans penis spontaneously disintegrates and the foreskin separates from the glans penis._Also, the opening at the tip becomes wider with increasing maturity.
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'''Phimosis''' (''fɪˈmoʊsɨs'' or ''faɪˈmoʊsɨs'', from the Greek ''phimos'' (φῑμός "muzzle"), is a condition of the [[penis]] where the [[foreskin]] cannot be fully retracted over the [[glans penis]].<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Phimosis|Phimosis|2019-09-25}}</ref> Phimosis is a condition, not a disease. Phimosis may or may not require treatment. Some men live their entire lives with a non-retractile foreskin. They are able to have sexual intercourse and father children.
Beaugé (1997) states that adult phimosis is caused by unusual methods of [[masturbation ]] that fail to stretch the narrow foreskin of childhood.<ref name="beauge1997">{{REFjournal
|last=Beaugé
|first=Michel
}}</ref> The condition may be treated by changing one's method of masturbation according to Beaugé.
There are three possible causes of non-retractile foreskin:<ref name='hill2012">{{REFweb |url=https://genitalwholeness.wordpress.com/article/phimosis-2y9nanfagw8nr-11/ |archived= |title=Phimosis: Non-retracticle foreskin |trans-title= |language=English |last=Hill |first=George |author-link=George Hill |publisher=genitalwholeness |website=wordpress |date=2012-05-28 |accessdate=2020-12-06 |format= |quote=Development of retractile foreskin in boys is very gradual and occurs over a period of years._The membrane that fuses the foreskin and the glans penis spontaneously disintegrates and the foreskin separates from the glans penis._Also, the opening at the tip becomes wider with increasing maturity.}}</ref>
* The tip of the foreskin is too narrow to pass over the [[glans penis]].
* The [[frenulum]] is too short to permit retraction. The medical name for this condition is ''[[frenulum breve]]''.
All may be conservatively treated without [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]].<ref name='hill2012" />
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* Circumcision permanently and irreversibly amputates the [[Foreskin sensitivity| highly innervated]], erogenous [[foreskin]], so its multiple protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual physiological functions are destroyed and has many [[risks and complications]]. The sensitive head of the [[penis]] will be permanently exposed so the head will rub against clothing. Many men find this to be very painful.
* Most men report a permanent loss of sexual sensation.
* Circumcision results in a permanent [[circumcision scar]].
|DOI=10.1007/s003450050120
|accessdate=2022-06-16
}}