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[[Image:Side by side retraction.png|right|thumb|A human penis before and after retraction of the foreskin.]]
In the majority of adult men, the [[foreskin]] normally retracts to reveal the head of the penis. In newborns, it is common for the foreskin to be fused to the head of the penis by the [[synechia]], thus rendering it non-retractable. The preputial cavity is sealed by the [[synechia]].<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{REFjournal |last=Taylor |first=J.R. |author-link=John R. Taylor |last2=Lockwood |first2=A.P. |author2-link= |last3=Taylor |first3=A.J. |title=The prepuce: specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision |journal=Brit J Urol |date=1996 |volume=77 |issue= |pages=291-5 |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.85023.x/full |quote= |pubmedID=8800902 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.85023.x |accessdate=2019-12-02}}</ref> The foreskin usually separates from the glans and becomes retractable with increasing age. There is much uncertainty among health care workers about when the foreskin of a boy should become retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Simpson
|first=E.T.
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* {{REFweb
|url=http://www.nocirc.org/publish/6pam.pdf
|title=Answers to Your Questions About Premature (Forcible) Retraction of Your Young Son's Foreskin
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|last=Milos
|first=Marilyn
|author-link=Marilyn Milos
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|website=NOCIRC
|date=2007-09
|accessdate=2019-12-02
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|quote=The first person to retract a child’s foreskin should be the child himself.
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