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== Non-retractable foreskin of infancy and childhood==
[[File:Oester.jpg|frame|Percentage of boys with fused foreskin by age according to Øster]]
Boys are almost always born with non-retractable foreskin.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal
====No treatment====
Non-retractile or tight foreskin is a condition, not a disease. It is not life threatening. One may elect to remain as one is, without treatment. Many men do not have an issue with non-retractile foreskin.
Many men can have sex, father children, and live happily with a non-retractile foreskin.<ref>{{REFweb
If after a failed attempt to stretch the foreskin with corticosteroid cream a surgical intervention is necessary, a preputioplasty is always to be preferred over classic circumcision, due to its lower morbidity, lower rate of complications and lower costs.
====Frenuloplasty====
[[Frenulum breve]] can prevent foreskin retraction. In many cases, foreskin retraction can be achieved, without treating the foreskin, by treating frenulum breve. One may stretch the frenulum to create tissue expansion or one may have a minor surgical procedure such as [[frenectomy]] or [[frenuloplasty]]. (See discussion below.)
====Circumcision====