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At birth the infant boy's foreskin is almost always [[synechia| fused]] to his [[glans]] as his penis is not fully developed and one function of the foreskin is to keep feces and other foreign substances from the meatal opening and the urinary tract of the infant and toddler. That is why the only care for the intact penis is to leave it alone, completely alone. No doctor, nurse, parent or any other care provider should ever investigate, probe or examine his foreskin, especially any forced retraction which will tear foreskin from glans. The undisturbed glans and inner foreskin [[preputial mucosa| mucosa]] is uncontaminated and any such trespasses may introduce that which the foreskin is designed to keep out.<ref name="taylor1996fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{REFjournal |last=TaylorFleiss |first=J.RP. |author-link=John RPaul M. TaylorFleiss |last2=LockwoodHodges |first2=A.PF. |author2-link=Frederick M. Hodges |last3=TaylorVan Howe |first3=AR.JS. |author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe |title=The prepuce: specialized mucosa Immunological functions of the penis and its loss to circumcisionhuman prepuce |journal=Brit J UrolSex Trans Infect |date=19961998-10 |volume=7774 |issue=5 |pages=291364-567 |url=httphttps://onlinelibrarywww.ncbi.wileynlm.comnih.gov/doipmc/10.1046articles/PMC1758142/pdf/j.1464-410X.1996v074p00364.85023.x/fullpdf

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|DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.85023.x |accessdate=20192020-04-12-06 }}</ref> That is why the only care for the intact penis is to leave it alone, completely alone. No doctor, nurse, parent or any other care provider should ever investigate, probe or examine his foreskin, especially any forced retraction which will tear foreskin from glans. The undisturbed glans and inner foreskin [[preputial mucosa| mucosa]] is uncontaminated and any such trespasses may introduce that which the foreskin is designed to keep out. His foreskin will naturally separate from his glans and he should be the only one to touch or retract it. When it separates, he will know and he will be retracting his own foreskin. No other person should interfere with this natural process. His foreskin, on average, will represent about 60% to 80% of his penile coverage for additional reasons.