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== Methods ==
Human skin can be stretched and normally returns to its normal size and position. But when stretching is done over a longer period of time, chances are that this stretching causes new skin cells to grow. We all know this from the skin which covers e.g. the human stomach or the breast area.
Basically, all curative or constructive stretching of human skin should be accompanied by applicating a cream or lotion to the skin. Betamethasone<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamethasone
|title=Betamethasone
|website=Wikipedia
|accessdate=2020-12-21
}}</ref> is the most commonly recommended active ingredient. A cream with 0.05% betamethasone appears effective in treating phimosis in boys,<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Moreno
|init=G
|last2=Corbalán
|init2=J
|last3=Peñaloza
|init3=B
|last4=Pantoja
|init4=T
|date=2014-09-02
|title=Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys
|journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|volume=9
|issue=9
|article=CD008973
|DOI10.1002/14651858.CD008973.pub2
|pubmedID=25180668
}}</ref> and often averts the need for circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Van Howe
|init=RS
|author-link=Robert Van Howe
|date=1998
|title=Cost-effective treatment of phimosis
|journal=Pediatrics
|volume=102
|issue=4
|article=E43
|DOI=10.1542/peds.102.4.e43
|pubmedID=9755280
|note=A review of estimated costs and complications of 3 phimosis treatments.
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Esposito
|init=C
|last2=Centonze
|init2=A
|last3=Alicchio
|init3=F
|last4=Savanelli
|init4=A
|last5=Settimi
|init5=A
|date=2008-04
|title=Topical steroid application versus circumcision in pediatric patients with phimosis: a prospective randomized placebo controlled clinical trial
|journal=World Journal of Urology
|volume=26
|issue=2
|pages=187–90
|DOI=10.1007/s00345-007-0231-2
|pubmedID=18157674
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Zampieri
|init=N
|last2=Corroppolo
|init2=M
|last3=Zuin
|init3=V
|last4=Bianchi
|init4=S
|last5=Camoglio
|init5=FS
|date=2007-04
|title=Phimosis and topical steroids: new clinical findings
|journal=Pediatr Surg Int
|volume=23
|issue=4
|pages=331–5
|DOI=10.1007/s00383-007-1878-x
|pubmedID=17308904
}}</ref> It has replaced circumcision as the preferred treatment method for some physicians in the British National Health Service.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Berdeu
|init=D
|last2=Sauze
|init2=L
|last3=Ha-Vinh
|init3=P
|last4=Blum-Boisgard
|init4=C
|date=2001
|title=Cost-effectiveness analysis of treatments for phimosis: a comparison of surgical and medicinal approaches and their economic effect
|journal=BJU Int
|volume=87
|issue=3
|pages=239–44
|DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.2001.02033.x
|pubmedID=11167650}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Chu
|init=CC
|last2=Chen
|init2=KC
|last3=Diau
|init3=GY
|date=1999
|title=Topical steroid treatment of phimosis in boys
|journal=J Urol
|volume=162
|issue=3 Pt 1
|pages=861–3
|DOI=10.1097/00005392-199909010-00078
|pubmedID=10458396
}}</ref>
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