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The foreskin is protective of the glans penis in childhood.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Gairdner |first=Douglas |init=D |author-link=Douglas Gairdner |title=The fate of the foreskin: a study of circumcision |journal=Brit Med J |date=1949-12-24 |volume=2 |issue= |pages=1433-7 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2051968/pdf/brmedj03656-0009.pdf |quote= |pubmedID=15408299 |pubmedCID=2051968 |DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4642.1433 |accessdate=2019-10-12GairdnerDM1949}}</ref> Van Howe (1997) reported data collected in his pediatric practice on 468 boys up to 18 years of age. Among boys less than three years of age, circumcised boys were significantly more likely to have a reddened meatus or balanitis.<ref>{{REFjournal