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|accessdate=2019-10-20
}}</ref> Circumcised boys are also found to be more likely to develop balanitis, meatitis, coronal adhesions and meatal stenosis.<ref name="vanhowe1997"/>
Excessive washing and the use of soap inside the foreskin should be avoided.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Birley
|init=HDL
|author-link=
|last2=Walker
|init2=MM
|author2-link=
|last3=Luzzi
|init3=GA
|author3-link=
|last4=Bell
|init4=R
|author4-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Clinical Features and management of recurrent
balanitis; association with atopy and genital
washing]
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Genitourin Med
|location=
|date=1993-10
|volume=69
|issue=5
|pages=400-3
|url=
|quote=
|pubmedID=8244363
|pubmedCID=1195128
|DOI=10.1136/sti.69.5.400
|accessdate=2021-03-20
}}</ref>
== The immunological function of the foreskin ==