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}}</ref> Intact males simply use their hand to glide the foreskin back and forth. It is ''not'' necessary to retract the [[foreskin]] while masturbating. If the foreskin is of adequate length, then the intact male will usually keep it forward for additional stimulation. Use of lubrication is optional for intact males. The motion of the foreskin stimulates the nerves inside the foreskin.
Prolonged and/or vigorous masturbation occasionally causes [[lymphoedema]] of the foreskin , which causes swelling of the foreskin. The condition is painless and harmless. It usually resolves within about 24 hours.
Beaugé (1997) states that adult [[phimosis]] is caused by unusual methods of masturbation that fail to stretch the narrow foreskin of childhood.<ref name="beauge1997">{{REFjournal
===Circumcised penis===
[[Circumcision]] was introduced in English-speaking nations in Victorian times (19th century) to unforeskin the penis, tighten the [[skin ]] to make it immovable, and make it impossible to masturbate. It failed to stop masturbation, but it made it harder to do and less enjoyable. E. J. Spratling (1895) gave instructions on doing circumcisions to other doctors:
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In all cases [of masturbation] circumcision is undoubtedly the physicians' closest friend and ally ... To obtain the best results one must cut away enough [[skin ]] and mucous membrane to rather put it on the stretch when erections come later. There must be no play in the [[skin ]] after the wound has thoroughly healed, but it must fit tightly over the penis, for should there be any play the patient will be found to readily resume his practice, not begrudging the time and extra energy required to produce the orgasm. It is true, however, that the longer it takes to have an orgasm, the less frequently it will be attempted, consequently the greater the benefit gained ... The younger the patient operated upon the more pronounced the benefit, though occasionally we find patients who were circumcised before puberty that require a resection of the [[skin]], as it has grown loose and pliant after that epoch.<ref name="spratling1895">{{REFjournal
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