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===Issues with circumcision as treatment===
[[Adolescent and adult circumcision| Male circumcision]] is outmoded as a treatment for non-retractile foreskin, but it is still recommended by many urologists because of lack of adequate information, and perhaps because of the [[Financial Incentive|profit to the doctor]] associated with circumcision. Nevertheless, [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]] should be avoided whenever possible because of [[pain]], trauma, cost,<ref name="Van Howe">{{REFjournal
|last=Van Howe
|init=RS
|date=2001-02-01
|accessdate=2019-10-17
}}</ref> [[Complication| complications]],<ref name="Van Howe"/> difficult recovery, [[Circumcision scar| permanent injury to the appearance of the penis]], loss of [[Foreskin sensitivity| pleasurable erogenous sensation]],<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Williams
|init=N
|date=2005
|accessdate=2019-10-17
}}</ref> and adverse [[Sexual effects of circumcision| sexual ]] and [[Psychological issues of male circumcision| psychological]] effects.
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