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==Description==
The preputial sac is lined with [[mucosa]] as is appropriate for an internal organwhere moisture is present.<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> Urine and other sources of moisture are not harmful to it.
Parkash et al. (1973) reported that epithelial debris accumulates in the preputial sac and forms [[smegma]].<ref name="parkash1873">{{REFjournal
|ref=<ref>{{DeWitte etal 2007}}</ref>
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==Washing==
Birley et al. (1993) studied 43 men with recurrent or persistent [[balanitis]] at an outpatient genitourinary disease clinic in London, [[United Kingdom| UK]] where most men are [[intact]]. Of the study group only 33 percent were [[circumcised]]. Birley and colleagues discovered that the men in that group washed frequently with soap or shower gel.