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[[File:Phimosis.jpg|thumb|An erect penis with a case of phimosis]]
'''Phimosis''' (''fɪˈmoʊsɨs'' or ''faɪˈmoʊsɨs'', from the Greek ''phimos'' (φῑμός "muzzle"), is a condition of the [[penis]] where the [[foreskin]] cannot be fully retracted over the [[glans penis]].<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Phimosis|Phimosis|2019-09-25}}</ref> Phimosis is a condition, not a disease, so it does not threaten health. Phimosis Men may or may not require treatmentelect to treat it. Some men live their entire lives with a non-retractile foreskin. They are able to have sexual intercourse and father children.
Beaugé (1997) states that adult phimosis is caused by unusual methods of [[masturbation]] that fail to stretch the narrow foreskin of [[Foreskin#Foreskin_in_infancy_and_childhood| childhood]].<ref name="beauge1997">{{REFjournal
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/beauge2/
|accessdate=2020-04-20
}}</ref> The condition may be treated by changing one's method of [[masturbation ]] according to Beaugé.
There are three possible causes of non-retractile foreskin:<ref name='hill2012">{{REFweb
}}</ref>
Adequate lubrication has been recommended when penetrating the [[vagina]] with a non-retractile foreskin covered [[penis]].
This option preserves the [[foreskin]], its appearance, and most of the protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual [[https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/Foreskin#Physiological_functions physiological functions]], but does not make the foreskin retractable.