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=== What happens if someone retracts my son's foreskin prematurely? ===
[[Forced foreskin retraction]] by health care providers is a major problem in the [[United States]].
Forcing the foreskin back can be very painful and can cause problems.
Tearing the foreskin from the glans leaves raw, open wounds, which can lead to [[infection]], adhesions and [[skin bridges]].
Raw surfaces on the foreskin and glans can heal together, forming adhesions.
Small tears in the opening of the foreskin can heal to form non-elastic scar tissue, possibly causing acquired phimosis.
The foreskin can get "stuck" behind the glans ([[paraphimosis]]). By squeezing the [[glans]], the foreskin can be brought forward again, without [[circumcision]].
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