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'''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. Men may elect to treat it. Some men live their entire lives with a non-retractile foreskin. [[Sex with phimosis| They are able to have sexual intercourse and father children]].==Pathologic phimosis==Pathologic phimosis is phimosis caused by lichen sclerosis et atrophicrus (LSA), formerly known as [[balanitis xerotica obliterans]] (BXO), on the [[foreskin]].<ref name="rickwood1980">{{REFjournal |last=Rickwood |first= |init=AMK |author-link= |last2=Hemalatha |first2= |init2=V |author2-link= |last3=Batcup |first3= |init3=G |author3-link= |last4=Spitz |first4= |init4=L |author4-link= |etal=no |title=Phimosis in boys. |trans-title= |language= |journal=Brit J Urol |location= |date=1980 |volume=52 |pages=147-50 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/rickwood/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=7191744 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1111/j.1464-410x.1980.tb02945.x |doi= |accessdate=2024-01-13}}</ref> Some success has been shown with treatment by topical steroid cream, but other cases may be an indication for [[circumcision]].<ref name="rickwood1980" /> See section on adult onset phimosis below.

  === Non-retractable foreskin of infancy and childhood ===

Boys are almost always born with non-retractable [[foreskin]].<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> The inner surface of the foreskin of a newborn baby is fused by a [[synechia]] to the surface of the glans penis so that is non-retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal

Many men can have sex, father children, and live happily with a non-retractile foreskin.<refname="young">{{REFweb