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→How do I care for my young son's intact penis?: Wikify.
== How do I care for my young son's intact penis? ==
The [[intact]] [[penis ]] needs no special care.
The [[foreskin]] should never be retracted by force.
During the first few years of a male's life, the inside fold of his [[foreskin]] is attached to his [[glans]] by the [[synechia]], very much the way the eyelids of a newborn kitten are sealed closed. The tissue that connects these two surfaces dissolves naturally over time — a process that should never be hurried.
The [[foreskin ]] can be retracted when its inside fold separates from the [[glans]] and its opening widens. This usually happens by age 18. Even if the [[glans ]] and foreskin separate by themselves in infancy, the foreskin still may not be retractable then because the opening of a baby's foreskin may be just large enough to allow for the passage of [[urine]].
The first person to retract a child's [[foreskin]] should be the child himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal