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}}</ref> which is a thin sheet of connective tissue. The balano-preputial lamina seals the [[preputial sac]] and prevents [[infection]].<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> It spontaneously breaks down over a widely-variable span of years (from about 6 to 17) and releases the [[foreskin ]] from the [[glans penis]]. The average age of first foreskin retraction in Danish boys was found to be 10.4 years of age. One half were earlier and one half were later. <ref name="Thorvaldsen">{{REFjournal

Fusion of the [[foreskin ]] in boys is normal, natural, healthy, and does ''not'' indicate need for treatment. It is erroneous to mischaracterize fusion as an adhesion.