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The foreskin has the duty of protecting the glans penis and meatus, so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract. There are two reasons that the foreskin of infant boys does not retract:
* The tip of the foreskin is too narrow to pass over the [[glans penis]].
* The inner layer of foreskin is fused with the underlying glans penis by a [[synechia]].<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal |last=Agarwal |first= |init=A |author-link= |last2=Mohta |first2= |init2=A |author2-link= |last3=Anand |first3= |init3=RK |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Preputial retraction in children |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg |location= |date=2005-04 |season= |volume=10 |issue=2 |article= |pages=89-91 |url=https://journals.lww.com/jiap/fulltext/2005/10020/preputial_retraction_in_children.5.aspx |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.4103/0971-9261.16468 |accessdate=2024-06-26}}</ref>
[[Forced foreskin retraction]] is harmful and must be avoided.