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[[Image:Foreskin restoration diagram.jpg |thumbnail|right|550px| A series of steps for non-surgical foreskin restoration. ]]
Nonsurgical foreskin restoration is the most commonly used method of foreskin restoration. It is accomplished through [[tissue expansion]] and involves pulling on the remnants of the [[foreskin]]. <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Zöllner |first= |init=AM |author-link= |last2=Holland |first2= |init2=MA |author2-link= |last3= |first3=Honda |init3=KS |author3-link= |last4=Gonain |first4= |init4=Ak |author4-link= |last5=Kuhl |first5= |init5=E |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Growth on demand: Reviewing the mechanobiology of stretched skin |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. |date=2013-12 |volume=28 |pages=495-509 |url= |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=23623569 |pubmedCID=3758413 |DOI=10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.03.018 |accessdate=2024-08-09}}</ref> Both the skin of the penile shaft and the [[mucosa]]l inner lining of the [[foreskin]], if any remains after [[circumcision]], may be expanded. The skin is pulled forward over the [[glans]], and tension is applied manually, by using weights or elastic straps. In the latter two cases a device must be attached to the skin; surgical tape is often used.
[[Image:Tlctugger applied.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px| TLCTugger device applied to a [[circumcised]] penis for non-surgical foreskin restoration.]]