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The intact human [[foreskin]] is nature's protection against injury and [[infection]] of the [[penis]]. Since it has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the [[foreskin]] is left alone. Only , only the outside of the [[foreskin]] should be washed as one washes a finger.

The [[preputial mucosa]] of the [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans penis]] by the [[synechia]] in infancy and childhood so the [[foreskin]] cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is harmfultraumatic and painful. Wright (1994) advises advised that the first person to retract the boy’s [[foreskin ]] should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> [[Jakob Øster | Øster]] (1968) reported that some boys will not develop retractable [[foreskin ]] until after puberty.<ref name="Øster1968">{{OesterJ 1968}}</ref>