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There are some synechiae that are natural. Baby boys are born with the inner foreskin fused with the glans penis by a synechial membrane that is common to both parts.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Deibart

|title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis

|journal=Anat Rec

|last=Øster

|first=Jakob

|title=Further fate of the foreskin: incidence of preputial adhesions, phimosis, and smegma among Danish schoolboys

|journal=Arch Dis Child

}}</ref> The separation and breakdown and the synechia is natural, normal, spontaneous, and requires no special care. Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) report about 50 percent of boys can retract their foreskin by age 10.4, thus confirming Øster's report.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Thorvaldsen

|title=Phimosis: pathological or physiological?

|journal=Ugeskr Læge

Premature forcible foreskin retraction (PFFR) of a boy's foreskin will rip the boy's synechia apart and cause severe pain and injury to the boys.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Narvaez

|title=What Is the Greatest Danger for an Uncircumcised Boy?

|journal=Psychology Today

}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Narvaez

|title=Doctor Ignorance of Male Anatomy Harms Boys

|journal=Psychology Today

}}</ref> Unfortunately, many American physicians are ignorant of normal penile anatomy and cause severe pain and grave injury to boys whom they examine in their practice. The first person to retract a boy's foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Wright

|title= Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin."

|journal=Med J Aust

|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-parents/help-with-forcible-foreskin-retraction/

|title=Wrongful Foreskin Retraction

|last=

|first=

|last=Milos

|first=Marilyn

|publisher=National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers

|format=Pamphlet