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The foreskin is not “just some useless flap of
skin.”
It is, rather, an important part of nature’s careful attention to sex and procreation.
It is, rather, an important part of nature’s careful attention to sex and procreation.
The penis and foreskin (prepuce) begin in the womb as a penile bud.
Eight weeks after fertilization, the foreskin begins to grow over the head of the penis (glans), covering it completely by sixteen weeks.
At this stage, the foreskin and its glans share a layer of skin (balano-preputial-lamina, or BPL) that temporarily fuses the two structures together.
Eight weeks after fertilization, the foreskin begins to grow over the head of the penis (glans), covering it completely by sixteen weeks.
At this stage, the foreskin and its glans share a layer of skin (balano-preputial-lamina, or BPL) that temporarily fuses the two structures together.
At birth, the foreskin is almost always still fused to the glans.
As the boy becomes older, they gradually separate of their own accord, a natural process that may not be complete until puberty or even into early adulthood.
The average age of separation allowing full foreskin retraction is ten years.
Some foreskins, however, never fully retract–and that, too, is normal.
As the boy becomes older, they gradually separate of their own accord, a natural process that may not be complete until puberty or even into early adulthood.
The average age of separation allowing full foreskin retraction is ten years.
Some foreskins, however, never fully retract–and that, too, is normal.
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