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Tight Foreskin?

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bess1 · 10/05/2008 20:17

What age does a boy's foreskin retract? Read somewhere that it was by 3, but my DS is nearly 5 and it appears that the end is quite tight, but no soreness or redness? Advice please.

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candyfluff · 10/05/2008 21:39

my ds 10yrs has that too ,after 2 infections under the foreskin we went to be seen by the willy doctor(sorry not sure what else to call it) and he said that he didnt want to do a circumcision unless it was nessersary,he took a look and said he should pull back the skin when having a wee to stop the urine from getting trapped under the foreskin.
think your son is normal and the advice i was given was to leave it alone,and not to pull it back as it can cause pain and possibly scarring.

bess1 · 10/05/2008 21:49

Thanks for that, it doesn't seem to bother him at all, so will just key an eye on it, in case any change. Thx

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