In the process of embryonic development, the foreskin will be closely connected with the glans penis with the growth of penis, which will wrap the glans penis and protect the genitals.
Therefore, the newborn baby boy will have a long foreskin, but it can protect the delicate glans, especially in the period when the baby is prone to diaper rash. If the foreskin is pulled behind the glans penis, it will often cause injuries and even leave scars, and the child will feel pain.
This physiological phimosis will gradually disappear before the boy is 3 years old, and the foreskin can be retracted or separated from the glans to form a soft quilt. At this time, it is easy to pull the foreskin behind the glans. Once the foreskin cannot be retracted after 3 years old, it is "phimosis".
Only 20% of men "have to cut back"
Many parents think that circumcision is the only way for boys to grow up, but experts point out that only 20% of boys have to be circumcised because their foreskins are too long and narrow and are easily infected by bacteria. On the contrary, indiscriminate circumcision makes their foreskin too short at any time, which prevents them from growing normally by pulling their penises. On the contrary, it becomes shorter in the body, and even the whole penis shrinks to "darkness", which seriously affects its future development and psychological growth.
Pediatric surgeons admit that 100 boys require circumcision, and 15% have local penis problems, that is, the penis looks smaller and shorter than normal boys of the same age, and the glans is inconspicuous and sharp; 5% of them are seriously trapped, that is, the whole penis is hidden inside. "Now the situation is like a frog in the well. It will never see the sun and can only look out with a probe! "
80% of the patients with penile entrapment are congenital, but as many as 20% of the cases are due to short foreskin caused by wrong circumcision. Many parents will take their sons for circumcision to solve the problem that the foreskin is too narrow and inflamed. However, if the boy's foreskin is short, or even a little penis is caught, circumcision will only lead to the problem of too short foreskin, and as a result, most of the penis will be pushed into the adipose tissue around the pubic bone, which will worsen the problem of penis being caught. If the boy is obese and has thick adipose tissue, the problem will be more serious.