'I am not a doctor': YWB founder Jen Williams on what it takes to protect kids

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'I am not a doctor': YWB founder Jen Williams on what it takes to protect kids

I am not a doctor and I shouldn’t need to know this much about the human penis, but as long as children are being painfully, needlessly, and permanently injured every day, I will do what is in my power to help protect their bodies. You are not a doctor either, but you may be your child’s only advocate. Please, educate yourself so that you can protect your child from forced retraction of the foreskin.

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5 Myths About Intact Penis Care You Might Believe

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5 Myths About Intact Penis Care You Might Believe

Myth #1: You need to pull it back to clean. The idea that parents should be attempting to pull back the foreskins of their children is a dangerously pervasive myth. Why? The foreskin of a child’s penis is typically fused to the head of their penis by a protective membrane (you can think of it as the penile version of a hymen). This membrane doesn’t dissolve until an average age of 10 years. Trying to pull the foreskin back before the membrane is gone can result in pain and trauma, bleeding, scarring, and sometimes paraphimosis, a medical emergency.

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