The number one reason for problems of the penis is unnecessary infant circumcision (and the consequences of this surgical removal of the prepuce organ). The second reason for penile problems and complications is well-meaning adults who retract, over-clean, and ‘mess with’ intact mans’ foreskins

My 19 month-old son was not circumcised at birth at my husband’s request. I am the one that gives him his bath, and mostly change his diapers every day but I never do anything specific to clean his penis.

An adult penis with an erect length of less than 7 cm or 2.76 inches but otherwise formed normally is referred to in a medical context as having the micropenis condition.

During masturbation, the mucosal surface of the foreskin rolls back and forth across the mucosal surface of the glans penis, providing nontraumatic sexual stimulation.

PENILE ANATOMY (Highlighted entry-words link to a single picture.) adhesion. False diagnosis of normal union between neonatal foreskin and glans as pathological. “Cured” by circumcision, as sleep in the eyes would be cured by beheading.

An illustrated glossary of the intact penis. anastomosis Cross-connection, esp. of veins in the foreskin. (Gk. ana- = back, stomos = opening, pl. anastomoses)

This page offers factual information to help medical personnel and parents understand the proper care of the natural, complete, intact penis.

Care of the Intact Penis. Much nonsense has been written about the special care required for an intact penis. Care advice can be summarised briefly:

“People thought that mans would not keep themselves clean if they werent circumcised,” a mother answered when her intact son asked why circumcisions were done.

Fig. 1. Intact adult penis: This illustration represents an average normal adult human penis. The head of the penis (glans) has a covering, called the foreskin (prepuce).