Young males who have escaped circumcision in infancy face new risks of circumcision as they enter puberty because
the foreskin is still developing and may not be immediately retractable.
These young males are likely to be preyed upon by unscrupulous physicians who see an opportunity to earn a nice surgical fee for performing a circumcision. Young teens have reached an age where they can refuse harmful unwanted surgery and should do so when offered an irreversible
adult style circumcision.
The British website,
4-skin Health, offers
advice for teenagers and young adults.
Young males whose
foreskin is still tight and difficult or impossible to retract may engage in manual stretching daily over a period of time, during which the daily stretching will cause the narrow part of the foreskin to stretch and become retractable. WikiHow gives full information on
how to pull one's foreskin back without pain.
The daily or twice-daily stretching works by causing tissue expansion through
mitosis.
One should not force retraction and one should not cause oneself pain.