That's normal at that age, most boys don't retract until puberty, 99% by the age of 17. I am sorry to tell you but your son didn't need it, he was developing just fine.
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At birth the foreskin is fused to the glans by a membrane called the synechia, over the years this membrane slowly breaks down and releases the foreskin from the glans, allowing the opening to loosen. This can be faster than 5 years but that's not the normal, I think its' 10% >>
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2> by age 3, 20% by age 5. Is it possible your child would have phimosis, yes, is it likely that it was properly diagnosed at that age, no. Even if your child did have phimosis, 80% of phimosis can be fixed without surgery, they have creams and tools that will just gently >>
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3> stretch the foreskin, if that doesn't work there is a surgery where they loosen, not remove, the foreskin. only 0.4% of congenital phimosis cases actually need circumcision.
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As a general rule for foreskins that won't retract in children before that age, "if he can pee, let it be" if he was having problems urinating, then yeah some form of intervention was probably needed, but again, circumcision is the overkill answer to phimosis.
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