• iridebikes@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I took the time to Google it. I was thinking of sebaceous glands which just produce skin oil. Probably more there than other places given its function but yeah I get ya.

    My cut job is fine btw. No errors. Would prefer that the choice was mine. And if it were I wouldn’t have it done. So when my son was born, we didn’t do it to him.

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      19 hours ago

      Sorry, I read “glans” instead of “glands” - my understanding is that the foreskin is made up of inner and outter skin (the inner skin is actually mucosa, a wet tissue like the inside of your cheek). Outter skin from the start of your shaft to your circumcision scar line, then inner skin (mucosa), then your glans.

      Mitosis (skin growth via tension) works on inner and outter skin, so you should end up with a normal amount of sebaceous glands from restoring. Mitosis results in new nerves, blood vessels, and I would assume new sebaceous glands (but I haven’t checked for sure).