Why Re-Education? Since so many superstitions and myths (errors) about the human prepuce and circumcision exist in public consciousness, replacing these, or re-educating people with sound evidential information is long overdue. Providing the public with accurate, foundational scientific knowledge about the prepuce should gradually promote valuing of this  important nerve pexus and decrease the compulsion many people have to eliminate it from sight and knowledge as quickly as possible.

Assuaging, the action verb carefully situated within the acronym FarReach, stands for our plans to develop methods of healing for all, male and female, who perceive and experience loss and disappointment associated with injury and amputation of the prepuce. 

An hypothesis of FarReach is that restoration of the prepuce assuages many immediate problems and mpay prevent long term adverse seuellae attributable to circumcision. At this edit March 30, 2007 an estimated 100,000 men are engaged in 'foreskin restoration' and report satisfaction with the results. They are not restoring to prevent these adverse sequellae - they are restoring for fun! The minimum increase in doubling sexual sensation and enjoyment, and lessening the effort necessary to achieve ejaculation is their goal. The possibility of preventing adverse sequellae might be an interesting benefit, but isn't their jprimary goal. 

Respecting the Intact Body is a Human Rights Issue

Every human being has the right to safety from injury or destruction of any part of his or her body. The right  to protective and erogenous intact genitalia is basic at every age. No one, doctor, midwife or other birth attendante rights of another individual by amputating any part of the genitalia, including the prepuce, especially at birth, when he is so vulnerable and incapable of refusing consent and otherwise defend himself.

FarReach is indebted to Dr. Margaret  Somerville, Gale Professor of Medicine Ethics and Law, McGill University for her foundational statement on this topic:


FarReach is indebted also to Dr. John R. Taylor et al who authored the foundational anatomy of the prepuce, actually the first original anatomical study in over 100 years:

Overview "The prepuce is an integral, normal part of the external genitalia that forms the anatomical covering of the glans penis and clitoris. The outer epithelium has the protective function of internalising the glans (clitoris and penis), urethral meatus (in the male) and the inner preputial epithelium, thus decreasing irritation and contamination. The prepuce is a specialized, junctional mucocutaneous tissue which marks the boundary between mucosa and skin; it is similar to the eyelids, labia minora, anus and lips. The male prepuce also provides adequate mucosa and skin to cover the entire penis during erection . The unique innervation of the prepuce establishes its function as erogenous tissue."

Ritualistic circumcision involves the involuntary cutting off of normal, healthy genital tissue from infants and children for religious, societal or theoretical medical benefits. Although the amount of genital tissue removed is variable, the penile prepuce is destroyed in all male circumcsion, and  in females the clitoral prepuce is removed in a Fourcroy grade 1 circumcision.

Injury and disease prevention and health promotion is the basis of  FarReach's existence. We intend a series of studies to determine whether loss of the foreskin is associated with particular conditions and diseases, and whether men undertaking foreskin restoration are able to prevent and attenuate them."