Weird things happen with all human bodies. Mostly, we take these weird things for granted. "Sleep" in the eyes. Boogers in the nose. Body odor in the arm pits. We could go on.

Genitals are no different. Smegma is naturally created by all genitals, regardless of sex. Yeast can overgrow in males and females. Ballooning occurs as a normal part of development for many whole males. Educate yourself on these naturally occurring events so that you don't become fearful over something that is really nothing.

It's unfortunate, but we have heard too many stories of an intact boy going to the doctor for a simple yeast infection that ends with forced retraction, an unnecessary catheter insertion, and a recommendation for circumcision. Imagine if that happened to your daughter when she had a yeast infection that could be treated with an over-the-counter remedy! (Boys can be treated with the same over-the-counter remedy!)

More than once we've heard of doctors telling parents they needed to have their son circumcised because of yeast, smegma, or the foreskin being "too tight" which "creates" the ballooning. In a country where even the doctors have been culturally conditioned to fear the whole bodies of males, and are not educated in normal development and treatment of common ailments, it is crucial that parents educate themselves fully. It is entirely possible that you will know more about the normal development of your son's genitals than his doctor will.