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Growth on demand: Reviewing the mechanobiology of stretched skin

Supports biological plausibility or background only. It does not validate a foreskin-restoration device, method, force, duration, or timeline.

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Source details

Authors
Alexander M. Zöllner; Maria A. Holland; Kord S. Honda; Arun K. Gosain; Ellen Kuhl
Journal or source
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Year
2013
DOI or authoritative URL
10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.03.018
Study type
Mechanobiology review and computational framework
Population or material studied
Reconstructive tissue expansion literature and models of acute deformation and chronic skin growth.
Major findings
Reviews skin as a living system that can gain surface area under controlled chronic overstretch.
Limitations
A general review/modeling framework. Clinical expansion parameters cannot be transferred directly to penile restoration.
Relevance to restoration
Supports biological plausibility or background only. It does not validate a foreskin-restoration device, method, force, duration, or timeline.
Source-review status
Abstract reviewed
Last reviewed
2026-08-11

Reviews skin as a living system that can gain surface area under controlled chronic overstretch.

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