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If, after puberty, you can't easily retract your foreskin over the head of your dick (it also shouldn't hurt), you have a very unhygienic problem called phimosis.
It can be self cured with regular stretching but sometimes you will need a doctor to prescribe a steroid cream to assist with this, the worst cases can require circumcision.
It's rather unhygienic if you can't retract it and wash under it. Dead skin and other stuff tends to build up and form crusts.
Not being able to retract it has nothing do with being unhygienic - poor self-care is what is what is unhygienic. Just use a shower head and mild soap if necessary and you're all good.
Source: I have it, I get a checkup done every year and it's been fine. No buildup or issues whatsoever.
Maybe it's fine in your case. For some people, it's so tight that any amount of self care is not going to be able to reach the parts where smegma collects.