Penis enlargement, sometimes amusingly referred to as male enhancement, is a technique that involves increasing the volume, length, and firmness of the male penis.
How to enlarge the penis
Procedures range from exercise to stretchers and surgery, with success and failure reports from around the world. Some of them are outright scams while others can be successful. Often in the advertising of fraudulent products the distinction between a temporary increase, i. e. an erection, and a permanent increase is deliberately distorted.
Legitimate research has been done specifically regarding penis enlargement; where it turned out that any statement regarding a significant and constant increase can be attributed to biased or unsystematic, unverified objective research, and may be on the side of the interests and emotions of the source. There is currently no evidence that there are non-surgical methods that continually increase both the thickness and length of the normal penis. A general study has been carried out on the safety and efficacy (or lack thereof) of the ingredients of various pharmaceutical and quasi-pharmaceutical preparations; but so far nothing has been found to force traditional medicine to use them. There are also inherent invasive procedures, the negative results of which range from skin tears and scarring to long-term loss of sexual function. Due to the speculative nature of any hope for "improvement" and the many known cases of chronic trauma involved in this attempt, many professionals are skeptical about the subject and tend to shy away from this area.
Much of the commercial market for penis enlargement procedures is based on unverified claims that a big cock increases the sexual prowess and attractiveness of a potential partner.
Enlarging a normal penis differs from finding relief from the well-known medical condition of microelene, where surgery may be done to increase the size of the organ for urination or sexual function. Worries about penis size can be (in extreme cases) a psychological / psychiatric issue that is best treated with qualified doctors.
Penis enlargement surgery
There are several types of surgery, all of which carry the risk of similar complications. The Second International Consultation on Sexual Dysfunction concluded that most men will not want to have any surgery if they are properly informed of the approximate consequences and the risks of complications.
Tablets and supplements
Penis enlargement pills, patches and ointments are commonly advertised on the Internet. Many products contain harmless substances, but there are many products that have not been tested for safety and side effects at all, and no product has been scientifically proven to be effective.
Physical methods of magnification
A variety of physical methods have been used in an attempt to enlarge the male penis. To date, none of them have proven to be effective. Techniques include stretching, increasing using light weights, and increasing blood flow and / or blood pressure to the penis. There is also a significant "overlap" between the methods designed to enlarge the penis and the methods designed to achieve a different effect, specific problems, such as reversible impotence, increased erection duration, improved sexual orgasm, etc. .
Penis pump
A penile pump is a cylinder located in the penis that has a manual or self-contained pump that creates a partial vacuum around the penis that increases as blood flows through it. When the vacuum increases, the pressure in the blood vessels of the penis increases; excessive vacuum causes vascular damage.
Pumps can be used to temporarily overcome symptoms of impotence, but they do not cure the disease itself: ring-shaped tourniquets must be used to keep the blood trapped inside the penis, otherwise lerection will go out. Pumps can work even when nerves or vessels are affected, preventing natural erections, but excessive or prolonged use (over several hours) will cause long-term damage.
Pumps should be used very carefully to avoid serious injury: if you are too enthusiastic, the blood vessels can burst and blisters appear.
Kazem, Hosseini and Alizadeh have studied the effectiveness of such pumps for permanent penis enlargement. They studied 37 men whose penises were less than ten centimeters long and did not notice any significant change in penis length after six months of using the pumps, although 30% of them were satisfied with the method. . The conclusion of the article suggests that vacuum treatment of the penis is not an effective method of enlarging it, but it does provide some psychological satisfaction to some men.
Pumps have been used successfully in the treatment of men with Peyronie's disease, which causes unusual shortening and curvature of the penis. A study from the London Department of Urology, involving 31 men, found "a clinical and statistically significant improvement in penile length, bend angle and pain after 12 weeks of using the hand pump. empty ". In this study, subjects with Peyronie's disease were pumped twice a day for ten minutes for 12 weeks. The extra length of the penis, averaging 0. 5 centimeters, was a side effect found in about a third of the subjects and was not the focus of the study.
To squeeze
Tightening is a very risky and dangerous method. The purpose of the clamp is to increase the length of the penis with the help of compression devices such as shoe lace, cable tie, tight ring, which are used to restrict blood flow to organs. The device is firmly attached to the base of the penis and the man is engaged in a "promotion" (prolonged masturbation). The metal ring is dangerous because the blood in the penis gets stuck, this may be the reason for the inability to remove the ring afterwards without emergency help by amputation or sawing of the ring. Cross-clamping can cause catastrophic long-term damage to the penis.
Hand exercises
Jelq
Jelqing is a physical therapy method designed to achieve "natural penis enlargement" by increasing blood pressure and circulation. This is done by repeatedly stroking the penis in a compressing motion from its base to the glans; special devices have been created to achieve the same effect. This movement is reminiscent of trafficking.
According to the BJUI article, the method is of ancient Arab origin; the Arabic word for "trafficking" is sometimes claimed as the etymological root of the term, but this is a controversial issue and the actual origin of the term becomes uncertain.
Despite the unfounded claims of supporters of the method on the effectiveness, there is no medical opinion confirming its effectiveness. In addition, medical journalist Christopher Wanjek said that the claim that the method "will enlarge the hollows of the penis, which are filled with blood intended to increase erections, does not make biologically sense. "
Although considered to be the safest of all the "radical" penis enlargement methods, jelqing can cause rupture of blood vessels, scar formation, pain, disfigurement and desensitization of the penis.
Cosmetic methods
Instead of changing the actual size of your penis, you can make it look bigger by removing pubic hair or just losing weight. Circumcision is also sometimes cited (with humor) to make the penis more visible, both more and less.