Penis enlargement: how real is it?

bananas in condoms mimic an enlarged penis

Everyone knows that no pump, pill or exercise will make a penis bigger, or is it?

"I’m always asked this, " said Michael, MD, a urologist at Harvard Medical Institute and Women’s Clinic in Boston. "Men are willing to do anything for penis enlargement. " But is it true?

Not so. "This is completely nonsense, " O'Leary repeated wearily. In the end, if it were that simple, then every man would have a 30 centimeter penis for a long time.

But common sense still doesn’t stop everyone. Thanks to our constant encouragement to improve ourselves, penis enlargement ads are on every corner. Illegally sold penis enlargement pills are advertised on television. Without asking for your consent, the advertisement is always sent to you via email. More than 10, 000 men in the United States, perhaps many more, have undergone more than just the controversial penis enlargement surgery.

But do not rush to get money and take off your pants. We have reviewed all the penis enlargement scam methods and are ready to share with you.

Can my penis be bigger?

small and enlarged penis on the example of vegetables

First of all, even if you yourself are convinced that you have a small penis, in fact it can be, oddly enough, a normal size. The average size of an erect penis is 10-15 centimeters.

The length of an erect penis can vary. But this means that if in the dressing room you see someone has an impressive sized penis, it is unlikely that it will be larger in an upright position, and conversely, a penis that looks small can increase significantly.

Second, if you still continue to think that you have a small penis, even though the authorities say otherwise, then you can diagnose yourself from the field of psychiatry: a dysmorphic disorder about your penis. The diagnosis is close to a distorted perception of his body to anarexia, when a person continues to consider himself obese, albeit very thin. According to one study, most men who undergo penis enlargement surgery have this disorder. They remain dissatisfied with their size after surgery.

"Men with normal penis sizes who believe they are small are more likely to benefit from a psychiatrist than a surgeon, " said Karen Elizabeth Boyle, MD, assistant professor of urology at the Johns Hopkins Clinic for Reproductive Medicine and Surgery in Baltimore.

Pumps, pills, mountain goat herbal remedies and other penis enlargement nonsense

Well, enough reasonable expert advice. Here’s a brief overview of how to enlarge your penis, if you haven’t already.

penis enlargement vacuum pump

Vacuum pump. This is a classic penis enlarger. Place your penis in a cylinder connected to an air pump. With the help of a vacuum, more blood enters the penis, thus erecting it and making it bigger. Then you pinch the penis with a ring like a tourniquet to prevent blood backflow.

These pumps are used in medicine to treat sexual dysfunction. But the effects of an enlarged penis will quickly disappear. Once you remove the ring, the penis will return to its normal size.

Potential risks include temporary impotence, abscesses, bruising, damage to blood vessels, and skin losing its natural color and becoming thinner. The ring is worn for a maximum of 20-30 minutes, after which tissue damage may begin.

Exercise, weights and other devices. First, remember: you can’t lengthen your penis with exercises like biceps. This is not a muscle. However, some devices and types of stimulation supposedly stretch the skin and lengthen the penis itself.

A well -known example is jelqing, a set of milking exercises. Naturally, this method has an "ancient" history (read "fake"): the site talks about ancient Arabic techniques passed down from father to son. Details are promised to be disclosed after the money transfer. But exercise according to the jelqing system requires a huge investment of time, this is 30-60 minutes of active penis retraction per day. And the real difficulty is that this exercise has to be done on an erect penis. So you need self -discipline, lots of free time and a door that can be locked.

Another way to enlarge the penis is to wear a special tool on the penis that stretches it, sometimes this tool needs to be worn for 8 hours a day, using weights. "Somehow they sent me such a thing, " O'Leary said, "it looks like a medieval torture tool. "

Does one of these methods work? Boyle said no. O'Leary, cautiously, said they might be able to stretch the skin. But without any effect on penis size. Also, this method requires inhumane perseverance. Risks include tissue damage, ruptured blood vessels and other problems. O’Leary recently saw a patient put a large weight on a tense penis and damage it by tearing tissue. The result is unbearable pain and surgery.

Tablets, Supplements and Creams. completely nonsensical. Without exception. Most are made with yohimba, ginseng and of course mountain goat herbs. There are no registered cases of penis enlargement with their help.

Surgical penis enlargement

Unlike most penis enlargement methods, surgery can be effective. Which even critics admit. Of course, there are risks and the results may not be as impressive as you might expect. A 2006 study published in European Urology stated that the average length plus surgery was less than 2. 5 cm. Mark P. Solomon, MD, a plastic surgeon noted that the results were modest, but slightly better. compared to before surgery.

There are two main types of penis enlargement surgery:

  • Lengthens the penis.The penis is attached to the pelvis using a strong cord called a support ligament. They are associated with the penis and hide part of it in the body. This ligament cutting surgery relieves tension and, in theory, more penis becomes visible. To prevent ligament healing, you may need to wear weights or pulls every day for six months.
  • Penis thickening.Initially, the procedure consists of taking adipose tissue from another part of the body and adding it to the shaft of the penis, making it larger. But this did not bring positive results. Adipose tissue is partially absorbed and the penis appears undulating. "This penis looks like a round rock, " Solomon said.

A new version of this technique implants allografts, tissues transplanted from genetically different organisms used in various types of reconstructive surgery. The surgeons who performed the surgery, Solomon and Brian J. Rosenthal, MD, urologists who practice in Beverly Hills, agree that allografts provide longer and better results. We do not know how the donor tissue will behave after transplantation.

There are other types of penis enlargement surgery. For overweight patients, fatty tissue at the base of the penis is removed with liposuction. Some doctors perform surgery to increase the length and thickness of the penis simultaneously, others do it in stages.

Although Dr. Rosenthal predicts widespread use of penis enlargement surgery similar to breast augmentation, Dr. Solomon disagrees. He believes that the main hurdle here is operating costs. Penis lengthening surgery costs about 5-10 thousand dollars. While the thickening operation costs from 5 to 7 thousand only for allograft, not counting the cost of the operation itself. Taking into account the work, the operation will cost more than 20 thousand dollars.

Penis enlargement, risks and complications

Naturally, before going to the operating table, it is important to think about the possible risks. No leading medical organization recommends such surgery for men with a normal penis. The American Urological Association emphasizes that such surgery is not recognized as safe or effective.

Some studies in this area are also not encouraging. Thus, a study conducted by the European Urological Association examining 42 cases of surgical penis enlargement showed that only 35% of patients were satisfied, and 50% continued to seek further penis enlargement surgery.

"I had a real nightmare, " O’Leary said, describing the time he had to correct as a result of surgical failure. Known complications include scarring, infection, changes in the normal angle of erection, decreased sensation, and impotence. In some cases, penis lengthening surgery can make the penis shorter because the sliced tissue grows to the pelvic floor and most of the penis ends up in the body.

The surgeons who perform the surgery claim that in general the operation is successful, and cases of severe complications are rare. "I’ve done thousands of these things, " Rosenthal said. "We're quite advanced in improving the techniques of performing surgeries and they help patients. "

They are also tired of the argument that psychiatrists can help people undergoing such surgeries. The surgery allowed the man to see himself better, he said. Women who want to enlarge breasts, because no one calls crazy? So what's the difference?

O'Leary insists there are differences. Unlike breast augmentation surgery, no matter how we treat it, but that has become part of medical practice, penis enlargement surgery is not.

"If there was a legal procedure for such a transaction, there would be no problem, " O’Leary continued. "But there is no such approved procedure that will guarantee safety and effectiveness. "

Doctor - prescribe penis enlargement surgery!

If you are still hoping to find a legitimate path, don’t despair. There is one method of penis enlargement that is recommended by all doctors - weight loss. Yes, it doesn’t look serious, but it can help.

"Many of my patients who complain about a small penis are overweight, " Boyle said. A normal -sized penis looks smaller with a background of fat body, hiding in fat folds. Therefore, losing weight visually will make the penis longer and bigger.

Be careful. Most penis enlargement methods are a waste of money. Surgery is expensive, risky, and unexplored. In cancer, it makes sense to talk about experimental surgery, but this is not the case.

Look at it this way: the penis is a very delicate and sensitive organ. And that makes it very unusual. It needs to be thought through carefully before daring to increase it. Is it worth the risk of turning a normal -sized penis, which works well, into a big porn movie thing, which, as a result, may stop working.