This is the most controversial penis topic that exists about the penis. Many men have at one point in their lives worried about their penis size either due to comparison with porn actors, negative comment from a partner, comparing flaccid size in locker rooms, boarding schools etc.
Penis enlargement, also called penis enhancement, are various procedures that are designed to increase the size of the cavernous cylinders of the penis or to stimulate blood flow to the penis in order to enhance hardness when erect.
PENIS ENLARGEMENT METHODS
Below are summarized explanations of various supposed and most popular penis enlargement procedures.
Surgical enlargement
This involves the cutting of ligaments in order to increase length, or performing a surgery to add the width of the penis. This is a very delicate procedure.
Pills and Supplements
Pills, patches and ointments are the mostly advertised over the internet, sometimes filling our emails with a lot of spam emails. Two good examples are VigRX and VigRX plus. They promise to increase penis size when one adheres to the regimen of either a tablet per day, 3 tablets per day, or 1 tablet for 3 days, for a period of time normally three months.
None of these products have demonstrated to be effective, and as much as some contain harmless ingredients, most do not pass FDA (Food and Drug Administration), act, thus people use them at their own risk.
Physical Techniques
Historically, the physical techniques intended to add penis size have existed for a long time. Practices like stretching, hanging weights, increasing blood flow and penis blood pressure are meant to increase penis size. They are meant to increase length with time e.g. after following a stretching regimen of 6 months.
Penis pump
A penis pump is a cylinder that is fitted over the penis with a motorized or manual pump to create a vacuum around the penis thus engorging it with blood that is drawn in by the vacuum pressure. Penis pumps are mostly used to manage conditions such as peyrone’s syndrome and erectile dysfunction. Though it does not cure impotence, it can help men with erectile dysfunction to attain an erection, and then use a ring to trap the blood drawn inside the penis thus the man is able to have sex.
A 31 patient study conducted by the department of Urology at St Peter’s Hospital and the institute of Urology in London found some significant increase in penis length and angle of curvature after 12 week pump use. The resultant average increase in length was 0.5 centimeters (0.2 inches).
Clamping
This is deliberately trapping the blood that has flown into the penis using a constrictive device applied at the base of the penis using a cock ring. The engorgement is then left for sometime e.g. one minute. The idea is to increase the penis size as a result of the engorgement. The man engages in edging (extended masturbation without ejaculating).
If done incorrectly, the results can be catastrophic with permanent penis damage.
Jelqing
This method is intended to increase penis size by increasing blood pressure and circulation. It is performed by repeatedly stroking the penis from the base of the shaft to the corona of the glans (penis head). It is best done when one is around 50% to 75% erect. One is supposed to warm the penis for around 5 to 10 minutes to enhance circulation, and to minimize injury, someone should use some form of lubricant.
This is considered the safest penis enlargement technique but this method also has the risks of tearing a blood vessel, scar tissue formation, pain, disfigurement and penis desensitization if done incorrectly.
Question: Is penis enlargement possible?
Answer: Yes.
The reason why most penis enlargement procedures fail to produce any significant results is due to bad publicity e.g. spammy ways of advertising enlargement pills, lack of information on how to correctly perform the penis enlargement procedures, lack of patience since it is a very gradual process that can produce results ranging from 3 months to 3 years, lack of controlled scientific research to ascertain whether penis enlargement is possible or not among others. A future article shall talk more about this sensitive topic.
