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Shrnking penis (II)
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Interesting read which may be relevant to you guys. Discuesses the role of DHT and penis size
I think i might have the same condition. The only difference between me and the rest is that i already had this condition before, but it fixed itsself completely! But now i have it again and i think its a stayer this time.
Symptoms are:
Rubbery hard penis, but the size is "ok". The feeling to it is just weird.
No libido, where before my libido was going overdrive
Its possible to get normal erections, but i need to wait 2-3 days between any sexual sessions
But i'm actually sure what caused this: Masturbation! Who else here masturbated (a lot) (since young age?)
I have been experiencing something similar to this shrinking problem. The only difference is I think I know what caused it. A little background -- I'm 24, no previous penis problems, and overall in good health. However, about 4 months ago, I broke up with my latest gf and decided to use the extra time I gained to restarting a jelqing routine that I had done off and on for several years (and seemingly with good results until now). I assume that I did this too hard this final time, and ever since I've had problems with my penis.
To start, it hangs much looser and looks thinner at the base, hanging more straight down than in the sort of semi-arch that it used to hang in. There has also been loss of girth toward the glans, where it seems more tapered than it had before. Like a lot of you, I have noticed a tendency for it to be a lot smaller in the flaccid state -- it feels shrunken and rubbery much of the time. I still get erections but it's more difficult without manual stimulation and they rarely seems 100%. In particular, the glans and corpus spongiosum do not seem to engorge properly.
In addition to the penis problem, my scrotum now hangs much lower and feels overheated, so that has become uncomfortable to sit down for lengthy periods of time. I have a reoccuring pain in the left side that extends from (seemingly) the testicle to the back of my leg. I feel that these problems are directly related to the penis problem, as if some sort of disruption in blood flow may be affecting everything in that area.
I have been to the urologist twice -- once a month ago and once today. Initially, he thought I might have prostatitis, and gave me antibiotics. That didn't help. I went back with my whole laundry list of symptoms that wouldn't go away -- he said he couldn't feel any plaque in the penis and there was nothing else obvious to go by, so he prescribed my Cialis and told me that it would "loosen up things down there" and that my erections would bounce back and whatever. I would hope so, but I doubt he has a clue what's really going on. So here I am, reporting to you guys about my problem.
A lot of you with similar symptoms have suggested theories about hormones, masturbation, fungal infections, etc. I'm not sure how much these things might apply to you, but in my case, it definately seems like it's more likely physical injury. I think a lot of people may have experienced something similar but that these injuries are too subtle to be detected my typical urologists. My 2 cents.
The issue has definately affected me psychologically and I wonder how much that might be exacerbating my symptoms. Regardless, I've been pretty hopeless about the situation and have contemplated suicide, though not very seriously. I have everything else going for me -- I'm a good looking guy, highly intelligent, highly talented, but to me, it doesn't amount to much if I can't make love to a woman, so I've been pretty low. Just hoping to hang onto some optimism. I'll be sure to post any updates that might help the rest of you.
Because i really release very early during intercouse.Well any help from you
guys?
By the story you have told I doubt you would recommend me tryn this.
He said that my levels are very normal... but he doesnt know if when i was younger i had higher levels... so he said hed try me on androgel for a little to see if it raises my levels. what other circumstances are you looking for.... by the way someone i think you has been talking about the problem being related to masterbation (masturbation)/sex and i think you might be right if i go a few days without masterbating (masturbating) or having sex w my girlfriend it seems that my lenght and girth seemt to get better... but once i orgasm it takes that like three or 4 day period to get it back.... idk
Am 28, up until 24,25 I was erect at 6-6.5 without effort, now its 4 when I'm lucky and has lost girth.
I've noticed that during this time, progressively I've had to urinate more frequently, my stomach is bloated and I have grown a beerbelly ("all of a sudden"), I don't get angry anymore, just frustrated.
To be honest, I sometimes think my size is beginning to vary with lunar cycles (not joking)...that's when I got scared and started to take my observations of size seriously.
I've tried the pump and jelqing. The pump is a joke and jelquing was short lived for me and my penis seemed to decrease regardless.
The link for the Science of Sex when Dr Pezza states that he knows how to initialize a second puberty growth period sounds promising. Does anybody know anymore of this?
Also I think possibly an unclean colon can really do alot of damage generally to your system.
when this started happening. I began to get self conscious and i lost alot of self esteem. i started to become more of lights out and under the blankets for sex which i hated. at the ages of 16-19 i was in a serious relationship and having sex upto 3 times a day and doing it where ever we could. after that relationship ended i went out and partied my *** off. for 4 years i was taking just bout every party drug + Weed you could imagine. at about 23 i started to noticed my penis was shrinking it now hangs just above my balls and some days looks really wrinkly....sometimes i can feel and watch it shrink after i have had a play with it.
Since i havent seen anyone else ask this yet as far as i know.
have any of you blokes taking party drugs ie speed eccys, coke, weed do anyone think that this would affect this problem when i was partying with mates you sometimes hear the word bicky **** which means your penis was shriveled up but then go back to normal the next day. wonder if this could be a permanent effect..
my girlfriend just broke up with me after being with her for 3 years for many different reason mostly because shes 21 and wants to run free for awhie like i did, but i know for the last year the sex hasn't been that great. i dont need to say why that is now do i........
this is the First Site that i clicked on after googling "Shrinking Penis"
I did't know that this was such an occurring problem for Men...
"All in All we are Men and what we need is a good spoon full of cement and Harden the F$$K UP"
What Doctor should i see? like do i just walk into an medical centre and have some random inspect my gadget or do u need to goto a specialist???
any help would be most appreciated
I found your thread through sheer despair. What can i say other than what you have already said yourselves? Here goes. Maybe it's a bit different.
I am 34. My erect penis was always 6 inches long and 4.5 inches in circumference. I know because I measured it. And it's been in my hand a lot of times. It varied from 6" to 6.2" depending on my horniness and hardness.
And I was quite proud of it. Not concerned at all about penis worry or extensions.
Since 2004, I have had a tight foreskin (possible BXO). In '05 I had a dorsal slit (like a partial circumcision) and all was well until last year when the tightness returned, making sex very painful and, eventually, practically impossible.
By this point, when masturbating, I was just rubbing over the penile skin and not retracting. This wasn't my usual method but I had to adapt, naturally.
Last month had to have a full circumcision. A week and a half later, I could get an erection without intense pain from the stitches and looking at it, it seemed smaller than usual. It was maybe 70% erect so I put it down to just that. I coaxed out as full erection (being very careful not to disturb the painful stitching) and there it was. Same size. Just harder.
My mind was playing tricks on me right? The penis doesn't shrink! So I put it in the best measuring tool I had, my hand. Definitely smaller. Now I was worried. I ran to the tape measure and it was confirmed. 5 inches dead.
I managed to get to the point of ejaculation, hoping my penis would get bigger as it got harder. But no. Then I hoped it was down to the surgery. But nothing has changed now, 3 weeks later.
My urologist has no answers - saying he only removed the foreskin and it made sense. It could not be the operation that caused it. Maybe it was shrinking before the circumcision - after all, I wasn't using my usual masturbation technique and may not have noticed.
BUT.....I am 99% certain that my penis was normal prior to the circumcision.I only noticed the size AFTER the op.
Could it happen? Could it be psychological - afraid of bursting my stitches (and I was after a torrid time with my partial circumcision)? Or is it more sinister?
I told my GP and he really didn't believe me, and wasn't too sympathetic, but did some tests for testosterone levels, blood sugars and all that. All were fine, the testosterone levels were normal he said, 20 or 25 I think he said. He said I had high ALT which could mean a fatty liver but the rest were all clear. As the ALT results could be skewed by my antibiotics for post op, he wants to run it again, along with some other tests regarding my penis but overall, he doesn't hold out much hope (either I am mistaken or it's real and as of yet, medicine can't make the penis grow).
I told him about this thread and the pituitary gland and he said things like the LHS would have affected the testosterone
Worst of all, he said that there are more important things in life to worry about and that penis size isn't too big a deal to a loving partner. I know this but guys, we are guys, we know how the penis forms our life (through choice and through outside pressures). And I don't care if there are worse things that can happen, tell someone who has lost both legs, had a double mastectomy that life could be worse and they will feel very offended. And the same goes for my penis!
I have always been average. Every one talks about 6" being average - and I was. Now I am under that average (though I know 5 - 7" is seen as average). I am mortified whenever I hear reference to 6 inches, as I no longer have it. And even worse, what if it doesn't stop shrinking!!????!
Getting with a woman is mortifying also. had I been born with 5" it would have been bad enough but this has shrunk! Imagine how that feels!
More than that - and I don't mean to be superficial - but we are determined by how we see ourselves. And even society. Women moan about pressure to look slim but we have intense pressure to measure up. And if you listen to women talk about sex, the quality is always the man's fault, never the woman's. Then there's the porn stars with their 10 inches and women openly fantasising about a big one. Then the tired and well worn phrase - even in innuendo - "size matters".
Our penises run our lives - be it through sexual thought or perception. You know this. It's just that as guys, we aren't allowed to talk about it openly. Or we are too macho and find it embarrassing.
I had always been 5' 8", good looking and with a 6",. And I could take all of the above, plus those women who insist penis size matters. Then I lost my hair via MPB (runs in the family) and that shook my perception. My looks were not as good and all my years of styling my hair, which was an intrinsic part of me, were gone.
That was bad enough to adjust to, and to re evaluate my self image and how society saw me. And then came the circumcision which I really did not want (as sex would not be as good). And now, to top it off, it has shrunk!!!
My self image (what was left of it) has now crumbled!
Flaccid size seems normal - it's the erect size.that has changed. Dunno if this is important, but pre operation, I had 2 sensations which I attributed to the tight foreskin:
1) pins and needles in the glans when i was sat down.
2) The sensation that it "wasn't there". This often happened in bed. And I would have to go and feel it to make sure it was there. Very scary sensation!
Like a lot of you, I am at my wits end. Help? Anyone?