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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

News Flash: Assorted Penis Enlargement Techniques are Junk

Filed under: Urology

xkcd is an incredibly hilarious comic

Christopher Wanjek over at LiveScience.com's Bad Medicine blog has a great synopsis of the whole penis size issue...what's normal, why everyone thinks they're too small, and why it's a really a bad idea to do anything about it. If you're a regular reader of this blog, then you're probably not a likely customer (victim?) of any of the discussed methods. However, we really can't pass up any reference to "Jelqing"...

First, some context...

In vaginal sex, any erect penis longer than 4 inches is usually big enough to stimulate erogenous tissue in the vagina. A penis longer than 8 inches can ram into the cervix and cause discomfort.

Crappy Method Number 1:

One common method is a fat transfer or implant to add girth. This often leads to lumping and a distorted penis shape over time. Another technique involves the release of suspensory ligament, often resulting in infection, loss of sensitivity and erectile dysfunction.

Crappy Method Number 2:

Herbal pill products, a proprietary blend of junk often containing saw palmetto or something exotic from China, promise to stimulate cell growth. Similar stuff is sold to enhance female breast growth. These are a complete waste of money.

Crappy Method Number 3:

Pumps merely simulate an erection and have no long-term effect on size.

And Finally, Jelqing:

Exercises, namely a technique of dubious Arabic origin called jelqing, can lead to nerve damage. Jelqing--a term most urologists have never heard of and which is conspicuously absent from medical and Arabic dictionaries---entails stroking a semi-erect penis in a certain way for about 30 minutes a day for months to enlarge the penile cavities that fill with blood, making for larger erections.

Testimonials abound on the Internet. The exercise makes no sense biologically, however, and one runs the risk of tearing blood vessels and loosing sensitivity if one tugs too hard for too long. Those 30 minutes could be spent doing sit-ups for sexier results.

There you have it, folks.

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The Arabic Jelqing (or Arabic Jelq) is a very old arabian technique. The name Arabic Jelq originated in the Middle East where fathers used to prepare their sons for sexual relationships by showing them a penile massage technique (jelqing) which enlarged the size of the penis. The aim of Arabic Jelq is to enlarge the penis by increasing the blood pressure in the penis, with the purpose of permanently growing the maximum erect size of the penis itself.

Arabic Jelq, also known as "milking", consists of wrapping the thumb and index finger around the base of penis while semi-erect and repetitively forcing them to force blood into the glands, encouraging in this way more vascularity in the corpus cavernosa and related tissues. Arabic Jelq is considered one of the best and more effective penis enlargement exercise and actually it’s the most practiced penis enlargement method in USA.

In the late 70’s Dr Brian Richards, carried a very comprehensive research about the effectiveness of the Arabic Jelq and his research was published also by the British Journal of Sexual Medicine and showed extremely positive results for 87% of the test group. He demonstrated Arabic Jelq increased the penis length of up to 1.4 inches and the penis girth of up to 1 inch.

There are a lot of products related to Arabic Jelq available on the penis enlargement market; anyway, you can find much of what they offer (instructions) on forums and websites for free. Before beginning a penis enlargement routine, you should contact somebody competent with the Arabic Jelq.

Arabic Jelqing is usually preceded by a warm up with a warm towel on the genitals, and with a warm down done in the same way.

Mark Johnson, men's health specialist, helped in the past few years men and couples with his suggestion about male and sexual enhancement. You can find some of his totally free resources online at http://www.pimpmysize.com


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