[quote author=ericbear link=board=pe;num=1053397837;start=0#2 date=05/20/03 at 09:00:19]
"Some people vacuum pump their balls, although I have no personal experience."
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I began a PE program about three years ago now---starting with vacuum pumping, including pumping the balls. I didn't stay with that approach too long...went on to other methods.
While the vacuum pumping did NOT increase the testicle size, the pumping (over about four or five months) DID stretch the scrotum skin sufficiently enough to allow some visible difference in the "sac size".
I bought a high-quality (electric) pump unit with detailed instructions. The premise behind the vacuum pumping (using the larger cylinder enclosing both the scrotum as well as the penis) is to (surprisingly) increase the flaccid size of the penis... by drawing downward and otherwise pulling most all the associated skin in that region--exercising and stretching that skin to the max for optimum gain. This technique also improves overall circulation to the area (more blood flow equals new gains over time.) Wearing a leather strap for several hours after pumping (worn all the way around the scrotum and penis fairly tightly secured) supposedly heightens the effect of stretching and forcing the circulation to "stay" in that area for awhile.
There really is no KNOWN way to actually increase the size of the testicles (the glands themselves). They are delicate structures which require respect. Injury in that area requires weeks and weeks to repair and resume normalcy. I would know! Pumping the scrotum is somewhat risky and even after a number of weeks of success, I had one episode (due to a false pressure reading on the pumping unit) that eventually sent me to an MD....no permanent harm, but it scared the daylights out of me! I was badly swollen and black and blue down there for about two weeks. My right testicle was totally surrounded by fluid and I couldn't even detect I still had it without an ultrasound! (It was a challenge to tell the doc what happened and still save face!) :-/
Some men successfully inject a saline solution and / or silicone into the scrotum for increasing the sac size, but here again, the individual testicles are not actually improved in their actual size.
My advice....treat 'em (those testicles) with respect and accept what you've got!
It's a numbing, nauseating, emotionally disturbing feeling for a man to suffer (especially) a self-inflicted injury to that part of his anatomy. I know I shall never forget it. I vowed then and there to be more careful.