Is this normal?

[lpsg_guy]

A 4" dick at age 18 plus insignificant armpit & facial hair may be a sign of delayed or impeded development. I would be curious to know the girth of the OP's erect penis (normal? thin?) and testicle development.

My comments are not about freaking him out; just that there are a lot of people walking around out there who would have benefited from early medical intervention for a whole host of problems.

Well I am 4" girth (the circumference). And how do I measure testicle development?

 

[diabolicalpornstar]

Dude, seriously - put away any potential embarrassment and make an appointment with your doctor. You may have a hormonal problem which, if not corrected, will doom you to never fully developing.

Doctor might very well say that everything checks out good and you are just on a later track than others in your age group, or he might find an issue which can be addressed easily now but no so easily later.

Agreed! See your doc!

 

[Otep]

Jeez, people, the man is 18 years old and has a 4" erect penis.

I don't understand the issue here either. 4" may be below average but that's why there IS an average. Some people will fall below it. Adults with small penises exist and we're not talking about micropenis here.

 

[monstro]

No, there is nothing wrong with you.
DNA passed to you from people who lived long, long before you is determining the amount of hair you are sprouting, the size of your penis and a million other things besides.
You are ok. You are fine. Be good to yourself.

 

[henry8888]

you are only 18 and many men are still developing alot in to their early 20's so i wouldnt worry, but you can go to your doctor just to put your mind at rest.

 

[Chase1600]

what age were you when it finished growing? and was it mainly girth growth in your 20's?

henry8888,

Your question makes sense, and sadly, my answer, will not so much. This sounds comic: I had a small dick. Way back when, there was no internet, and I didn’t know the facts. I just compared myself with the other guys in the locker room. For sure, I compared myself with the most hung guys. One thing for sure, one thing about which I was terribly self conscious and aware was that when I wanked the width of my palm exceeded the length of my shaft between its base and the underside of the corona. I am circumcised. If I didn’t use spit or lubricant, if I just wanted to tug, I did a thumb and two finger wank.

I was quite aware of this limitation and ashamed about it.

I’m certain it remained true after high school, going in to college. I really can’t remember exactly how long I was – I am only clear about how the width of my hand exceeded that portion of the shaft of my dick. It was only year’s later, after having lovers and not necessarily being self conscious about my dick length, I discovered my dick was much longer than it could have been.

There’s no way my hand shrunk. The skin along my shaft is sufficiently loose, and if I like, I can now happily pump away, up and down the shaft, about as much a stroke as a guy would want to do anyhow, not having to pound the base, with room to spare, up under the head of my cock. I’m just over 6”.

Something grew and surely it occurred after college years.

Sorry I can’t offer precise details about age and measurements.

 

[D_Rosalind Mussell]

I met my husband when he was 20 and his penis is bigger now than when I first met him. Some people are early bloomers, some are late.

 

[Onyxpumper]

Its no big deal, my brother (3 years older than me) had "peach fuzz" and didn't have enough to shave until he was in his mid 20's while I started shaving at 14, but he got the big dick...Like he told me "it's not the size, its how you use it".

 

[Onyxpumper]

Don't let the picks fool you, I just looks big when I'm only about 6.5, my height is 5'4 which causes it to look bigger *and I use a pump for thickness*

 

[Wrat]

I was smaller than average in middle school. About average in high school. When I got out of the military I measured about 8". Something changed there between the ages of 18 and 22 that I didn't expect. I went from very average to big in 4 years.
Nobody could have been more surprised than me.

 

[Draconis71]

Pit hair? had fuzz till I was about 22, same with facial hair. Chest hair, had a PATCH from about 22-32.
Pubic hair, from about 12, developed fuzz, and only started with real hair about 16 (size,already was adult pre-real hair)
Yes, if I shaved, it was good for 3-4 months till next shave.

 

[Hakubuza]

Don't worry yourself over it. Most of that is genetic, if you come from a hairy family then odds are you'll be hairier, and vise versa. As mentioned before everyone developed at their own rate. My voice didn't change til my Junior year of high school, but once changes started happening, I grew oober fast. Now I wish I didn't have the body hair XD

 

[hairyversmuscle]

I don't think turning to this blog for what could be an important medical concern is the right way to go about it. If you are questioning your normality, go to a doctor, that will be the only true way to find out. The issue with a blog is that you never know who just wants to mess with you. These forums are awesome for talking about sex and fun things you have done etc, but if you have an honest to goodness medical concern (which it sounds like you do) then don't listen to us Bozo's... just go to the doctor and get checked out. This is something that can be talked about in a routine physical so no need for something that could be embarrassing to talk about with your parents as well. Also you are 18 so you are in charge of your medical history now, not your parents.

 

[MarkLondon]

Your physical description is definately within the bounds of normality. I have very little body hair and couldn't even grow a moustache until age 31 and will never be able to do a beard (and to add to the hairlessness I went bald early too!) I do have more than adequate pubic hair and have been horny since puberty so I know my testosterone is OK, which was confirmed by a blood test when they were taking it for cholesterol levels anyway.

But at your age it is worth having yourself checked out by a doctor/endocrinologist, just in case there is anything wrong that they can fix.

 

[LostOne]

I am breaking my long time lurker status because I think it is important to say that I am in the medical field and you are describing the classical picture of hypogonadism. Other signs would be:
1. small testes (there are rating scales for this if you look online)
2. small penis and prostate
3. lack of scrotal rugae (wrinkles) and pigmentation
4. eunuchoidal skeletal proportions (arm span two inches greater than height, ratio of upper body segment (crown to pubis) to lower body segment (pubis to floor) less than 1)
5. high pitched voice
6. female fat distribution

Some or even none of these symptoms may be present if puberty started but was foreshortened (for instance by an infection or benign tumor compressing your pituitary gland). If your puberty was foreshortened at an early age, this would likely be associated with an abnormally short height.

If you have low testosterone, you would also likely have low libido and never experience temporal balding (loss of hair on the "temples" of your head).

I am NOT saying that you have a medical condition but if there is even a small chance that you do, you should go see your primary care physician. He can do a quick and easy blood test to measure your testosterone levels. Low testosterone is easily treatable with testosterone replacement therapy. If this is the case, the sooner that you intervene, the better. That being said, I think the chances (in the absence of other symptoms that I listed) that you have hypogonadism is low, but I always think that with your health, it is better to be safe than sorry, especially when it is just a matter of a blood test.

 

[Guill]

I have no body hair lol. My dad also has no body hair (like chest hair) so i guess that is fine, but i have barely any armpit hair, beard non-existant, moustache barely viewable...

This is probably the best answer to your question. There might be something to worry about if you dad was hairy and you weren't but it just seems to be a family trait.