There are very few men alive today to don't wish that there was a 100% guaranteed method to massively enlarging the human penis. Many people will tell you there is, but the sad truth is, 99.9% of these wonder routines and methods are completely discounted by modern medical science, the remaining 0.01% is at best, anecdotal, poorly documented and often subject to exaggeration.
This is untrue Rugbypup (welcome back, btw:smile
. There are indeed many scams and con artists out there trying to make a buck off of men's insecurities. Some pills may help you gain slightly bigger erections by improving blood flow through the body and, therefore, the penis as well. Most do not appear to work to permanently enlarge the penis as there is no peer-reviewed documentation to back the claims. Some pills and cremes
may work, but without proof of efficacy, it's definitely a realm of
caveat emptore.
Jelqing, hanging, pumping, and traction may work because the principles of their enlargement methods are medically plausible. Soft tissue under tension does undergo cellular division to create new tissue. The body does this everyday as park of the normal aging process and certainly happens when people gain weight.
What medical science has not done is disprove these methods. There has been exactly one clinically-conducted study on jelqing published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. This was a small study in 1975 conducted by Dr. Brian Richards, a physician and expert in sexual medicine, and published in the
British Journal of Sexual Medicine. He discovered that these techniques actually worked:
After the initial measurements, test subjects were instructed in the "Chartham Method" and told to start practicing it (Tr. 139). Insofar as possible the penis of each subject was thereafter measured, in the method above described, on a weekly basis (Tr. 139, 140). Dr. Richards recorded each measurement. Of the test subjects two dropped out of the test and two achieved no gain in dimensions. Dr. Richards recorded gains among the twenty-eight remaining subjects ranging from 2.4 cm. to 3.6 cm. (.94 in. - 1.4 in.) in length and from 1.4 cm. to 3.1 cm. (.55 in. - 1.2 inc.) in girth (Tr. 142; RX-5). No changes of any significance were found in the measurements taken of the control subjects (Tr. 145, 146). He reported the success rate as 87.5 percent in the test group (Tr. 143). In Dr. Richards' opinion, the study was conducted in accordance with prevalent medical and scientific standards (Tr. 142). The report of Dr. Richards' study has been accepted for publication in the
British Journal of Sexual Medicine (Tr. 143). -
Appeal of P.S. Docket No. 5/102
Dr. Richards tried to make a buck off this by offering a penis ring to supposedly help with the application of what he called, the Chartham Method, but was sued in court and lost when it was legally determined the ring didn't do anything.
And that demonstrates why there has been so little research into jelqing. There is no way to make a buck off of it. Once the techniques are public, then the cat is out of the bag. Anyone can do these with their own two hands. External devices may help, they may not, but this does not change the fact that jelqing itself plainly works as determined by a board of expert physicians reviewing Dr. Richards' claims. Do not confuse legal findings with medical findings and, in any event, there was no claim that the Chartham method did not work, just that the ring did not.
One university study has been proposed but to date, it does not appear to have been conducted. Other than the Richards study, there have been no medical investigations into jelqing or any other technique.
Some doctors may claim that none of this works, however if you ask doctors upon what is the basis of their opinion, they will cite a lack of peer-reviewed medical evidence. Most doctors are completely unfamiliar with the Richards study given its age and relative obscurity. However, the fact of the matter is that the only scientific inquiry into jelqing has shown that it does work. There are no studies indicating it does not work.
I will be the first person to stand-up and say that more studies need to be done on the various methods of PE. Had I vast wealth, I would sponsor such a study myself simply for advancement of science and my own curiosity.
Pills, lotions, stretches, weights, potions... when medical science, and not some bloody internet Dr Nick Riviera, says there is a certified way to enlarge the penis, not only will I be a happy pup, but I will be first in the bloody que too, lol.
Do what ever makes you happy guys, but it is just a big old placebo, accept it.
Why do these so called PE gurus never post a day by day video or photo diary that doesn't cost $1000
This is also not so.
PE Forum,
Matters of Size, and
Thunder's Place each have tons of free information developed by practitioners over many years and some people have posted before and after pictures which appear to indicate growth and you can see these pictures at no cost. There is no way to prove that there has been growth as the claims of the posters have not been independently verified by a qualified physician, but they are the best proof there is until (or even if) more studies are conducted.
You are certainly free to believe anything you want. Right now the only peer-reviewed medical evidence out there indicates that jelqing does work.
And yeah, I'd pay attention to Fowfer. The man is legendary in the PE community for his extensive knowledge. He has even developed a jelqing exercise which has been named for him and is part of the advanced repertoire.
