Thursday, April 28, 2011

Does medical science support the use of penis extenders?

Following is a brief review of some of the major clinical or scientific studies that strongly support the use of penis stretchers in order to increase size of the penis, especially its length.

Italian study

Published in the British Journal of Urology (Mar. 10, 2009), this study provides one of the most authentic, proven and established evidence and proof of the effectiveness of penis extenders. This specific study was done by the researchers from San Giovanni Battista Hospital at the University of Turin, Italy.
16 highly motivated patients, with an average age of 47, completed this 12-month study and were asked to wear the penis extender device for between four and six hours a day for six months. The men’s average flaccid penile length was 7.15cm (2.82 inches) and the average stretched penile length was 9.62cm (3.79 inches) at baseline.
Follow ups were performed in months one, three, six and 12. At the end of the study, results were simply astonishing.

It was found that after the 12 months of study:
• The men’s average flaccid penile length of 7.15cm (2.82 inches) had increased by 32 per cent to 9.45cm (3.72 inches)
• The men’s average stretched penile length of 9.62cm (3.79 inches) at baseline had increased by 18 per cent to 11.32 cm (4.45 inches)
The study also found that men who wore a penile extender every day for six months were able to increase the flaccid length of their penis by up to 32% and their erectile function by up to 36%.

High satisfaction levels were reported in all categories. The researchers concluded their findings by noting that “penile extenders should be regarded as a minimally invasive and effective treatment option to elongate the penile shaft in patients seeking treatment for a short penis”. This study clearly showed that the penile extender device produces an effective and durable lengthening of the penis, both in the flaccid and stretched state.

Scandinavian study

Another study was performed at the Scandinavian Clinic of Plastic Surgery, Copenhagen to evaluate penis enlargement via stretching using a professional penis extender device. The study was presented at the
1st International Interdisciplinary Symposium on
Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery on April 6th, 7th and 8th 1998 – Barcelona, Spain. The results were incredible gains for all the subjects.
The study was done on 18 patients ranging from 23-47 years who wore the extender device for 12 hours daily, 7 days a week for up to a total duration of 8 to 24 weeks.

At the end of the study, the men averaged almost two inches in penis length increase thanks to penis stretchers over the course of four months. Researchers also found that the average lengthening of penis per week was 1.9 mm.

Canadian study

This promising study, conducted by the Canadian Journal of Phalloplasty, found that men who used traction-based devices achieved gains ranging between 32% and 36%.
The most noticeable feature of this study was that while reporting about a 32% increase in length of the penis (in both erect and flaccid length), a 36% increase in penis width (girth / thickness) was also found.

Patients in the clinical study were required to use the device for 6 to 8 hours per day, for a period of 5 months. It was also found that the results did not disappear once usage was stopped. Also, erectile strength is also increased with usage and treatment. Participants reported an average increase of 36% in erectile strength. (Measured via blood circulation and hardness)

Do penis extenders really work?

One of the most effective and successful of such methods is using penis stretcher or traction-based penis stretching devices. If chosen with due care and after proper research, these penis extenders will give a little stress to your penis body for some minutes and can also help the skin and tissue cells in your penis to regenerate. As a result, the length and girth of your penis will be increased and you will be definitely ready to give the best performance when doing sexual activity. The best part is that the recommended and tested penis extenders offer permanent results and are designed to be more convenient for you.

How does a penis stretcher work and do penis stretchers work?

It is based on the ability of the penile tissues, when submitted to a force of traction, to grow and multiply. The same principle of traction is applied for tissue expansion in plastic surgery, to produce skin re-growth in order to cover skin defects, burns and balding areas. The regeneration of new tissue can be used to repair and cover skin defects, burns and areas of hair loss. It is also used in orthopedic surgery to enlarge the ends of bones and phalanges. In ancient cultures the principle of traction was applied to enlarge different parts of the body.
In the same way, a penis extender applies a traction force of up to 600 to 1500 grams on the penis over sustained periods of time. The described traction causes an adaptative reaction of the penile tissue components at structural level, with an increase in cellular multiplication of the penis tissues leading to a gradual, progressive increase in both length and girth of the penile tissue.

Based on the clinical experience, the traction-based penis extender device yields the following results:

• An increase in the length of the penis in erection and flaccidity
• An increase in the girth of the penis in erection and flaccidity

What is the scientific evidence (clinical trials and studies)?
According to a study published in the March, 2009 issue of the British Journal of Urology, the penile extender, a traction device to be used at least six hours a day for at least six months is not only safe and effective, but also can increase erection size and improve erectile function.
Another small study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine in 2008 found that a commercial penile extender reduced penile curvature and added a little length to the penis.
One more very important study conducted on the use of the penis extender, indicate average results of 33% increase in length and 35% in girth. The participants of the study ranged in age between 18-85 years old, indicating that age has no influence on the results of the penis enlargement device.
In all of the above-mentioned studies, it was found that the increase in the length of the penis in erection is proportional to the amount of time the device is worn. Such growth is lineal and the longer the time of use, the more length is obtained.

Safety of penis extenders
Today’s penis extenders are designed to improve sexual performance, increase penis size and enhance overall male health. Some of them are even doctor endorsed and medically certified devices designed to provide permanent penis enlargement. To date, there have been no major or severe adverse reactions or effects reported. However, in cases of wounds, lacerations or infected areas of the penis, the device shall not be used until these wounds have healed. They are, therefore, generally considered safe for in-home use and have no significant side effects. Therefore, doctors now believe that gradually stretching the penis can be safe and could increase its length much like skin tissue is slowly expanded in cosmetic surgery procedures, including certain kinds of breast enhancements.

Last but not least, penis extending devices offer safe, successful and economical alternative to other risky, complicated and highly expensive methods of penis enlargement such as surgery. You should, however, do your careful research and product comparison before choosing a penis extender that could suit you the best.

Do penis extenders cause “permanent” penis enlargement?

One of the most proven benefits of the penis extenders is the permanent enlargement (both in length and thickness) of the penis. Experts now agree that penile tissue lengthening via traction-based devices such as penis extenders is a research-backed scientific fact and it is medically proven in several studies and trials that permanent penis enlargement does occur with the regular and long-term use of these devices.
The following facts further strengthen the reality that the penis enlargement caused by traction-based penis extenders or stretchers is, in fact, permanent.

Extenders cause “real growth” of penile tissue: Penis extenders and even homemade penis enlargement devices essentially work on the principle that the penile tissues, when submitted to a force of traction, gradually grow and multiply. This leads to a natural adaptative reaction of the penile tissue components at structural level, with an increase in number of the penis tissues leading to a gradual, progressive increase in both length and girth of the penile tissue. The net result is an increase in both the length and girth (thickness) of the penis in erection and flaccidity.

Extenders induce and boost “cell division” in penis muscles: It should be remembered that penis extenders actually ignite the process of mitosis i.e. cell division in the penis that causes dramatic changes in the whole organ. As a result, the vascular vessels, urethra, corpus cavernosum and spongiosum, cutaneous cover, muscle and fasciae are all subjected to proliferation. Because this proliferation takes place throughout the penis, it increases both the length and girth of the penis and on permanent basis.

Extenders cause penis “enlargement” and not just “engorgement”: Unlike traditional devices such as penis vacuum pumps, penis extenders do not “temporarily” fill your penis with blood to cause short-term erection for occasional sex. They rather focus on permanent enlargement i.e. more tissue growth leads to more muscles of the penis which eventually causes more “spaces” in the walls of the penis. Hence, more blood can enter and “naturally” fill in those spaces to cause powerful erections. The best part is that your penis remains enlarged to some extent even after the erection subsides. In other words, even your flaccid state, you have a significantly bigger penile size.

Hence, based on the above facts, it can be concluded that the main benefit of the penis traction devices over other devices and pills is that penis extenders cause “permanent” solution to the problem of male impotence and small penis size. As the increase in length and thickness caused by these extenders is a “long-term” and permanent phenomenon, this naturally results in larger penis composed of more cells, more tissues and more “spaces” in between those tissues, therefore, allowing for more blood to come in. This also leads to longer, firmer and stronger erections.