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Italian Contraption Increases Penis Size

Tuesday March 10, 2009
Michelangelo's David and Penis Size

Sure, lots of late-night infomercials make unbelievable promises, but rarely do come with a doctor's approval, especially when quoted by a respected medical journal.

The British Journal of Urology International, is reporting the success of a small contraption that "produces an effective and durable lengthening of the penis, both in the flaccid and stretched state."

Twenty-one "highly motivated" patients received treatment at Italy's University of Turin. The men stretched their sex organ every day for six months, using the devise that consists of a plastic ring and two extender rods.

The length of the average penis grew from 2.82 inches to 3.72 inches, according to Britain's Telegraph.

"If these results are confirmed by further research, we propose that the device should be used as a first-line treatment option for men seeking a penile lengthening procedure," says urologist Dr. Paolo Gontero.

A 36 percent increase in penis size is quite remarkable. But one detail of the experiment really jumps out at me: Five of the 21 patents dropped out for various reasons, including "pain and penile bruising."

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March 12, 2009 at 9:59 pm
(1) Ernie Coyne says:

Buck, you have great writing style. I also liked the touch of putting a picture of Michaelangelo’s David next to the article. That statue certainly displays a smallish penis. (uncircumcized, even though David was Jewish). We seem to be getting conflicting info from Italy regarding the clinical enlargement trials as it is pre-publication, through online releases. Initially there was a study of stretching done on 15 men with Peyronie’s disease–curvature of the penis, apparently like Bill Clinton has. The stretching accomplished minimal improvement in the curvature, but resulted in average penile enlargement of .3 inches flaccid, but only about 1/2 inch stretched. Erect penises usually are very slightly bigger than stretched ones because of blood in the penis chambers. Then we get what looks like another study with: you guessed it: 15 men. They started with 21, and I’m glad you mention that 6 dropped out because of pain and bruising. Are these the same 15 men? Their enlargement was about .9 inches flaccid, and about 1/2 inch stretched. Similar results for stretched as in the Peyronie’s cases. The flaccid results don’t make sense between the two studies. Or was there only one study? If it was only men with Peyronie’s disease, the scientific conclusion would only apply to men with Peyronie’s. the other issue is what happens afterward. Dr’s doing enlargement surgery have their patients use weights or stretching because there is a tendency to shrink afterward. This may also be true with this device.

I host a website, smallpenisgreatlover.com that emphasizes sexual skills rather than worrying about size. But I do feel that some stretching exercises could make the penis look a bit bigger. But until we get clarified confirmed medical results from studies that involve more than 15 men, who wants to put almost 3 lb. of pressure on his penis for 4-6 hours per day for 12 months? For an extra 1/2 inch? Better spend the time and effort in learning to improve your skills with foreplay using fingers, mouth, and toys as well as your brain: the biggest sex organ of them all.
Pleasure your woman and satisfy her, and most of them won’t care about measurement.

Ernie Coyne
info at smallpenisgreatlover.com

April 8, 2009 at 7:33 am
(2) Andromedical says:

To respond to Ernie, it is not the same study, and there are also many other studies available to show what results the Andropenis can give, both for peyronie’s and penile enlargement. You can read up on the studies at andromedical.com

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