I was wondering if hanging weights from my penis and using elastic bands to stretch the penis really do increase length, and at what age does the penis stop growing? 16? 18?

Ow! Generally, if you see photos of weights hanging from penises, you aren't dealing with someone trying to lengthen theirs, you're looking at someone who is indulging a fetish. You could put a 200 pound barbell on your penis, though, and all it's going to get you is a trip to the hospital, and potentially, a longer distance between your hips and your penis that's laying ripped off on the floor. I don't even HAVE a penis, and the mere suggestion makes me cringe.

Your penis is composed of mainly flesh, glands and tissue. Think about it as if it were a breast: would hanging weights on boobs make them bigger? It would probably stretch the skin horribly and eventually make them look like elephant trunks. You want an elephantine penis? Didn't think so. The corpora cavernosa are the two bodies of tissue on either side of the penis which fill with blood from arteries in the penis, and is what causes an erection. You cannot increase the size of this tissue.

Right now, there are only two MEDICAL (I said that loud to be sure you heard me) procedures to enlarge penis size. The Bihari Procedure involves cutting the ligament that secures the base of the penis to the body. That can give between one-half and two inches of increased length to the penis; BUT, because the penis loses it's attachment to the body, a stiffie no longer points face up. Alternately, fat injection can also be done by removing fat from the backs of the thighs and injecting it into the prick in question to thicken it. Sometimes, the body won't "take" the injection, so it's common to have to have such a procedure repeated several times, and each time you risk serious infection.

Your penis stops growing when you do, and will be complete in its growth when puberty is over for you, which for men, is usually around your early twenties. Don't worry about it. Tell you what: spend the time you spend worrying about how big it is instead worrying about if you actually know how to use the thing -- and the whole of your body: sex doesn't start and end with your penis, after all -- adequately, creatively and with care, and your time will be far better spent. If you can't do that, go take a walk to the zoo. Look at the elephants. Look long.

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