Penis bends to the left.

Hey Anonymous,

On a personal note, when I was growing up I was really, really freaked out⁠ (out: Short for ‘out of the closet’. When someone’s LGBTQ+ identity is known to other people.) about the way I was shaped. Enough so that I was almost panicky the first time anyone else saw it! It turned out I was way more worried than I needed to be. Turns out that normal erections bend in all different directions – left, right, up, and down. In fact, it’s more common to have at least some curve than to have absolutely none.

Now if it’s just started to bend, if it bends REALLY profoundly, if it’s painful, or if you notice any unusual knots or swelling on the one hand, or if it’s really bent so much you can’t comfortably have any kind of sex⁠ (sex: Different things people choose to do to actively express or enact sexuality and sexual feelings; often this involves genitals, but not always. ) on the other, then you should talk to a doctor about it. But chances are you don’t need to.

Note: I spent a little time just now searching the internet for medical websites that deal with bent penises. They often start out with something alarming (doctors, after all, focus on illness and injury) but they usually end with something like “Many men with [whatever] will not require or desire⁠ (desire: A feeling of wanting something. In the context of sex or sexuality, desire can be a feeling of a physical and psychological want for any kind of sex or way of being sexual.) treatment, and will enjoy very satisfactory sex with their rather unusually shaped penis⁠ (penis: One of the two external reproductive organs of people often assigned male at birth.) .”