Enter the latest TikTok sensation - a supposedly ancient method known as "jelqing." This technique, making waves on social media, claims to enhance penis size by engaging in a delightful combination of stretching and tearing the penile tissue. The supposed endgame? Building up some scar tissue for a grander appendage.
Yet, before you jump on the jelqing bandwagon, heed the warnings from medical experts. They're not mincing words, labeling this method not just hazardous to men's health but suggesting it might even result in a shorter member. Ouch.
In the quest for enhancement, perhaps it's worth considering less perilous paths. Ancient wisdom, it seems, might not always be a one-size-fits-all solution.
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From Daily Mail UK:
But the practice puts men at risk of Peyronie's Disease, which is when scar tissues forms in the deeper tissue under the skin of penis, causing curved, painful erections.
It can also make the penis shorter while erect.
There is particular buzz around jelqing online in Reddit forums of incels - involuntary celibate men who form their identity around their perceived inability to have romantic relationships with women.
They strive to be beautiful, irresistible, and well-endowed.
Meanwhile on TikTok, thousands of videos posted by young men demonstrate how to do the technique, and claim it adds 'an inch and a half' in length and 'an inch' in girth.
'Those repeated, traumatic movements can translate into scarring, but that can then translate into Peyronie's Disease, where you form a plaque, that can be associated with erectile dysfunction and pain as well,' Dr Jamin Brahmbhatt, a board-certified urologist at Orlando Health, previously told DailyMail.com.
Specifically, that scarring can start to shape the penis into a curve, causing uncomfortable erections, making penetration difficult and sometimes impossible.
