"You claim your blog is supposed to be for even us straights but you post nothing naked dudes."
The reason is threefold.
1. I use photos to illustrate the text - you do read the text, don't you?
2. The blog is to bring health and or function issues to light. Gays, straights, bis, and even women visit the blog and send in questions. The photos enhance the text.
3. The other purpose of the blog is help men change their attitude: No reason to feel ashamed of what we were born with. No reason to be embarrassed by its function. No reason to hide that we can (and do) derive self-pleasure. No reason to deny the variety of sexual orientation.
Have you seen the commercials for the latest treatment for Peyronies Disease (PD)?
This is touted as "the only FDA approved non-surgical treatment." The worse part? Like The Young Turks (TYT) video confirms, the commercials scare men into thinking natural curvature is something to worry about.
Ridiculous. A curved cock is quite normal.
Regardless of the direction it curves.
Xiaflex was originally used to treat contracture of the hand muscles called Dupuytren's Contracture, and then abandoned by Pfiser after poor sales. The Swedish company that developed it took it back and rebranded the use to target men's insecurities over their penises.
Here's the PD process taken directly from BentCarrot:
"Treatment involves a series of injections given by trained urologists in their office. When paired with gentle stretching and straightening of the penis, XIAFLEX is proven to help reduce erectile curvature."
"3 separate office visits required. 1st injection. A 3-day wait. 2nd injection. A 3-day wait. The Healthcare Provider will stretch & straighten your penis. Then a 6-week regimen of at home stretching and straightening."
So, basically...jelqing. For an average 35% improvement.
"Penile fracture (corporal rupture) or other serious injury to the penis.Receiving an injection of XIAFLEX may cause damage to the tubes in your penis called the corpora. After treatment with XIAFLEX, one of these tubes may break during an erection. This is called a corporal rupture or penile fracture. This could require surgery to fix the damaged area. Damage to your penis might not get better after a corporal rupture."
Well, isn't that terrific - it's 99.9% likely a fracture is what caused the PD in the first place.
"Do not have sex or any other sexual activity between the first and second injections of a treatment cycle.
Do not have sex or any other sexual activity for at least 4 weeks after the second injection of a treatment cycle with XIAFLEX and after any pain or swelling has gone away.
XIAFLEX, for the treatment of Peyronie's disease is only available through a restricted program called the XIAFLEX Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Program."
[Bolding is theirs from the website. So is the mixture of fonts used in the quoted sections.]
No sex for at least four weeks after the second injection. That includes masturbation. No jacking off, boys. Do they give you medication to ward off the wood? Uh...nope. Why?
"Gently straighten your penis 3 times each day. At least 1 time each day when it is erect unrelated to sexual activity (spontaneous erection)."
Guys, first of all, do not confuse natural curvature with a severe bend.
Fullmoonma wasn't able to add his photo to his comment, so I've added it here.
A severe bend is one which might inhibit any normal sexual activity.
And can be corrected with surgery --- with (basically) the same amount of recovery time.
Second, steroid creams are also FDA approved and don't require a needle in the cock. It may take longer, but...no needles in the cock. And you don't have to avoid sex.
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Tomorrow, Feb 5, marks one full year since Phil (AOM) left us. He brought so much love and light to the blogosphere and to the world. I wanted to take a moment of remembrance. He used his blog to promote body positivity ~ the beauty of the male body.
Everything you wanted to know about Penis, but not really. This Healthline article "Is the Penis a Muscle or an Organ and 9 Other Facts" covers the very, very basics. But, I thought, what the heck, why not post it here?
Regardless of what author Adrienne Santos-Longhurst indicates regarding the "Use It or Lose It issue," she is not a medical professional (nor does she have personal experience), but we can agree that the more you use it, the better.
It helps keep you healthy and, in return, it remains healthy and usable.
