'Donut' effect won't go away - kinda scary

Not new to using the air pump at all, am relatively careful but still occasionally will get swelling in the circumcised area in a ring under the head after using it, kind of a donut effect. It always goes away in a day or so. But this time, first time ever it has been 3 or 4 days now and still swollen. Not hugely, but clearly it looks like lymph and still there. I’ve never seen it take so long.

There’s no pain or numbness, but geez.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? I picture having damaged the lymph drainage somehow and what if its permanent. I had repaired my pump as it had a leak for a long time, so now it holds pressure and no doubt must have overdone it. But I doubt I’m more reckless than anybody else, probably less than most. I would think somebody else must have had this happen.
Moderator can move this to injuries I wasn’t able to post there.

How does it look and feel with an erection?

I think you just need to give it more time and it will go away, even though it is taking longer than usual.

Donuts and edema buildup are caused by too much vacuum and/or too much time in the pump. Dial one or both back to reduce or eliminate it.

Its less noticeable then but awkward/swollen in that area and kinda sore. No hard lumps anywhere thankfully, it’s just like a bag of fluid in a ring around behind the head.

I don’t know what people are doing for edema, hot compress or cold, or nothing at all? Is there some kind of topical? I searched through old posts, somebody in an earlier one had something like this happen and I guess found a hard lump and they ‘broke it up’ saying it was a blocked lymph duct, and it drained. I don’t see anything like that.

I’ve had edema many times and it will generally re absorb in a few hours or up to a day or so. Not sure why yours is taking longer. I think a few short pump sessions for a few minutes at low pressure can also help get the fluid moving better. Firegoat rolls can also help. Search “firegoat roll” if unfamiliar.

It may be more swollen than I’m wanting to believe, and it really hasn’t gone down any.
At what point do you go see a doctor? I don’t even know where to go or what to say at the front desk.
Or would you go to a urologist? All I have right now is Medicaid. If I go to a specialist it’ll cost a fortune.
I tried the hot compress off a YouTube video and it did nothing really. I also tried the cold rag in the freezer.
I guess I could try a hot bath. But some say heat will make it worse, some say better. There’s just so much conflicting information out there.

I’ve seen online that sometimes doctors prescribe a pump for ED, but who’d have thought they just spontaneously break your dick one day. I never saw that coming!
I’ve used a pump for years, if you had asked me last week I would have said they’re safe. After this I may give it up for good. This is pretty scary stuff.

If you dont mind, posta pic of the swelling.

Looks about the same as yesterday.

There’s no pain or numbness thank god, or anything turning blue. It’s just like fluid is trapped.

Of course somebody I read yesterday had to say, “Don’t let edema stay longer than a day, or you’ll end up with a permanent balloon penis”. How would he know from experience though.

Also there’s hundreds of terrifying articles about penis cancer that come up and slap you anytime you use Google. But in this case I think that at least is unlikely.

Looks like mine when I have significantly over done it. I think you should give it more time to re absorb. Nothing wrong with trying hot baths, cold compresses and massaging to try and accelerate the process.

Hello friend

if you go to my trhend in Italian: Presentazione, progressi, foto

you can see a first picture of mine of how the donut effect was formed. I salute you let me know.

I know it looks like just anybody having edema after using a pump. Only with everybody else it goes away.

There was a guy who posted who had it 5 days, and happily said he found his foreskin was pinching a duct and after he pulled that back it cleared. But I don’t have one of those.

I guess I’m lucky in that regard right now, because according to one site its apparently a ‘medical emergency’ because with the swelling the foreskin can ‘choke off circulation’.

But if you look up anything medical on Google you’ll find your worst fears confirmed soon enough!

@Dosso I’m not sure what you’re saying.

You mean you had something similar happen? For how long?

Or did you have permanent damage.

No, just edema. It happens.

Pretty much this. 32quarters is “significantly” right. Work it out or wait it out.

If you have any silicone or rubber tubing laying around, you could put that over it and passively push the fluid back in. An alternative I’ve heard of is, wide tape (masking or duct) - sticky side out and wrapped. If you just made an “O-kay” with your hand and squeezed a little, that might work too. When I get a little puffy, I just use my hand, but I don’t usually go to any extremes and the edema is quick to subside.

On a side note: unless you’re attempting foreskin restoration/elongation, avoid that much edema on a regular basis, especially if it hangs around that long. Even a day or two is a long time. Minutes to hours is reasonable. Reduce time and or vacuum. It’s stretching your skin and it will happen again, easier and quicker, if you keep doing it over and over.

-Stay safe

Hi jlelend

No no permanent damage, I use Bathmate water pump, very good it only has the drawback of not controlling the pressure so I was going too high with the pressure and every time I had the donut effect that you can see in the picture. I generally do it around 10:00 at night and the effect lasted me all night long. Behind a lot of advice I now keep a lower and more comfortable pressure by not going up to my maximum penis expansion and I have eliminated this effect, although sometimes I increase the pressure a little more and it comes back but in a very minor way. In a few days I should also start using vacuum pump, I hope it doesn’t happen to me while starting with low hg, what pump do you use. Regards.

If you’ve ever seen any of the serial over-pumpers at newart.com I think you’d not believe the “dont let edema stay more than a day” comment. Those guys want a ballon look and have to keep pumping to get it.

I also dont believe edema can cut off circulation.

Try pumping short duration and low vac pressure, which will increase penile blood circulation which should help edema absorption. Do it several times over the day, along with heat and or cold. Typically ypu add heat to improve circulation and cold to reduce fluid buildup/circulation.

I have. That’s some sort of fetish shit that I cannot relate to.

100% agree.

As I’ve found myself. I never did settle on heated or cold pumps. Immediate cold gains have always felt more real, but it’s against the lore of the plasticity. I just do whatever I feel like doing at the time when it comes to that.