Water Pumping: broken capilaries on top of penis

I have started noticing bright red or purple broken capilaries on top of my shaft about 1.5" out from the base.. Am I pumping too hard? The spots are reddish or purple. This first started happening maybe a month or two ago, but was barely noticable and is slowly getting more noticeable.

I do to pump pretty intense, but limit my sessions to 10 minutes per day & take rest days. I also slowly built up.. I’ve been pumping for maybe 10 months (getting close to a year).

I admit I usually pump to "max" pressure on the bathmate, and I have no idea how much pressure that is (there’s no gauge — I attempted to make a pressure gauge but it failed).

Am I overdoing it? Is this a big deal?

Hi Blink,
for broken capillaries, it’s important that they clot and are naturally reabsorbed. Along with skin discoloration and a slight loss of EQ, it’s one of the most common minor injuries for those who practice PE with a vacuum pump, often due to overly intense or prolonged sessions.

I noticed that you’re not using a pressure gauge. Even though you’re an experienced user, I’d still recommend using one to keep the pressure within a safe HG range and avoid excessive levels.

It’s not a serious issue, but you should pause PE until you’re fully healed. Continuing could lead to fibrotic tissue formation, which would be a significant problem.

Yeah, I can see the red is persisting a bit, so I guess I will have to take a break until it clears up.

I unsed arnica on the top base of my shaft where the issue was — the bruising seems to be mostly gone 24 hours later. I’ll wait a full 48 hours; if it’s just small capilaries, that may be suffucient & I am thinking i’ll pump with a lot less pressure for a while.

I have read your thread and you have a hydroxtreme. The max pressure is somewhere around the 16.5 inhg to 17 inhg. The faster you pump to reach that pressure time wise, especially without some type of warm up set is going to make it even more stressful on the unit.

thanks Micky. I had no idea how much pressure the bathmate hydro extreme was creating..

I waited 2 days & saw issues with light pumping so then I waited 3 days. so after 6 days (5 of rest)., I tried again today.

I saw what appeared to be a slight redness on top of my penis today in the same area (post puming), but it went away after a few minutes. I’m going to try & make sure I don’t make the pressure so high & see if that helps.

The other option is to pump up slower. Pump once let it relax pump again till you feel pressure, then repeat. Try spending a few minutes or more slowing building up to desired pressure. Count how many pumps you do, and how long it takes.

Yes, I took another few days off, and now I just ramp up more slowly with pressure. I used to always ramp up slowly but started doing it faster… I corrected that and now slowly ramp up the first 5 minutes.

I have had no problems now… Injury healed and back to normal with pumping.

I can’t pump with pressure past 5hg without feeling like my cock is going to explode, I pulse pump up to like 7hg for a few seconds and then release pressure but only for a total of 30 seconds at the very end of my workout after I’m fully inflated and warmed up beyond belief. Take it easy and play it safe with pressure OP, you don’t want to wind up with permanent discoloration from bruising too much too often.

Without a pressure gauge, you could go up to the max and then release pressure until its maybe halfway to no pressure at all, that would be around 7-8hg, which might be safe and okay for you. Or just pump until you are certainly swelling up but know you can go more, and just make sure you are jelqing between sets in the tube to get blood flow really moving and circulating.

I’ve been pumping this way 10 months… I slowly worked up to maximum pressure. The only issue is the minor capillary bruising I have now had once. As far as pumping too fast, it’s because I switched from bath tub to shower and I was just rushing things in the shower.

Good point about mid pressure being 7hg if the max is 15hg, sounds logical.

No idea what pressure I use because Bathmate comes with no pressure gauge, and I spent a few weeks attempting to buy parts and retrofit but it failed.

Main issue now is the original tubing that came with the hydro extreme is cut and it would take me some effort to find proper replacement … I still have the parts but it just doesn’t work, the bathmate can’t hold pressure when I use them (I got a lead free stainless steel gauge, etc).

As long as I am not getting injured it may not matter. Thank you all for your help.. I’ve had a few good pumping sessions and things are back to normal, I just avoid max pressure.

I’ll add my pumping sessions are only 10 minutes- that gives me enough of an effect. Keeping them short has given me incredible results (my flaccid package is much much bigger than ever before and my wife can’t help but make comments about it)

This happened to me when going from a 1.75 inch cylinder at 12 Hg and doing the same routine in a 2 inch cylinder at 12 Hg. I had this issue on the larger cylinder, I had to lower the pressure of the Hg on the larger cylinder. Cylinder size matters with correct Hg.

Dump the Bathmate into the trash and buy a real tube and a pump.

well, i admit the bathmate has been frustrating and is quite expensive given its only plastic with no gauge

i have the biggest size hydroextreme so i wonder if that exacerbates the pressure situation.. interesting insight that you (kansasontop) had to switch to lower pressure with the bigger tube…although i fill most of my bathmate tube (i get to 7.8” in the tube and it maxes out at 8.5”, although someone with 9” might still fit because there’s a little head-room (pun intended).

i got a free pump with my quick extender pro, not sure if it has a gauge. what alternative do you recommend andyj?

Ali express have cheap air pumps with a gauge for a really cheap price. You could buy a 2 inch tube and 2.125 for around 50 dollars. Size guide recommends you would fit the 2 inch, but you might like the 2.125 for the base girth.