Bruises from Pumping

Whoops. I had a feeling injury was going to happen sooner or later, and it seems to of been very soon.
My third pumping session. Usually do a pump after a Newbie Routine. (And after second hot wrap) Just began second week of newbie routine.

I basically decided to pump whilst fully erect as previously doing it flaccid/below 50% didn’t feel like the pumping was done properly.
Also, I use a basic Lovehoney brand. I knew it was bad, but wanted to acclimate myself to the basics of pumping before buying more expensive ones. Again, whoops.

That said, whilst pumping it felt great (even pleasurable) and felt no pain. It wasn’t until shining a light at the cylinder (It’s semi-opaque…) that blood appeared at the bottom. Was aware the PE Manuel brought up that transparent cylinders are important to monitor what’s actually happening, but whao! Immediately stopped the session and went to apply hot wrap to the injury. Thankfully bleeding stopped in just a few minutes, and the bruises are small enough to be barely noticeable.

Having said that, how many days should I hold off pumping for? This seems minor, but is still what it is. Would stretching/jelqing be a bad idea as well? Hope not…
The biggest nuisance is the lack of gauge. Had I known what Hg this was pumping at, it could of been avoided. (-5hg or above is the safety area, isn’t it?)

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

What pressure were you pumping at? In terms of pumping erect that shouldn’t cause bruising.

If you are fairly new to PE and doing the newbie routine I’d recommend holding off on pumping until you stop seeing gains from the newbie routine.

As mentioned, the product doesn’t have a gauge, so I couldn’t assess. I assumed it wasn’t dangerously high since, as mentioned, I felt no pain.

Interesting you recommend after seeing no gains from the Newbie Routine. I somewhat assumed the Newbie Routine was just to acclimate the penis to some strain, didn’t think gains could be made from it.

Ya there are a lot of members here who have made most or all of their gains from the newbie routine.