My PE history, complicationsconcerns and general questions

I’ve been doing PE on and off for a few years with limited results. A couple of years ago I purchased a Phallosan Forte and I believe I developed an infection from it(I wasn’t washing it at all(STUPID I KNOW) and just being neglectful of hygiene).

It resulted in a bad jock itch type infection that lasted months. After about a year I had the courage to start PE again. No issues. About a month into it I dug up the ole PF, disinfected it and get it a spin. After a few days the rash came back. This time there was also a boil which expressed itself and became necrotizing. The skin started to eat it self and it spread throughout my shaft. Oral and IV antibiotics didnt touch it. While in the ER I was given a topical that it cured it up. I have a nice scar on the underside of my shaft, the skin is white and its very noticeable. The surface area of the scar is about the size of two quarters.

It’s been about 4 months since the ordeal and I started to lightly jelq while in the show. I had no issues. The other day I was carried away and did a fairly intense 40 min session. Afterwards there were areas of my penis that were almost rug burned looking, red and mildly discolored. I have one particular area where the normal tissue meets the scar tissue that gets dry and irritated. Its always this one spot. Perhaps scar tissue does not stretch? Is the scar tissue pulling about from the normal tissue?

Am I insane for considering PE after all I’ve been through? I’ve read stories on here how people have done PE after Peyriones surgery and post skin grafts and figured I could give it a shot.

Has anybody successfully done PE after trauma to the penis? Are my days over?

You’re in luck: scarring can be remediated, and needn’t interfere with PE. It’s slow and uncomfortable, but it can be done.

Click on the “stricture and scarring rehab” link at the bottom of this post and you should find a few ideas.

Hey Andy, I was able to go through your thread. Sorry you had to go through that ordeal. Sounds quite harrowing. I hope you are on the other side.

Just some clarification..

Stretching the scar tissue is good? And perhaps almost even necessary? For this particular spot that gets irritated when I stretch, do you advocate gentle stretching, if it starts get worse, pull back until it’s healed and repeat and rinse? I know there is some discussion about the importance of stretching the tissue for help the healing.

I’m terribly afraid of a new infection. I believe that it may have been caused by the PF but I can’t be sure. Its such a weird area in terms of microbes.

DMSO sounds a bit too intense. I really want to take it easy. Is there anything less intense that will break up the scar tissue? Will breaking up the scar tissue open up the wound? I’ve been using castor oil.

Infections are caused when you cut the skin or abuse it in such a manner as to make millions of microscopic holes ( like a scrape) that allow bacteria to enter the body. Simply you using too much force and allowing bacteria to enter. Lighten up.

Right but I have a considerably scar from an infection. It seems where this scar meets the healthy tissue I get irritation when I PE.

I will lower the intensity

Add lube there and use less force.

Don’t we need force to be successful? I guess how light is light jelqing?

I got things pretty much restored; now I’m stretching more to accomodate girth gains.

Scars generally shrink; I had to stretch them out to get normal function back. Scar tissue doesn’t like to stretch; it mostly just cracks. You can’t tell when it is going to crack, so you have to put up with scabs and raw spots during the process. The cracks will eventually heal leaving the scar larger; the new skin isn’t necessarily scar tissue if you’re lucky.

I stretched as often and long as I could; no sense letting it heal shorter than I needed.

Stay as clean as you can, maybe some anti-bacterial soap, but it’s a dark and poorly-ventilated area, and repeat infections are always possible. On the other hand, I managed to avoid a second infection, and I was ready to go back to the doctor immediately if something was ‘off’.

I didn’t have any problem with DMSO. The guys with Peyronie’s Disease use a ton of it, and it doesn’t seem to be a problem for them. Potassium iodide, PABA, and magnesium chloride, and iodine are all sometimes used for scar reduction. You only need the DMSO for deep scars, though. Once you’re just dealing with the skin, it’s not useful any more.

Right now I’m using “the Glop”, a mix of raw shea butter (widely used as a skin care product), hyaluronic acid (a high-end emollient), magnesium chloride, and allantoin. I was using cocoa butter too, but it went “off” and smelled funky if I used the heating pad with the pump tube. I throw in other stuff from time to time as an experiment; I log everything so I can track the results.

“Eroset’s Vein Oil” was once very popular on the forum; as sometimes happens, it has mostly fallen off the radar. It’s a DIY penetrating oil intended to help veins damaged by jelquing. You might search for that thread and give it a shot.

Hmm. I was assuming you have the normal type of scars that shrink, harden, and cause pain and disfigurement. Is that what you have, or is it mostly just an area of discolored skin? Are the scars a problem when you’re erect?

So the cracking just means that new more flexible tissue will regrow? Obviously I don’t want to overdue this and be very careful.

How did you go about getting your infection? Was it related to PE?

Yeah this is a superficial scar. Well I shouldn’t quite say it’s superficial because when the infection was at it’s worst I could have put my index fingers into the hole about a quarter of an inch deep. It was really wild. I’m having no internal problems though, just with the superficial scar

The skin feels uniformish, it has a different texture and color. One sport in particular, under my shaft gets irritated when I’m erect. Sound like, mindfully continuing to stretch the area is what I need to do. Mindfully of course.
Do you recommend stretching, letting it heal for a few days and stretching again? Or just keep stretching paying no mind to the healing progress.

How about doing gentle stretching for a few minutes only. See what things feel like the next day. If all feels well then the following day stretch a minute or two more and again see how you feel the following day. The skin is pretty tough and maybe you just hit a softer spot, overdid it and didn’t give the skin time to heal completely.

Yes… mostly. If you’re gentle and they’re just shallow cracks, and you keep everything moisturized, flexible skin will grow in the new cracks among the scar tissue. Then it will be more flexible. Because it’s a sweaty area and the skin rolls up as you move from flaccid to erect, it will take a long time.

There’s very little in the medical field about that kind of remediation; probably takes too long to make it financially practical for most people. The AMA-accepted treatments mostly involve surgery and grafting.

Just an infection out of nowhere. And I was too embarrassed by it to go to the doctor until it was really bad.

No internal problems is good. I had boils too, and they left “taproot” scars, which was the main reason I was using DMSO. The skin also grew to the internal shaft; I had to rip all that loose and keep pulling it loose when it tried to grow back. That was… uncomfortable.

Thanks man.

I wonder if you’ve don’t any research on whether of not scar tissues is more susceptible to future infection then native skin? Or is their no correlation?

The idea never occurred to me. But since scar tissue normally lacks pores, I would expect if there is a difference, then the scarred areas would be less likely to pick up an infection.