First off, Dino9X7, glad to see you back posting.. Always enjoyed reading your post.
To OP, more time is definitely needed. I’ve only been wearing my extender for just over two months this past week. So far I have recorded a BPFSL gain of 3/8” gain. I have not measured EL gain and will not for some time. When I reach 1/2” BPFSL gain, I will measure. I hope to at least have a 1/8 - 3/16” gain. I wear anywhere from 2 to 6 hours a day. The past 2 weeks I have gotten lazy and taken quite a few days off.
When I look back on my progress I had when I first started PE I gained a lot in the ligs. Actually it was all lig gains. I made slightly over a one inch gain in 6 months with a loss of 1/8” in girth. My stretching involved a lot of heat, at least a 10 minute warmup time. I would hold my stretches upwards of 2 minutes in every direction with the exception of straight down, which was a 3 minute hold. I would gradually increase tension on my pulling motion as I felt myself relax. To explain this better, here’s what I would do. I would do PC flexes and feel the pullback. As my penis became tired, the pullback would become less. This did take some time which is why I was stretching upwards of 30 minutes. I would tug, say for example, 1 minute, then pull a little harder. Maintain the tension for another 30 seconds or so and tug a bit more. I could feel a slight burn in my ligs as I did this, but I never injured myself from stretches and my EQ was excellent.
For my own personal experiment I’m going back to this routine before strapping into the extender. Also, I’ll be using those pocket/hand warmers that you use in cold weather or for camping with a protective layer and some medical tape to hold in place once strapped in. I’ve thought about possibly using DMSO on the ligs with a Q-tip, but I hate that I smell like it afterwards and taste that develops in your mouth is disgusting. I may try it later if I’m having success, but for now I’ll omit it.
My experience so far with the extender is this. I think it’s important to share because I was ready to give up on it early on. I’ve owned my extender for almost a year. When I first got it (from LeLuv, btw), it was too uncomfortable. I couldn’t even wear it for 20 minutes. I tried for weeks on end to find a comfortable method of strapping in to no avail. Read all the threads on making it more comfortable and nothing seemed to work, especially since I kept slipping out of it. I have smallish glans, which made it difficult. I put the extender away for several months and made another attempt with a modification to the noose because the strap simply didn’t work for me. I found that wrapping the noose with a small piece of material and securing with medical tape to help. I was able to wear comfortably for 20 minutes, then a half hour, then a bit more until I was able to strap in for 2 hours at a time. Hope this helps and wish me luck with my experiment.