Originally Posted by gogojvc
Why is turtling a negative thing?
From a PE perspective turtling is bad, because the well worn ligs tend to retract inside the body to heal. Letting them heal while retracted or shortened by turtling will toughen them making them harder to stretch. Not only that, letting them heal in a retracted state may even cause your flaccid length to become shorter. This is of course theory, but a theory I happen to agree with.
But let me tell you what my urologist says:
During the prostrate exam whilst she has her dainty little gloved finger up my ass probing my prostate, she tells me to grab the tip of my penis and pull out. When I do this she says she can feel my ligaments pull away, thus demonstrating very healthy connective tissue. She says that a retracting penis is a healthy penis, that it is a sign of “TIGHT, STRONG” ligaments. Her exact words. She goes on to explain to me that the suspensory and fundform ligaments are very important because they determine erection angle and keep the penis rigid during intercourse. I’ve been seeing this woman for years, and I believe she is a good doctor, only she has the deranged notion that a healthy functioning penis is more important than a large one. She’s always asking me about all my little PE battle scars every time I see her. In the past I’ve just blamed it on rough sex. On this last visit she commented because I had quite a bit of fluid buildup from clamping along with some pinch wounds and a hard vein she said was close to thrombosis. So I fessed up.
Sorry, guys. Guess I’m getting a little off topic. I’ll continue this in another thread.
To make a long story short: Doc says turtling is good, perfectly natural. I say it is bad for length gains, especially flaccid length gains, and that is the gains I’m most interested in.