Well this Place is Amazing

Hello everyone,

I am 20 years old, and I have been lurking here on and off for the last year or two, especially the last couple of months. Two years ago, I did one session of jelqing in the shower, got red spots on my shaft, got scared, and decided that I would never do it again. Well like many of us here, it turns out that my body dysmorphia with regards to my penis was too strong, and I couldn’t get it out of the back of my mind that there might be a way to actually safely enlarge my penis. Now while sitting around bored during quarantine, I decided to come back to this website, and see if it was really worth a shot. After reading through hundreds of threads on the various techniques and philosophies about growth, I decided to give it another shot. 6 weeks into PE, I decided that I should probably become a member at this site which I have been spending countless hours absorbing information from, and that’s where I am now.

For the last 6 weeks, I have been practicing a somewhat relaxed version of the linear newbie routine. As in, I don’t strictly count the amount of jelqs or keep track of the time I spend in each stretch. I do it more based off of time and feel. Since I am pretty much only looking for girth, though of course I will gladly accept any length gains with open arms, my total time stretching is usually no more than 3 minutes, and I have never gone over 5 minutes. I started my jelqing around 5 only minutes total, more than that would result in far too many red spots than I was comfortable with right at the beginning, and I have worked up to about 10-15 minutes in total time spent jelqing per session (I don’t get red spots anymore). I stretch and jelq about 3-4 days a week, and I am not afraid to take as much as 4 days off in a row if I feel that my EQ is dropping, or my penis feels tired or beat up. Nothing is wrong with erring on the side of caution!

Now to the fun part, the gains!
My penis started at 5.25 absolutely maximum MEG, and was lower at other various points along the penis. After two weeks, I was measuring around 5.375 post session, but I figured that was all due to edema. 4 weeks in, I took a 4 days off, and my penis measured at 5.45, and I reached 5.5 after edging for a while and kegeling. I have not been able to reach this measurement every day since due to various reasons, but my penis now measures 5.375 MEG at the minimum no matter the EQ, my girth has become significantly more uniform along my shaft (no part of my shaft is under 5.35 EG now), and so I am 95% confident that I have gained a non-zero amount.

I am certainly a newbie when it comes to all this stuff, but I think I can say that it is very important to emphasize all the positives of PE that have nothing to due with the gains. Though I desperately want to increase the size of my penis due to porn induced body dysmorphia and just other general insecurities regardless of the fact that I know that size doesn’t matter half as much as most men think it does, I know that even if my dick never gains any size at all, I will come out of this experience with:
1: A larger flaccid hang
2: An extremely vascular penis
3: Much more general knowledge about the penis
4: Sex advice
5: Strategies towards beating my porn induced premature ejaculation due to my overactive PC muscle
6: A more positive outlook on my penis (who would have thought that a PE forum would ease my body dysmorphia)
I think all men can benefit from some of these thing!

One last thing!
When doing my reading, the amount of vets and big gainers that stuck/stick around for years after reaching their goals or achieving a 300% gain in volume just to help others including clueless newbies like myself really amazes me. Some of you have been on here since before I have been alive! Seriously, this place is amazing, and I hope that I will have valuable knowledge to contribute in the future.

Sincerely,
Downward Curve
(I apologize for the amount of text, I know that I’ve previously read that more than 4 paragraphs here is frowned upon)

Welcome, downwardcurve! You’ll find info on most of those points. I’m obsessed with flaccid, too, but not a lot of threads on that. Definitely a lot of positive outlook here! Best wishes.

Welcome aboard.

Find a safe routine and take it to your life. As you’ve seen there are endless paths and goals. Gains are unavoidable, but what you’ve stated is what really counts. I’ve just started and I’m 40. I tell you this shit is addictive and easy to go over the edge

I will certainly keep this in mind. I don’t really ever see myself doing anything but manual exercises even once I am done with the newbie routine. I am very wary about injuries, and I feel that although manual exercises, especially girth focused ones can certainly be dangerous, it feels much easier to control. In addition, I do not want to have extremely time intensive routines. This is not to say that I don’t want to put in any effort. I intend to keep reading and keep on jelqing, but I just want this to be a nice supplement to my life. If that stops me from having massive gains, I am ok with that. I say this now, but who knows, maybe two years from now I’ll be clamping, pumping, and hanging away.

First, welcome!

Second, I think you have the right mindset. Keep it :)

Always better to err on the side of caution. You only get the one penis.

Pumping and Clamping will get you addicted. I bet you will try them out eventually;) And they are safe if you do it slow and easy.