Originally Posted by Treefoil
I’m still nervous that some of you put a clamp on at the base of your dick, and let it sit there full of blood for up to 10 mins. Wouldn’t this cause gangrene or something (cell death) like that?
If not, why? Is there still some small bit of blood flow/exchange going on? Or what?
I looked up the wikipedia page for “Tourniquet” and it says that those should not be used for longer than 120 minutes. If so, then 10 mins is really not that bad?
(I’m good with squeezing and jelq squeezes, but I never hold more than a minute or two. - I really could go safely for 10mins nonstop?)
Different tissues have different metabolic demands. The brain, for instance, requires so much oxygen and CO2 removal that cell death starts with as little as 3 minutes of ischemia. Other tissues, like cartilage for instance, require very little blood flow and can withstand prolonged periods without blood flow.
The penis, like most bodily tissues, is somewhere in the middle. 10 minutes of total ischemia is something the penile tissues can easily recover from. Add to that, when you’re clamping you aren’t completely cutting off circulation; you’re substantially reducing flow, but there is still some forward movement of blood.