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When everyone says ‘infrared LAMP’, does that mean we need to get a special type of lamp, or will an infrared bulb in a desk-type lamp accomplish the same purpose? I have a lamp that would work perfect for that, and i was unsure as to whether a whole new lamp or just the special bulb was required.

A bulb works fine. That’s what I use, just make sure the fixture supports a higher wattage.

Oh, okay, thats good to hear. So the bulb is around 250 watts, right?

Yes. There might be models out there with lesser wattage but I haven’t seen one yet.

Man Uncut your awesome, this heat lamp thing is the best. I use it while I hang only, my rest times have gone down from 10min to 5 minutes. There is no cold head, and no circulation loss, also after i take of the wrapping, which by the way doesn’t hurt at all cause of the heat, my penis looks very healthy and plump!!! This rocks, my fatigue has also gone to nothing. My thanks to Thunder, BIB, and UNCUT!!

So how does this excessive heat affect on testicular health? Any thoughts?

Base,

take a look at this one here:

Are there any risks in using an infrared lamp?

I’ll see if I can find more info on the subject, though.

This is what I’ve found on infreared heat and testicles:

http://www.merc … ug/14/sauna.htm

He talks about infrared heated saunas. I’d say just cover your balls with a cloth or fabric during workouts since the heat won’t work through fabric. I found on another site that infrared heat could potentially be harmful to the testes if applied over a prolonged period of time, i.e. months or years. It should be safe though if your not overdoing it, meaning exposing your balls to heat for over an hour or more.

P.S.: One could just cover the balls with one hand while stretching.

Base,

You beat me to it. I was wondering the same thing. I know it is not a good thing to heat up the balls too frequently—and certainly not if you are trying to conceive. IR heat, being more penetrating, might cause more permanent fertility problems. I guess the thing to do if using an IR lamp would be to wrap your ball with some IR blocking material; whatever type of material that may be.

That is one of the reasons I was thinking an IR wrap would be cool. You could localize exposure to just the penis, and hit all angles of the penis simultaneously. I also have read several threads about guys getting good results from wrapping a normal heating pad around their tube while pumping. I just think it would be the best of both worlds to combine the IR heat and the heating pad ideas, so I searched to see if there was such a thing as an IR heating pad of approximately the right size for wrapping around a tube. Indeed, there is such a product. Unfortunately it’s very expensive; more than 10X more expensive than either an ordinary heating pad or an IR bulb. The idea intrigues me though.

Uncut4Big,

I’m good at going overboard! :D I agree that I can get a bit obsessive at times; seems like a lot of guys around here share this trait. I think obsessiveness is one of the keys to PE success. It sure can wreck hell with the rest of your life, however, when you spend too much time and money on your dick. Too bad I’m not Bill Gates. I could throw all kinds of money at my dick without a second thought, and test out all kinds of gadgets for you guys. On the other hand, Gates probably has a really little one, and I’d have a lot of ground to make up. :)

As far as the heat bulbs go, do you think there’s any difference between the red ones and the clear ones? I assume not, since we aren’t concerned with the visible output anyway. Which do you have? Also, IR is a rather broad term. What wavelengths do most standard heat bulbs produce the highest concentration? There is a certain sub-spectrum of IR that penetrates skin best. I don’t recall the exact wavelength range offhand, but assume that products designed as medical devices to be used against the skin would be tuned to this frequency, whereas bulbs designed for the more general purpose of simply generating heat, may not be.

Mush,

I use one of the red ones. I think the ones (non-industrial strength) for regular household use should not pose a thread to the balls. About the wavelengths, hmmm, I don’t know really, but it should say on the label or packaging what wavelength strength they possess. The ones used in the saunas must produce an enormous amount of heat since they have to warm up an entire room, so to speak, and that rather quickly. So I assume that direct exposure to those lamps might be bad for the balls.

If anyone finds more info on infrared heat and testicles, post it.

I’m not too worried about mere IR exposure being directly harmful to the testicles. I’m more concerned about its better than average ability to heat the testacies internally. In other words, I’m concerned about heat damage that just so happens to be delivered effectively via IR, rather than mutations resulting from exposure to certain IR frequencies.

IR is pretty harmless as forms of radiation go. Put it this way - the danger of mutation and radiation poisoning comes from very high frequency light - X-rays, Gamma rays, etc.. Infra-red is lower frequency than visible light, and around us all the time anyway. I wouldn’t worry about it apart from the heat it transmits.

My concern was exactly the heat penetrating thru tissues, since heat is generally lowering the production of sperm and killing existing sperm in the testicles. Since the IRs penetrate, the heat that they generate is inside the tissues and can be equal to some unnaturally high temperatures, something that the testicles can’t handle. I think the right way of dealing with this is what Uncut quoted from the IR sauna instructions; just cover the damn things, I’d use some thick cotton.

Btw, uncut, sorry; I don’t understand how I missed the existing thread concerning this issue.

I think the heat on the nuts only temporarily lowers sperm count. I doubt it is some excellent way to sterilize yourself. Why not just focus away from your nut s and use a wash cloth or some other object to block the heat. Think of it like using a lead apron when getting an x ray over your balls when they are taking pics of your leg.