Now that I’m a “senior member” (2 months old), I think I’m finally catching on to what people mean when they talk about jelqing for length versus girth.
The more flaccid you are, the more jelqing stretches the ligs and tunica in the length direction. You don’t get much girth expansion, except maybe at the head.
The more erect you are, the more you’re maxing out your CCs, which then expand equally (more or less) in all directions under applied pressure. When erect, I’ve observed that my grip doesn’t “bite” as well and tends to slip forward. This makes it harder to pull. So, I think that jelqing when erect is more of a squeeze than a pull, and this is why it tends to expand girth more than length.
Applying this to wet versus dry jelquing, I think that dry jelqing probably works well for girth, especially at high erection levels. It might actually be safer than wet jelqing, where there’s a higher likelihood of uncontrolled slips and consequent thrombosis.
Dry jelquing is probably OK as far as lig stretching is concerned, because it’s essentially the same as stretching. But it appears to me to be less effective for tunica stretching. You don’t get the same “milking” effect on the tunica. I don’t believe lots of short strokes work as well as the longer strokes you get when dry jelqing. But you might be able to make it work with perseverance.