Heat may cause permanent testicular damage

The effects of heat on the testes of mammals
B.P. Setchell
Anim. Reprod., v.3, n.2, p.81-91, April/June. 2006

Although many authors believe that the effects of heat are fully reversible, there is now evidence of long-term effects, following either locally applied heat or temporary induced cryptorchidism. These long-term effects appear to be different from those seen following irradiation, and may indicate a failure of Sertoli cell function.
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Most techniques have been shown to affect principally primary spermatocytes and early spermatids, but there is some evidence for effects on spermatogonia and Sertoli cells. The Leydig cells and androgen secretion do not appear to be directly affected.
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However, other recent evidence has been obtained that there may be much more long-term effects of heat than previously thought. Furthermore, the effects of heat may not be confined to cell death in the testis and the consequent fall in sperm numbers in semen, but the sperm produced may be less capable of fertilization and the production of normal embryos.

Aniway this is not true at all.

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For testicles protection the cover up material should be reflective, right?

My line of thinking is that most materials tends to absorb the radiation, bumping the inner temperature as well, depending on the material, even higher than naked.

With that in mind, we can start to think about replacements for lamp heater, like fabric steamer devices.

Well i dont think that heating for a short period of time like we do multiple times a day makes a difference, but again its just an opinion even if could be wrong.

Furthermore, if you stop heating i’m pretty positive you will be back to normality quite soon in terms of fertility, not to mention that having less strenght in being fertile has a lot of positive sides as well ahah.

I heat without protection from 5 years, i’m 26, never came so hard like i do right now compared to years ago, so will definetly continue this way.

I heat without protection from 5 years, i’m 26, never came so hard like i do right now compared to years ago, so will definetly continue this way.

In other words, locally applied heat may cause long-term damage to cells responsible for creating sperm,

Sorry to long to read, have a good day.

Dude up your moderator game. Read the response!