How long did it take you to gain .5 inch in girth?

I’m trying to get an idea on how long it takes to gain girth. I know it’s different for everyone, but I think maybe with enough responses, a general idea can be had. Additionally, after how many months did your girth gains begin to slow?

gained 9mm circumference in around 4 months of edging with a hard cockring.

Then gained another 3mm circumference in my first 5 weeks of hanging, all mid shaft. measurements.

I started doing the newbie program three months ago. Gained nearly 0.5” in girth within a month, and then… nothing since. That leads me to suspect that I didn’t really gain real girth so much as either improved my EQ some or measured incorrectly when I started. It’s also possible I’m just plain doing PE wrong, I suppose (or maybe I’m just being impatient).

Granted, I had to stop for a couple of weeks while I was sick recently. I scaled back to do a soft reboot when I picked up PE again a couple of weeks ago, so maybe I lost some gains during the break. Still, that half inch was unchanged between months one and two, and it was still there when I picked PE up again.

I’ve been back at PE for two months two weeks after a looong break. One of the reasons I made this thread is because I notice after the weekend, and on Monday when I start my PE again for the week, the plump I have during the days I’m doing PE seems to almost entirely vanish. It’s causing me to wonder just how much I’ve actually gained. I haven’t done any hard measurements since I began, aside from a casual check with my tape measure which put me at around 6 NBPEL because I don’t want to be discouraged. Hoping that when I officially take some measurements at the 6 month mark I’ll be pleasantly surprised with my girth gains.

Are your gains different now from the first time you did PE before your break? Meaning, were they more significant at the a few months into round one than they have been in round two?

That “plumpness” you are observing is what I think I saw go away during my two-hiatus, which is why I’m wondering whether my initial increase in girth was just a bump from better EQ and not actual tissue growth.

I don’t think they were more significant. I’m not sure, but I was not doing any significant PE for four years or more, so I think I might be starting out almost like a newbie would in terms of what can be gained in the short term.

Interestingly, I was suddenly feeling a lot more horny, so I tried getting as hard as I can, and there’s definitely a noticeable amount of girth there that I didn’t have before I started up again two months ago. I think the observed drop on Mondays is because I orgasm on Sunday (masturbation or sex), and then on Monday my level of desire takes a nose dive, so it’s hard to have good EQ. I did that little test after about a 20 minute nap. Sleeping seems to reset things.

Each time I gained 0.5 inch girth it took about 3 months

Interesting. I haven’t measured my girth since I started back up again, and I’ve been back at it for 2 months two weeks, so I don’t know what I’m at. I’ll measure at the 6 month mark.

Well then I hope you make a full inch! constancy will pay off.

I recall through manual stretching, wet jelqs, and edging/ballooning, I was able to improve my erection quality which gave me a slight increase in girth. This was well over a decade ago. I did however see as much as an inch in length in that time but failed to cement it (I wish I had).

I decided to take what was at the time a gamble and sought out medical enhancement, probably out of desperation. I did not get 0.5” but instead a solid 1-inch in circumference from my first appointment. In subsequent appointments I gained a total of nearly 2.8” in circumference at thickest point of my shaft, over the course of 4 to 5 years or so.

I know some may look down on my methods as “the easy way out,” but I started much thinner than most — the time investment and risk of injury it entailed to increase my starting size to my desired size justified considering alternative options. I can’t say I’d recommend my journey to most men, especially those above-average, but I can’t say I regret my decision either.

So to answer your question, it took me about an hour to reach 0.5”+ (technically 1”) in girth.

From my readings here, it seems like some of the more extreme girth gainers came through clamping, but I’m not so certain what the “current meta” is on manual PE exercises these days. Also, clamping appeared to be a more advanced technique better suited for seasoned trainers, correct me if I’m mistaken.

15 years.

Geez, why so long?

It’s almost a year now that I focus on girth mainly, I gained 1 inch. It’s definitely much more difficult for me than gaining length.

Bangel, how did you gain an inch of girth in one year? That’s quite impressive! I haven’t gained any for almost 2 years now.

I don’t know, length gains came easier, although over a long time. As I said for girth I was just starting, may be therefore they came relatively fast, while I struggle all the time it felt slow for me… But there are faster gainers, even for girth…