Permanence of discoloration from clamping

I know the topic of discoloration has been gone over and over from all different angles and I’ve read the many threads, yet there’s still something about it that I would like a better sense of. Several different kinds of discoloration exist, for example very localized forms such as dots or deep darkness at area where hang from.

What I am curious about is the particular kind where a generalized darkening all over entire shaft pretty much evenly has occured. In my case it has been the result of clamping. I’ve been clamping for a few months now and have definitely notice a more pronounced, darker, bluishness to my dick. It just plain pretty much all looks darker, more deep bluish and purplish. Not in specific areas more than others or anything, just all over fairly evenly.

Firstly, has anyone who has experienced this particular type to go away using any special techniques, products, etc? I know those acid peels seem to work for getting rid of major splotching around the circumcision scar and stuff like that. However, I don’t get a sense that they necessarily work nearly as well for this kind of all-around darkening that seems like it from deeper in penis rather than just broken capillaries or something on surface.

Secondly, has anyone found that this darkening gradually went away after they stopped doing what caused it? For example, I wonder if, were I to stop clamping after a year or so of continuing to do it even though it is making my dick quite dark, would I be able to be reasonably confident that it would eventually return to it’s original color? If so, has it been people’s experience that it takes a very long time for a dick to return to pre-PE color?

I have been thinking to remove the discoloration, we first must understand what is under the skin that cause it and how it forms. Is it blood? Caused by high pressure? How deep is the discoloration? And why heat help reducing the discoloration?

I thought I read somewhere it was assumed to be minerals (iron?) forced out of the blood vessels and into areas between the cells - where normal “cleanup” doesn’t occur.

There are several suggestions available here on reducing it, try searching “discoloration”.

If it is between the cells, it might be like what happens after a surgery. Often they say it can take as long as a year before the fluid “between the cells” is re-absorbed.
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I clamped for a couple months and got the same kind of discoloration you talk about where there is a uniform darkening of color change in the whole shaft. I then quit about 5 months ago aproximentally and went into traction stretching only. From then to now my dick has not completely returned to it’s original state of coloration, but it has defintly lightend up a few shades of color. I believe it would take a long time for full normal coloration to return. I also believe, that there is a solution (maybe several) but we haven’t found it yet. I too wonder what exactly is occuring/occured when we get this uniform discoloration. I’m sure someday we’ll probaly find out and also find out how to fix this problem. If clamping is to ever become really successfull to everyday people, this is one barrier that I believe must be overcome…

I’m pretty sure the consensus here is that this kind of discoloration is the result of vein leakage which results in blood basically becoming located in tissue it isn’t supposed to be in and then having no way of getting completely out easily. So, minerals such as iron are left behind, as Gerry says.

I guess maybe the question is how deep are these visible deposits and how readily are they cycled out along with the skin or other tissues they are located in. I have no information on either of these two things. Lovemachine that doesn’t sound very promising for the idea of simply relying on natural turnover to take care of the discoloration — if clamping for two months causes discoloration that is still visible 5 months later, that’s not so good in my opinion. I figure I’m going to need a bare minimum of a year of clamping to get get anything like the kind of girth I’m looking for out of PE.

Anyone else have any anecdotal info on this?

I’m surprised a concerted effort into addressing this side-effect of clamping hasn’t been put forth. Clamping seems to be the single best way to get girth and girth seems to be the single most useful attribute in a dick for pleasing women. However, I have had several girls tell me they do not like when a dick is different skin tone from the rest of the body. Even if I had a bad sample and this is not the case w most females in general, I still imagine people would like to be able to clamp without it making their dick dark for other reasons.

I, for one, am just starting to use a product that contains 2% Hydroquinone and 10% tretinoin — a combo that looks very promising to me. However, it will be a couple months I expect before I’ll be able to report the results.

I’m not much of a clamper. I’ve tried it. I’d like to be able to do it. I’m afraid of this discoloration.

I can’t help but wonder if lower pressure, longer sets might be as effective. (Two or three fewer clicks on the clamp.)

I’ve fiddled with this from time to time, but it takes me a while to develop a regimen when it’s something I have to stop and do - like the gym.

Has it been decided that “massive” internal pressure is the only way to gain girth?

Also, if blood is finding its way out of the vessels to deposit in such a way as to be visible, does this not suggest it’s too much pressure? Is this not really an injury?
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I think you could say this - but massive internal pressure in a direction dictates the type of gains.
For instance, I believe if I clamp higher up or with more clamps I push the blood vertically, making my midsection and head bigger rather than the base, which is how I explain the gain in length from clamping. Two seems to be best for me for girth as I get a more horizontal push and a very plump base and midsection after a session.

I think the discoloration is permanent if some kind of peel or skin colour restoration method isn’t used. To me its never been a big deal because I have a dark penis anyway, but I can imagine its lack of appeal to some.

How blue/purple are we talking here vkn1? If it’s at aristocane levels then you’re using way too much pressure. I don’t believe discoloration is a prerequisite to clamping, the more extreme you go the greater the risk it seems.

I agree with drilla. I got too enthusiastic and got some pretty severe discoloration. Not like aristocane, but there’s a pretty distinct color difference from where the clamps were, to the end of my dick. The good news is, I got the girth I wanted and the discoloration is slowly fading. It’s been several months, though. If I were to do it over, I’d definitely be less gung-ho with the clamping.

Clgp7, please define what too enthusiastic was in your case and tell how the results in girth compared to the results from clamping in manner that didn’t result in discoloration.

Drilla, it’s hard for me to characterize the degree of discoloration really, at least at this point, partly because I’ve only been doing it for about 3 months and also because my dick was darker than I wanted in the first place (darker than the light part of aristocane’s, lighter than the dark part) so it is hard to gauge the discoloration relative to other dicks.

Gerry, I think vein leakage is not considered an injury or anything, maybe just an acceptable physical reality in that things like veins in are body basically just can’t be 100% impermeable or whatever, and so high pressure are going to exacerbate the results of this property, but no harm other than maybe this discoloration.

Something I would like to know is how different iron deposits like this are from tattoo ink or something. Anyone know why exactly tattoos are permanent? They obviously are not being turned out by natural skin replacement or whatever, so they must be deeper or something. This naturally leads me to be concerned that there are depths at which discoloration is visible yet permanent. I mean, acid peels and stuff obviously don’t remove tattoos, it would be terrible if the kind of discoloration we are talking about is permanent or nearly permanent for the same kind of reasons.

By overenthusiastic I mean just too much…too much time and too often. I was clamping every day for sets that were too long … 20 to 25 minutes. I got mad expansion, and it seems to be permanent. I’m pumping now and I’ve just about outgrown my 2” cylinder. I don’t clamp much now, but I really believe it can give good gains. Just use better sense and do 10 minute sets with a break inbetween.

If the discoloration is not too extreme and the activity that caused it is not repeated, then I think there is a good chance it will correct itself over time. I recall one instance when I increased the weight on my Wenchette from 15# to 17.5#. After a single 15 minute set, I removed the hanger to see that that single set had caused a sudden flash of discoloration down the dorsal side of my dick.

I immediately stopped hanging. The discoloration stayed with me for months. It became permanent in the areas around my circ scar, but the less severe discoloration running down my shaft mostly (but not completely) vanished.

I still think that chemical peels are the best known way to combat discoloration. If you don’t want to burn your entire dick (understandable), then try peeling it in sections.

Modesto do you feel that the more permanent part of the discoloration you’ve had won’t be removed by peels and may be tattoo-like permanent?

I wish someone here knew why exactly tattoos are permanent and how discoloration from clamping may or may not be different. I know it isn’t completely permanent, but perhaps a good portion of it is permanent much like tattoos are.

Also, my guess is that discoloration from clamping may be different (in way that makes it longer-lasting) from discoloration resulting from hanging. This guess is just based on the idea that hanging discoloration is undoubtedly in large part related to the breaking of capillaries on the surface much like a bruised shin or hickey or something, whereas with clamping, the discoloration is more from vein leakage and pressure in veins is greatest on the inside of (though still also great on outside) of dick, so iron deposits may be at much greater depth than those from hanging. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is likely a significant difference between the two? If tattoos are permanent mostly because they are deeper than you average bruise, hickey, scratch, etc, then I fear maybe clamping discoloration is similarly more permanent.

I’m getting the feeling that the discoloration won’t be “tattoo permanent” I didn’t take any photos, so I can’t compare anything, but the “line” between dark and light is much less distinct. I’m hoping by summer (that’ll be about a year from when I quit clamping so vigorously) it’ll be pretty well faded out.

Clgp7, I’m glad to hear that, although it’s still a disturbing prospect for me that only two months of clamping resulted in roughly a year of possible discoloration, since I expect it will take me at least a year of straight clamping to get in neighborhood the girth I was looking for in taking up PE. Who knows how much more permanent it makes it when you keep on doing month after month after month beyond two months.