Originally Posted by Tutt
Igigi makes good points about external heat sources being able heat the superficial TA. That is likely true.However, it isn’t obvious to me yet that this will be a beneficial method. I will await results. Admittedly, I don’t have much interest in pumped strains. The drawbacks to pumping are just too great from my perspective; edema, discoloration, etc. I’m a bit more favorable to restricted length clamping. It makes much more mechanical sense.
Hi Tutt,
At some point in the past I went through all these same questions. The foundation of these issues such as edema and discoloration, is the vacuum pressure. However, if you lower vacuum to avoid those problems, then the approach to stretch the tunica become useless, simply because not enough vacuum is present.
This is why I am trying a different approach: The vacuum pressure is simply fighting the erection mechanism. Instead of assisting an erection, is forcing an erection by sheer volumetrical pressure. As a consequence, as expected, the body will fight this phenomenon by filling up the gap with fluid, while the internal tissues are barely erected to see a benefit from the stretch.
The solution, an assisted priapism. This eliminates the fight between vacuum pressure and flaccid state. By having the penis inside 100% erect to its maximum capacity, you apply a tiny amount of vacuum pressure and all it does, is assisting the tunica to stretch a tiny percentage more to allow space for more blood that is rushing in product of the chemically induced erection.
When we apply a vasodilator, why the penis doesnt keep growing with blood? Because it reach its maximum capacity of internal pressure. Capacity dictated strictly by the tunica. If you were able to very gently slightly push more blood in, it will put stress in the external tissues such as the tunica which will create a strain pattern that eventually will translate into growth. Since we cannot push more blood by force, we can slightly apply vacuum pressure from outside to a penis that is already 100% erect, just enough to provide a little expansion of the tunica that will allow for more blood to fill up from inside, creating the same strain pattern that will translate into growth. This very small amount of vacuum pressure will not be enough to create edema and/or discoloration which is a trauma from broken tiny capillaries and melanin deposits.
Of course this is all speculation, as I mentioned before I need to go through many trials before implementing a routine, and then start assessing results session by session. As you pointed out, transference of temperature into all the internal tissues is not necessary with this approach, because the purpose of this exercise is to promote strain in the tunica which is the outer layer of the penis under the dermis. I believe, and again, tests will show, the tunica will perfectly reach therapeutic temperature with heated water.
The water has many benefits, ranging from a barrier for edema prevention, which in this approach will be close to zero, and a better more efficient distribution of heat. Unless we have a heat source that can target the tunica in a 360 degree fashion, heated water becomes the best alternative.
Although as Kyrpa mentioned a heat pad can do the same, the heat pad will not allow me to control temperature unless I remove it or turn it off while watching the thermometer. Or, it could be a pad with thermostat and auto temperature control, but we are talking about more complexity, expenses. The IR lamp I can simply put it closer or further away to control temperature while of course monitoring the water with a thermometer inside.