Why BPEL < BPFSL: One idea

The difference between BPEL and BPFSL has long puzzled me. At one time, hanging helped me to grow my BPFSL to 7.75", even though my BPEL never rose above 7".

This struck me as strange. It just seemed unlikely that the widening effect of the tunica during erection would cause so much retraction. I found that, even with a pretty strong semi, I could still stretch my unit to my full BPFSL. So, what was going on?

Enter this webpage: http://www.impo tence-info.com/ … r/1/cont111.htm

Here, the CC’s are described as like "sponges," opening up and absorbing blood. Their structure consists of smooth muscle, collagen, and elastin. It occurred to me that, of course, these "sponges," like real sponges, are not infinitely expandable; they have a rigid framework beyond which they will not stretch. Try stretching a sponge sometime, if you don’t believe this.

Normally (and many sources confirm this), erection causes the CC’s to expand against the rigid limits imposed by the tunica. But what if the tunica is too long, e.g., from an aggressive hanging regimen? The result, I think, is a foreshortened BPEL.

Looking at this in more detail, the spongy material of the CC’s is composed of "sinusoids," venous spaces that fill with blood during an erection. These sinusoids each have a natural three dimensional shape when the penis is erect, which is reinforced with collagen (read, rigid scaffolding). Their tendency may thus not be to expand to fill any available space, as often believed, but to expand to fill the space defined by their own, individual rigid frameworks, within the overall enclosure.

It’s easy to imagine the sinusoids of a flaccid penis being stretched to much greater lengths than their inflated lengths during an erection. Deflated spheres can be flattened to lengths much greater than their inflated diameters.

Cutting to the chase, BPEL may be shorter than BPFSL because the sinusoids are an important factor in defining the overall inflated length of the penis, not simply the tunica.

Over time, I think that perhaps the shapes of the sinusoids can be changed. They can be encouraged to grow to fill the tunica’s full potential volume. I suspect that jelqing may play an important role in making this happen.

It’s just an idea that’s been banging around for a few weeks.

In other words, the inflated CCs aren’t long enough to fill the tunica.

Wouldn’t then erect girth exercises come in handy in this case, in addition to hanging?

I never had any luck with hanging but dry jelqs helped me grow in both length and girth. My BPFSL grew together with erect length.
Currently the best measurments I managed to achieve were 8 3/8” BPEL and 8.5” BPFSL.

I like the second description better ;) . So…lets just make the CC’s bigger, now, how?

My guess would be jelqing, squeezing, and lots of strong erections.

Modesto! Good post. I’ve always believed that most of my gains in length came from jelqing with an erection of about 80%. I have a post on the newbie forum titled “jelqing not good for length?”. I believe that when blood is forced into the CC, the spongy tissue(circular looking cell like structure) grows in exactly the circular pattern it is in. Since the shape of these cells are not elongated horizontally , they have all the reasons to grow lengthwise too.

Ok…..

So what about those whose BPEL > BPFSL?

Like me…..

BPEL 7.5”
BPFSL 7.25”

Slack ! I think The pressure in the CC during the erection causes your tunica to stretch temporarily and hence BPEL> BPFSL.

I saw your routine .. If you could hang more weights you could cause your tunica to stretch more , thereby making BPEL=BPFSL

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I have a hard time understanding how this could come about. I don’t doubt what you’re saying. Others have reported the same thing. I just don’t get it.

A couple of questions for you, Slack.

1. Are you pulling hard from your glans when you measure BPFSL? You need to pull with at least 5# of force to get an accurate measurement.

2. When you measure BPFSL, do you hold your penis at the same angle you use to measure BPEL? Again, you should do this to be consistent.

3. Is your glans very large? The swollen head you may get during an erection may push your BPEL up a notch.

Neither do I! At one point they were the same, then the BPEL overtook.

Basically as much force as I can, otherwise the measurement would be impossible to track.

Yes, I do.

No my glans isn’t very large at all….

Slack,

This is interesting. Could I ask you try measuring again while paying close attention to what may be causing the difference? Maybe you’ll notice something.

Here’s a poll that Hobby started on the difference between BPFSL and BPEL:

/forum/showthread.php?t=45678&highlight=bpel+bpfsl

The distribution looks nice and Gaussian, and the mean is between 0.25 and 0.5” difference, with BPFSL being longer.

The only thing that concerns me about this poll is that some members may have had problems handling negative numbers and reversed the sign.

Here’s a guy who claims his BPFSL is 2.25” longer than his BPEL! :

/forum/showthread.php?t=17519&highlight=bpel+bpfsl

One idea why BPEL may be more than BPFSL:

The sinusoids within the CCs are longer widthwise than lengthwise. The tunica does not limit BPFSL but rather the sinusoids. Pulling the penis generates a vacuum within the sinusiods, which cannot be filled without letting in more blood. But the blood can’t enter with enough volume to fill and lengthen the sinusoids as long as the penis stays flaccid.

Slack: When you pull your flaccid dick straight out, do you feel a lot of tension along the top surface of your shaft? Does it feel like there’s an especially tight cord or band there, extending back to your pubic bone? Or does it feel like most of the tension is borne elsewhere? If so, where?

I have noticed something that is a bit strange, Sometimes when erect my penis is longer and thinner, And sometimes it is shorter and thicker.

I have not measured the difference but it is very noticeable. I have a feeling that it is longer/thinner when I have had a day with little or no PE (only extender).

Before PE I also noticed that when wearing a penis ring, my penis was shorter and thicker.

I think it is longer and thinner when experincing positive PIs (longer flaccid). Very strange, Seems like sometimes it gets filled more in length and sometimes more in girth.

Before PE my FSL and EL was the same, Now the FSL is 1/2” longer.