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I am not the one to give advice, but here is my observation. I might not add anything new but since nobody replied…..
I have being “TRYING” to PE for the past 3 months. I am interested in hanging ‘cause is supposed to give length. I made my own AFB hanger. It worked great with light weights, but when I reached 8 lbs, it was a whole different story- not a good one. The first problem was wrapping. I am uncut, and I assume you are two. I tried to follow Bib’s drawings only to fail miserably. So I wrap with the skin covering the head and hang. I don’t know if I am stretching the ligs or the skin. When I retract the skin and wrap, I get fluid build up just from wrapping. The first layer has to be really tight and stay in place to avoid riding over the head and to cause the head to swell. If there is no swelling in the head, the hanger starts slipping causing discolorations all over. It’s similar to bruising the skin or other parts of your body by friction with a foreign object.
I noticed no matter how good you wrap, if the hanger starts slipping, there WILL be discolorations on the skin. NO EXCEPTIONS.
As for fluid build up, I have come to accept it as a “by-product” of hanging. As long as it does not hurt, I am OK with it. As I said, I get fluid build up from wrapping before hanging. In addition, fluid build up limits the total time of hanging. With 8 lbs I’ve never reached fatigue state. I don’t think I am getting any benefits from hanging now. My solution for this will be to increment the weight in an accelerated fashion. After all fatigue is what is desired. I know so many will say length of time is more important.
I also noticed if I wrap with the foreskin covering the head, I get less fluid build up. Therefore, I do the first session of hanging with the skin covering, and the last two with retracted skin. Between each session I do a lot stretching and squeezing of the head. It has to regain its normal color before I wrap and hang again.
Finally as a note on your post, try wrapping first with the Thermaband- or if it hurts to remove use a swimcap wrap (it still hurts). Use a small piece to form a ring around the shaft behind the head. It sticks to the skin and prevents it from riding up. Follow that by a spiraling cotton wrap. Let most of the cotton wrap go behind the ring. The ring should be covered with some layers of cotton, but not as much as the other exposed parts and finally, a layer of Thermaband. I believe it will greatly reduce discolorations but not fluid build up. I hope this works.
btw aren’t you using a Bib hanger? How much weight are you hanging?