I’ve been exclusively using my Bathmate since the beginning of October 2018. So I’m approaching 6-1/2 months. Prior to that I had been doing manual stretching for about two years. But I intentionally stopped the stretching so I could honestly evaluate how well a Bathmate works and have been doing 22 minutes each evening, for a little over half a year now.
Unfortunately, I’m not one of those guys that gained very much in this time frame but I have committed to using the pump for a full year. I pump pretty hard and maintain a full erection the whole time. I figured that any gains would be nice vs doing nothing and stay where I was. I started with a BPL of 5-7/8” and an average EG of 4.7”. I measure myself once a month, which happened to be today. Like many others the second I try to measure my erection disappears for some odd reason. Just for reference when I’m inside the BM I’m a little better than 7”. When I measured today, about 12 hours after pumping I’m about 6-3/8” to 6-1/2” BPL. So basically I’ve gained about 1/2” in length between the previous 2 years of stretching for 1 hour about 4-5 times a week.. And now the BM for 22 min for over 6 months. After getting used to the BM for about 3 months I added pulling the BM outward to force the tendon to stretch. I’ve been at about 5-1/8” EG so I’ve maintained maybe an additional 3/8” girth or so over the last 6+ months. I still have another half year so I’m hoping to at least hit 5.5” EG and 6.75 BPEL. Initially my goal was 7” BPEL but I’m not sure if that’s possible within a year. The one thing I can definitely say is after pumping the first 5.5 months, my penis finally started to look “really pumped” after a session, but not just fluid However after a session I wouldn’t want to try to have sex as my erection quality is around 80% at best. I sometimes overdo it and get way to much fluid retention but I’ve learned how much pressure results in getting fluid retention.. Which on 23 occasions turned into 18+ hour fluid retention.. Definitely something that you don’t want to do.
I haven’t taken very many days off so I don’t yet know if the results are permanent or not. I’ll keep at it and see what happens. I really wish I was one of those guys who gain an inch or two in length but I’m just not.. I’ll be 50 this year so age could certainly be a factor.