Is discoloration permanent?

I’ve been using a Kaplan pump for over a month now. I don’t have time to do all the stretching and jelqing unfortunately, so I tend to pump for 20 - 30 min with a massage in the middle to break it up.

I’ve definitely noticed an improvement in my flaccid hang and girth which was my reason for buying the pump anyway. I have gone from 4 3/4 to a hair shy of 5 inches in erect girth but haven’t seen any length improvements.

My biggest concern is that when I first started pumping, I was punping at max suggested pressure which resulted in a lot of spotting and swelling. While I’ve reduced the pressure during my sessions significantly, there is still a noticable patchiness to the skin on my shaft with a dark area that goes from near the base to near my foreskin.

In adition to any suggestions you might have on how to see the biggest results (particularly girth) in the quickest time, I’d also be interested in knowing if this discoloration is permanent or how I can get rid of it??

Thanks

It might not go away on its own. If you still have the patches after a month or two, you can address it when you’re ready with chemical peels or laser treatment. See the “Shedding the Snake” thread for more.

What pressure are you using now?

About 7 or 8 hgs. Was using 10ish before.

Chemical peels and laser treatment sound nasty (and embarrassing!!). Is there no other way? Am I gonna make it worse if I keep pumping?!

I’ve noticed that when I take a break from PEing, my snake turns white again after a couple of months. So at least for me, discoloration is not permanent.

It’s excessive vacuum pressure that’s causing the discoloration. You can stop it from getting darker by reducing your pressure down to 5 HG or below; even 6 HG if you can easily tolerate that. I got the same discoloration a long time ago from doing Horses. Two wide-ish stripes running down each side of my urethra. It took two years, but they faded on their own.

Listen to avocet8, he know of what he speaks.

I never go over 5HG, and the color is back to normal within minutes of releasing the pressure. 10HG is just insane! Even 7-8 in way too much!

Yeah, I realise that now!! The instructions said don’t exceed 10hg, so I figured the higher the pressure the bigger the results! I’ve since read that the pressure should be somewhere between pleasure and pain and 8hg isn’t anywhere near painful for me - just feels tight. Even 10hg was only bordering on being uncomfortable. Should I use this as a guide or should I stick to 5hg?At that pressure I hardly even feel like there’s pressure at all!?!

Discoloration will go away, but if you don’t stay below the minimum pressure to cause the petechiae (broken blood vessels) it will become permanent. My routine is to stay at a low pressure of 3 inches Hg for about an hour and then increase to 4. At that low pressure after about 2 hours I’m able to fill my 2.25” diameter cylinder with my penis. Then I’ll increase another 1 inch to a total of 5 in Hg, and sometimes I still get the petechiae. One thing I’ve done that really helps is to use Retin-A Micro [(tretinoin gel) microsphere, 0.04%] every other day topically on my penis. After initial use for about 10 days you will always get shedding of the skin, which is temporary and is called retinoid dermatitis. This will not remove the discoloration, but it will overlay a reddish rosy color to the penis and tighten the skin because it realigns collagen fibers and thickens the dermis. So after I fill the pump with my penis the swelling goes away quicker and I end with really nice rosy skin. After an hour or so I’ll invite my girlfriend over, or maybe her friend, and pound the living daylights out of one of them. I have been pumping on and off for many years, and the hardest thing to do is to stick to a routine for a prolonged period of time. I pump at these low pressures for approximately 20 hours a week while on my PC. I can reproducibly see results with this method in about 7 months. I am currently 7 months into this routine and feel really good about it.

I’ve pumped on 5-6 HG for a couple of weeks now and lately I’ve gotten a few red spots. If I take 2-3 off days, the dots disappears, but as soon as I do another ten minute session, they come back at the exact same positions. Is it bad/dangerous to continue pumping if I’ve got red spots? (The spots are touchable, like they’re outside of the skin as well).

Consider lower vacuum and longer duration, and see what happens.

(Actually, consider starting at the same duration and lower vacuum to start with, and see what the result is. Change one variable at a time.)

My member wont stay expanded with lower pressure than 5Hg :( .

Dlecourta, what is this cream normally used for? Is it over-the-counter? I’m a little put off by the shedding skin part!! When you say it’s temporary, how long does that last? I have images of women running away screaming at the sight of a scaly member!! When you say it’s then a rosy colour afterwards, does this look natural?

Thanks for the advice thus far.

Just wanted to add that a year ago I quit pumping (after 6 months off and on) because I had some discoloration. I thought it might be a bruise, so I stopped for a while. Don’t know when it went away, since I never looked and stopped PE. So, anyways I can go away sometimes…and since I just noticed that it went away I’m back on pumping, but gonna try and go a bit easier than last time and try and pay more attention to things like that

In my experience the discoloration will leave, once PE is stopped for several months. Extreme routines are the cause of discoloration in a lot of fellow PEers. Myself included, if you must go hardcore expect discoloration and be ready to live with it, if not stay away form the intense workouts. Discoloration during a workout will happen and is expected, but if it lasts longer than your post workout fatty, then, you should either cut down some on your intensity or just live with it.