Buckfever's Post Collagen Remodeling Theory with Heat

Did you shift your planned measuring date? I keep checking in but don’t think I seen it

Yes, unfortunately I was overzealous and I’ve had to backtrack. I feel pretty fucking stupid right now, because I was almost done.

Ah these things happen, I wouldn’t worry about it

6/22/2022

100%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
45 minutes low heat
54.5 minutes turn off heat
57.5 minutes remove pad
63 minutes end session

So this went better. I would say only the last couple of tension increases were challenging but at 36 minutes the tissues seemed to start relaxing so it worked out. The challenge I’m facing now is that I’m travelling next week and will be forced to take 6 days off and it does not look to me that I get this done before then. I clearly can get to 107 turns, I just jumped to that too fast and had to backtrack. It is what it is. Glans condition was good at the end.

Looking at my work and travel schedule, I think I’ve decided to pause this campaign after this Friday’ session. Seems pretty clear I don’t get this done before I have to travel and this way I’ll get a full 10 days off to let the tissues heal up a bit and then get back on it on 7/5 and finish up. Even with losing a little bit of ground, it should not take me a month to finish up.

6/23/2022

100%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
50 minutes turn off heat
52 minutes remove device
8 minutes manual stretching
60 minutes end session

Mixed bag today. Struggled to get an even attachment so wound up with a reduced head swell. Did have reduced tension and glans position was well forward in the cradle. Heat tolerance was improved, so high heat for the duration. The glans tissues at the attachment looked stressed to me so I went to manual stretching for the cooldown. Optimistic about the forward position at 100%. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow.

6/24/2022
Measurement day!!!

107%!!!

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
40 add 7%
47 minutes low heat
58.5 minutes remove device
8 minutes manual stretching
66.5 minutes end session

Great session!!! I could tell based on how the glans condition held up throughout the ramp up that we had overcome the tug back we experienced. Had to reduce to low heat at 47 minutes. Glans condition at the end was excellent.

Measurements. I could clearly see the 9” mark at the end of the glans and the tip is 1-2 mm past that so it looks like ~5-6 mm gain for this campaign, which is not surprising as that’s about what I added to the extender. Unfortunately I was not able to get a picture, it’s not so easy with one hand and I need the picture so I can precisely compare to the last campaign as I can not see around the corner the exact location of the tip. And if I do another campaign I need that exact measure. But I was fumbling with it for so long that I caused some slippage so I had to quit trying. I am going to get that picture. Thinking I’ll try again next Tuesday, before I travel, we’ll see.

So to be clear this measurement is in the extender in the down position from the base of the extender to the tip of the glans. This is how I intuitively started to measure prior to finding Thunders. I am also going to get a straight out BPFSL in the extender as I have a starting measure of that for this campaign.

I guess the question is: Is ~ 5mm that worth 5 months? We’re at 23cm in that down position and if you go to my original log, my long term goal was 23.5cm in that position. Can we get there? Maybe. Do I think 5mm is worth another 5 month effort? I’m really not sure at this point.

Now to give a sense of this. It took 5 years to gain 6cm in that position. 4 of which came in the first 6 months. 2cm more will not happen in the next 4 years and I no longer have the enthusiasm for this. I started this journey because had an injury that resulted in an indentation and was concerned about developing Peyronies, so this whole thing has gone way beyond what my initial motivations were.

Maybe I will do another campaign next January, but given the above, I believe that I’m at the point of diminishing returns and in my mind I find myself moving more towards maintenance to combat age related loss of penile length and using the VED as a preventative measure to preserve EQ.

I’ll persist till I get the picture but then this campaign is over.

Right now the plan is to transition to traction 3 X per week to maintain length and incorporating the VED and then transitioning to just the VED for a while to explore that. Maybe have a progress report for that. We’ll see.

I hope this was at least somewhat helpful.

Great stuff man, always good to see the gains! Sounds like a well deserved break is due. I’m going off PE for the summer and looking forward to it, get some enthusiasm for the autumn.

Did you measure to check the gains in BPEL?

I have not and haven’t done so in years. But there’s an abundance of anecdotal signs of it tracking FSL gains, such as fully unravelling the condoms which was not the case before and during intimacy we have to be cautious to not cause discomfort. For those who remain skeptical my goodness, we’re sure filling things up, in use.

One thing though I will say that I noticed and I don’t know how to interpret this is that in the limited use of the VED very quickly length was gained session over session, which makes me wonder if additional BPEL gains are available to be realized over time.

This does inform my thinking regarding the maintenance period in which I want to maintain the stretched length while incorporating the VED for a time. It’s that septum/tunica theoretical dynamic. I’m wondering if that facilitates the BPEL catching up to the BPFSL gains, which we have a lot of anecdotal evidence that there is a lag.

And I agree with you on the enthusiasm, when that lags you got to take a break.

One other thing I should mention here. I had a period where I got a blister from the bandaid over the hot spot slipping and then for a few subsequent weeks used only low heat with the Thermedic pad and progress seemed just as forth coming with the lower heat setting. Which makes me think that at least with the Thermedic IR pad even the low setting provides for a temp in the Therapeutic range? And maybe the safer way to go.

Yeah with the pad completely covering your dick, so heat is coming from all angles, and it is stretched thin it isn’t hard to imagine low heat would do.

Anyway, great work. Good to see the results and fell the accomplishment

6/26/2022

107%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
40 add 7%
53.5 minutes turn off heat
60 minutes end session

9 minutes VED @ 4hg

I do want to continue with the 107% until that accommodates which takes a couple weeks and am adding the low pressure pumping.

6/27/2022

107%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
40 add 7%
43 remove device
10 minutes manual stretching
53 minutes end session

9 minutes VED @ 4hg

10 minutes VED @4hg

Typical tuback second day back not ready for 107. There’s a little more work to do here.

Correction only one session of VED 10minutes@4hg.

Looking ahead the balance of the week, should provide some outsized opportunities for intimacy. I’m shutting this down, I don’t want to risk injury. Will pick this back up on the 5th.

Have a nice holiday!

6/28/2022

107%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
40 minutes add 7%
43 low heat
52.5 minutes turn off heat
60 minutes end session

So I had planned to skip today but I woke up today and the penis felt very relaxed and I suspected I could gain a little accommodation compared with yesterday and I was thinking that this would allow me to get back to it when I return in 6 days without as much backtracking so I decided to try. Turned out to be a good move, as I was able to get to 107% with comparative ease, with the glans in a forward position in the cradle and with the glans maintaining the most robust condition to this point at 107%. There was reduced heat tolerance, tension buildup during the cooldown was observed. Glans condtion excellent at the end and the perceived tension was lighter at the end.

This turned out really well.

My thinking is that it should only take a week to get back to 107 when I return and then 10 more days to solidify the 107% at which point we’ll get that picture for the final documentation of this campaign.

Yesterday was the first time that I got to 10 minutes in the VED and it was also the first time that I felt any residual effects from it. I suspect that it was probably too soon for 10 minutes particularly since the use has been sporadic and conditioning needs to be gradual. But there is clear feedback to be observed.

Back on the 5th.