How not to do it - and then hopefully some progress looking forward ;

Hi everyone,

Having started about 7 months ago with PE I feel like sharing my experience so far.
Perhaps my mistakes can be of some use to other newbies.
And, still hoping that there will be some success eventually, I also want to document my progress.

I have always been rather insecure about my size.
No women have ever complained, but sharing apartments with other guys and just catching an eyeful of dick in the locker room or shower at the local pool didn’t make me feel very good.
I have over 1 ” of fat pad (now, didn’t used to), leaving about 3” of visible flaccid dick.
Being well over 6’ tall just makes it look that much smaller..

At about 5” BPEL and about 5” EG I suppose my size is perfectly average.
But hell, who wants to be average..

I used to think PE was a bunch of BS. Seems to be a common sentiment among those that have never tried it.
It was right around the time things started getting serious with a girl that once more I was just wasting time on the net, wondering if there were paths to having a big dick.

Perhaps it is bad form to name the names of products I have used, wanting to neither animate anyone to buy or not buy them.
But if I am going to talk about my journey, I think I should be specific.

I come across the Phallosan Forte. Before you think I am astroturfing here, let me make it clear: I don’t think I have gained with it - but I am not certain the product is to blame.
More on that a bit later.

I read about it, read the study they did, read about some people claiming to have gained.
Since I had the disposable income, I bought it.

I also bought a cheap pump off amazon.
For a few months I dicked around with the PF and the pump, continually reading on the web, and it was right around that time (very early on) that I discovered this forum.
I learned that I was doing everything wrong. Pumping too long at too high a pressure. Without a good system. Not watching PIs.

A major problem for me was my new relationship (only regarding PE, of course). “Hey, I am trying to increase my dick size!” isn’t really a comfortable sentence.
So spending time with her meant not doing PE. And I was (and am) spending more an more time with her.
I have since had that conversation with her and she is OK with it.
Which means I can pursue this hobby without missing 3-4 days per week.

This is perhaps the most important thing I learned so far:
Buying a device doesn’t do anything for you. It seems you absolutely have to PE on a very regular basis (think daily, not weekly).

Since I wasn’t getting results with the pump and the PF, I kept researching. And found that extenders are supposed to be just the best!
So of course I bought one. Found it incredibly uncomfortable to wear, so that’s 250,-€ right down the toilet..
Found how to mod it, using the PF vacuum cap with the extender. Great.. Much better, but incredibly obvious. And still not comfortable.

Next lesson I learned: You will most likely not put in the hours required if it feels horrible. At least I won’t.

Learned that not all pumps are created equal, so I bought a pistol grip one .. From amazon.
Now, I have checked out the offering in the US, seems like there is more variety when it comes to everything, including PE devices.
In Germany, it seems, you can only get the cheap sex-shop crap.
The grip on my first pump broke, the second one is still plastic but works so far.
Neither cylinder fit me (much too wide).

So I now ended up buying one that fits with a good pump from thickwall.
That is my third pump. The cylinder is the correct size for me.
And if (when) I outgrow it, I can just buy another cylinder.
Those pumps aren’t very cheap (compared to other vendors not that expensive, either).
But when you subtract the 45,-€ I spent on two shit pumps first, thickwall doesn’t seem expensive AT ALL.

Got a hanger off eBay Germany, turns out it is a knockoff bib hardcore.
Also turns out I am too small for it. Took me about 70 sets of 20 minutes each to finally come to terms with that.
Buying the bib starter would have cost me twice as much.. Might have also worked for me.

I read the dmso & iodine thread.
Didn’t do any damage with that for a while, then I managed to chemical burn my nutsack and shaft.
I strongly advice against doing that, it is very unpleasant.

Lesson I learned: iodine wants to be diluted before it goes on your nuts.
(Or just don’t put it on your nuts.)

Bought a jelq device and three of what I though were vacuum hangers from aliexpress.
When I got them it turned out the jelq device was total crap and the vacuum hangers where actually extenders.
I bought three of the “vacuum hangers” because they were cheaper than buying replacement sleeves (had it been a vacuum hanger.) in Germany.
So now I have bought a total of four extenders (which I absolutely hate), a jelq device, a Phallosan, three pumps.
Of course I got a bathmate off aliexpress as well, though it was very cheap.
They put the cm scale on the bottom, I believe it is usually on top, so I guess it might not actually be a knock-off but really just a screwed up production run.
Then again, maybe a screwed up production run for the knock-off..

I use the “bathmate” on a pretty regular basis for warming up, though, so I guess it turned out ok.
Aliexpress is extremely cheap.

I learned: If I am going to buy something just to see if I might like it, I will check aliexpress first.
The three extenders, jelq device and bathmate alltogether still cost about half of one original phallosan forte.

This has become long enough for one post. :)
Thanks for reading to far, I am looking forward to feedback and will add more soon.

Dafux

Hi dafux,

Feel free to name whatever you use. Just don’t “advertise” like with product links and affiliate codes. After all, we all talk about the good and bad experiences we have with different devices.

Thank you for sharing. We all can stand to learn from everyone else.

Hi thoughtfulgold,

Thanks for the feedback and kind reply!
I am glad the post is fine with the forum guidelines.

Dafux