Does masturbation increase penis size?

By itself, masturbation does very little to increase the overall size of a man’s penis. Having said that, however, there are still very many ways to harness the power of an erection and steer it toward eventually attaining a longer penis size, in width as well as in its girth. Modern researchers stumbled on to this fact somewhat by accident after noticing that, for certain men, the size of their flaccid, or non erect penis was considerably larger than normal in the period of up to 24 hours after a vigorous session of masturbation or sexual activity.

Although it is not directly related to an eventual increase in penis size, the cause behind this is fairly simple. Due to the fact that an erection is caused by heavy blood flow into the spongy tissue bodies that line the shaft of the penis, the size of a man’s penis after his erection was found to correlate to these bodies. It was found that during a man’s post erectile period, the swelling of these bodies took a while to fully decompress and return to their normal, flaccid size.

This observation was fundamental in coming to the conclusion that a gain in penis size is almost entirely dependent upon increasing the mass of these internal penile bodies, known as corporae cavernosae. Of course, ancient cultures had been aware of this for a long time, as evidenced by the practice of jelq from the Middle East. Jelqing involves a massage technique that promotes steady blood flow into these bodies. It is important to note, however, that jelqing should under no circumstances be practiced with a full erection, nor should it be conducted as a form of masturbation. Indeed, it should only be practiced with a partial erection, lest the jelqer suffer extreme medical complications.