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Penis pumping caused sensitivity loss - can it recover?

OK, so I got caught up it the hype - Penis Pumping will result in a larger, stronger penis!

If I could reverse the clock I would certainly not have bought the pump, or started to read the penis enlargement forums which encourage the use of pumps! I now realize that what you risk losing is just not worth it!

So far I've been to my doctor and a urologist and both seem to suggest this is a psychological issue, in fact I've also been to a 'phyco sexual clinic' where the emphasis is also on psycho issues. I've had all the blood tests done and everything checks out as OK.

But I'm 99% sure my problem has been caused by the penis pump. I know what I did to myself, and it's not easy explaining this to the doctor.

I've always had a high sex drive since since becoming sexually aware/active as a young teen. I'm now 39. About 2 years ago I started to do penis enlargement exercises, jelqing, stretching exercises etc. As well as this I bought a penis extender device. The info on how to apply these techniques I got from a free forum online.

Since birth I had a slight curvature in my erection which really bothered me, I initially was hoping to correct this.

Anyway for about a year, doing this on and off, I actually had quite positive results. I did lessen the curve, as well as increasing the size and quality of my erections. During this period my libido/sex drive and sensitivity all remained pretty high. But I guess I got hooked.

I then started to look at penis pumps, started reading the hype. Eventually I bought one online. I purchased a device with a pressure gage as I wanted to use it in a 'safe' manner. ie not pumping too high - I also wanted to keep the time  when in the pump down so as not to cause any tissue damage due to oxygen deprivation.

So I started using the pump, for about say 3 or 4 times a week, at say 4 sets of 3-4 mins at less than 5hg pressure. I thought this was moderate and safe. So no catastrophic injuries. I must have used the pump for a period of say 6 months or so. On the odd occasion I would push my limits to a degree.

Then I started to notice a lessening of my penile sensitivity. I guess I didn't realize the warning signs and continued to use the pump. Until I realized that there was a very significant problem, and I connected this with the pump. I stopped using it.

This was about 8 - 10 months ago. I also ceased all other 'penile' exercises.

So here's my problem. I no longer find myself becoming sexually aroused spontaneously. Any stimulation which would normally initiate a response now has very little effect. Before I would feel the need to be sexually active maybe every 3 or 4 days, now nothing. In fact I feel I could abstain totally with no desire at all.

I no longer have the intense erogenous sensations I used to have. But I can still become erect, mostly with mental stimulus. I can also ejaculate, but the intensity is gone. I've also become prone to premature ejaculation. So basically the sensitivity which used to be there which was a major driving force for me has gone. I'm struggling to find any sexual satisfaction.

I have been very upset about this, feeling quite depressed. I've also been feeling that my future has a bleak outlook. I'm finding the memories of how great sex was are fading, and I feel I'm becoming resigned to the fact that I'll never be the same man I was before this happened to me. And the crazy thing is I is all self inflicted. I hold on to the hope that I will regain my sensitivity in time.

So I hope whoever reads this takes this on board as a warning... stay away from penis pumps! It just not worth the potential loss. Or at least be aware of the risks.

So on to my question...

I've scoured the web looking for information on this kind of damage, and there's many references to penis pumps causing nerve damage and penis desensitizing. But nowhere can I find any hope that this can recover in time. I've read that if a nerve is only bruised and not lacerated in time (possibly over a year) it can recover. But can damage to nerves due to vacuum/pressure damage recover? Does anyone actually know what can happen to nerves when pumping?

I need something to hope for.

However... in saying all the above, is it possible that it COULD be all in my head? If a man thinks he has damage with regards to penile sensitivity, could it cause a physical 'shutting down' of the normal penis - to - brain connection? I can still feel touch, but I can't feel pleasure.

I hope someone can take the time to respond to my message, and I thank you in advance.
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I too had the sensitivity loss, and once after pumping it was numb. I couldn’t hardly feel anything. But, I went back to drinking coconut water daily for a different reason, and surprisingly am now  almost back to normal.  Basically, high potassium foods are what I found helpful to regain sensitivity.

So, as long as you didn’t severe most/all of your nerves, then you too should be able to regain some/most of the sensitivity. It isn’t psychological, it’s definitely from pumping.

It’s still weird feeling because of the fibrosis, but I’m just glad I can feel it now.

Hopefully this helps!!!
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you guys got me really scared. I am 23. I did the jelk exercises for about a year. noticed really good results, then I got a pumper,  used for about two weeks almost every day and noticed the red dots so I stopped. No pain but I noticed I have a lack of sensitivity in my penis now. I still can get erections but it is not as pleasurable as it used to. I noticed this only a couple of days ago though.Did the sensibility ever come back? is it reversbable?
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Wow,  glad  to see you response (and so early). I will reconsider your point but I actually think I f*ed up my penis. When I touch the glans I don't feel almost anything.  It was in some moment of stress that I went crazy and overpumped one time. And then I did some jelk exercise. Since then my life has changed. Yeah, probably I am dependent to porn too,  but I think is not the issue. I will try though.

Nowadays I can't masturbate without porn and I need to stimulate my testicles, otherwise it's impossible. I don't feel my glans (and as you know that is the most sensitive part)

I am 29 years old and for me sex it's quite important. I see my friends with girlfriends,  getting married... I see my future very black. I am not working since I am in depression and I am unable to enjoy life anymore.

I will try again with one very good surgeon,   my psychologist told me so,  I hope he can give me some hope. I have been in public health care's urologysts,  they did me an ECHO but they saw nothing. I think I pulled out the inner layers of my skin and therefore I broke my nerves terminations or something like that,  I think. I guessed that reading internet stuff.

I will try not watching porn but it's frustrating. I don't know what to do...

Anyway,  thanks for you interest and for your experience. Glad to hear that you are better :)
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I know how dark your future feels bud. I've been there. I really have... not a good place to be. I'm still not back to where I was before the PE stuff... but I had to try and re-calibrate my brain penis connection... the avoidance of porn over time made me feel my sensitivity return. Do you think you might have a porn addiction?

One of the main things I noticed was I could get erect with mental stimulus and orgasm - to porn... but the erogenous sensations in-between had diminished (and that initial 'spark' that turns you on with just a touch was gone... except the testicles) ...and I had developed premature ejaculation. But over time my dependance on porn has reduced... and I have experienced a heightened sensitivity, when I abstain from porn... and masturbation for a time. I'm sorry to hear your story... and I guess the reality is we can damage ourselves at this game. But check out the YBON website and so some research there. Maybe you have hurt yourself and I'm sorry to hear that... but there could be the possibility of a brain 'reboot'... let me know how you get on. And yeah, it must be tough at 29. I'm 48. Could you possibly seek a phycho-sexual councillor... to help you come to terms with your injury as well? In a sense you are mourning the loss of something precious... and only someone who has had the same experience can fully understand ...maybe a councillor can help you find a coping mechanism?

But I get it... I've been majorly depressed in the past... not so much so now.
Let me know how you're getting on if that helps bud.
...and think about getting into weight training... gives you a new sense of euphoria to help you cope.

I'm retiring now...
I'll be thinking about you.
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I overpumped my penis 3 years ago.  I am still not feeling almost anything in my glans. 3years and I have lost all hope. I can't masturbate without watching porn and definitely doesn't feel in anyway the same. I'm thinking very seriously on suicide.
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Hi Vito ...Yikes ...I can't believe I wrote this about nine years ago. And I just noticed your response, and others! I forgot I wrote this! It seems an age ago. Yeah I wish I could reverse the clock... however I have learned to adjust, almost to 're-calibrate' my mind. There is for sure a change in my libido... but I have to say there became another very significant factor I never considered at the time... porn addiction. A few years after I wrote this I came to realise I was desensitising my brain... to sexual stimulus. By watching too much porn. It's been a practise of mine for many years... decades in fact …and the pumping and PE went hand in hand with that bud. I eventually found support in the SAA... and went into recovery... and to this day I do feel the pumping de-sensitised me in some respects, but I believe the brain is a more significant organ with regards to sensitivity. Believe me my friend... and I am most sincere... (I've been on a heck of a journey, almost suicidal myself)… but the porn might actually be the problem. Suicide definitely is not the answer... you have to believe that. Please don’t do anything crazy… as I believe we can all heal in time… If I can give you some hope it is this… This year I went cold turkey on porn, for 5 months… no porn… no masturbation, and no orgasm… I resigned myself to the serenity of abstinence… and I instead focused on being positive… I got back into a regular training routine of exercise and diet - I actually tried the keto diet - and I lost two stone… I also kept a video log, on my phone… telling myself how I was feeling… almost every day… And I focused on self improvement. I got creative with my business… and guess what happened? After time passed… and I was abstinent from PMO (porn, masturbation, orgasm)… I started to feel my libido return, slowly it came back… and once day I allowed myself to masturbate… with a natural feel flashlight… with no porn. And the sensations were mind-blowing. I realised the injury was very likely connected with over stimulation of the brain. I was broken… because of that. However I can’t say for sure that using a pump was not without injury… but I really do believe that you need to consider that PMO is actually damaging you my friend. If you can have an erection, and from what you have said that appears to be the case… then there is hope. You have to hope my friend… but ending it all isn’t the answer… we only have this life… nothing more beyond that. It is a precious gift from the universe… in time you will realise that sex is not the only thing to live for in life!! Learn to appreciate life… and I definitely recommend staring an exercise program… bodybuilding is my thing. I believe also progressive resistance training improves vascular health, as well as muscle condition. Take my advice and rise above the situation, take control of your feelings… and let them go! Negative feelings that are constantly regurgitated are damaging to your soul, mind, and body. Depression is a killer. You’re worth much more than that… please consider what I’m telling you… don’t give up and seriously consider re-evaluating your situation. I don’t know how old you are, but I’ve also noticed as I got older my sex drive diminished somewhat… and Maybe I was comparing my sex drive from being in my mid 40’s to when I was a raging teen… I hope I have helped. Weird… this is the first time I’ve wrote/talked about this in almost 8 years. I have learned porn isn’t the fix… quite possibly it is the problem. I too found I couldn’t get aroused without porn… and the more I used the less sensitive I became. Try a new approach my friend… Here’s a website I recommend you check out - https://www.yourbrainonporn.com. Check it out… and please , please… let go of the suicide thoughts. There is another way, and your life is too precious. I hope you can find serenity, and a way to recover… porn addiction is a very real problem… Sincerely, Steve.
...and I recommend no more pumping! :)
...you're not alone.
Wow,  glad  to see you response (and so early). I will reconsider your point but I actually think I f*ed up my penis. When I touch the glans I don't feel almost anything.  It was in some moment of stress that I went crazy and overpumped one time. And then I did some jelk exercise. Since then my life has changed. Yeah, probably I am dependent to porn too,  but I think is not the issue. I will try though.

Nowadays I can't masturbate without porn and I need to stimulate my testicles, otherwise it's impossible. I don't feel my glans (and as you know that is the most sensitive part)

I am 29 years old and for me sex it's quite important. I see my friends with girlfriends,  getting married... I see my future very black. I am not working since I am in depression and I am unable to enjoy life anymore.

I will try again with one very good surgeon,   my psychologist told me so,  I hope he can give me some hope. I have been in public health care's urologysts,  they did me an ECHO but they saw nothing. I think I pulled out the inner layers of my skin and therefore I broke my nerves terminations or something like that,  I think. I guessed that reading internet stuff.

I will try not watching porn but it's frustrating. I don't know what to do...

Anyway,  thanks for you interest and for your experience. Glad to hear that you are better :)
By the way,  I did this with a WATER PUMP. It has no gauge and it's more dangerous.
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and too me
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How are you doing now bud?
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Sure it was the pump?  Porn can also create those effects.  Google search on "porn l-dopa".  
Porn avoidance is a must for those who want strong, ready erections and normal sex-drive.....
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lol, well late to reply... but I just replied to Vito, below... the same issue you raised. Thanks for the comment... 4 years ago!! lol
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I've been using a penis pump for about a year now.  Took it very gently at first and gradually increased the pressure.  I can say that over this time I have had no significant change in length, maybe 1/4 inch, but I definitely have on girth.  Permanently thicker, that's for sure, and no problems whatsoever.
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A bit late lol... but are you still using the PP, with no issues? Cheers
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the same thing has happened to me too since 3 years ago because of use of penis pump.
this is false advertising of this pump product that causes permanent damage to the male organ  
why is this pump destroyer of lives even legal?
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the same thing has happened to me too since 3 years ago because of use of penis pump.
this is false advertising of this pump product that causes permanent damage to the male organ  
why is this pump destroyer of lives even legal?
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Hope you found a way to heal bud. a bit late... but wishing you well.
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Try eating healthier lots vegetables and seafood squid salmon tuna mussel, exercise in combination with Amino 1000 try extra L-arginine 500 both 3 tablets 3 times a day. Try some testosterone booster but from natural herbs like; damiana, muira puama, horny goat weed with macca, gotu kola, gingseng, yohimbe. From my experience i've tried first testosterones booster mentioned above Natural herbs but realised that only testosterones won't suffice. Now that i'm eating healthier i can feel my erection almost a hundred 100 procent. Try lots of leg exercises of jogging or in combination. But you will feel it working when you exercise till when your entire body cannot give anymore energy. And for muscle relaxation take glucosamine  chondroitine complex with omega 3,6,9 and try calcium, magnesium and zink. This method i developed for myself after hours and days months of researching. Any doctor would tell it's a lost case belief me. Try this method. I hope it will help you or any other person having this same issue. Cant and wont garantee it will work for you but its helping me and i'm hoping this is the cure. Ow not to forget vitamine B complex and royal jelly. Anyways am gonna have some sex now ;)
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Hey, a bit late but I just saw your post... thanks! lol will review that now. Hope you found recovery bud... I just replied at length to another comment. Cheers.
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This is very late, but I found an answer to what happened.
Columbia University cautions that if used incorrectly, it can pull skin from the penis and cause loss of penile sensation.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/250207-top-male-enhancement-product-list/#ixzz2B8sL8izH
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I too am a bit late... lol. Thanks Jake.
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Hi Steve, I think you went to far, jelqing is one form to enlargement,  p***s extender is a another form of pe, and pumping again another form, and I think it was just to much using all 3 forms together, but to late now.
Look I have had ED and I'm now in recovery, and it was all down to herbs and a hormon, so below you will find a post I put on a site, and its titaled HERBS VERSUS DRUGS, HERBS MY CHOICE, and whats in it may just help you out of your problem, but please remember its just a help, which only any doctor could say say with drugs, all I can ask is please give it a read and a trail for 8 to 12 weeks, and if it works then this will need to become a way of life, like me.
Good Luck
Remember you can google anything thats I use for more info.


What is below is a reply I put in to a discussion on side effects to ED drugs, so I’m now putting So if he drugs don’t work or work well but with bad side effects, then go the herbal way, and it works, but you need to go the whole way with them and give them a good try, just like drugs its a mix and match affair to find the right mix.
Now for I'm in ED recovery and if like me you can get the mix right it will also give you a healthier life style thrown in as a side effect, so that cant be bad can it.
OK for I was given Viagra here in Greece when a was told all that I had was anxiety, its great when your told that, without any examination, and then given Viagra without any tests of any kind, all this I found out later of line, and after this decided that I then needed to find my own way out of ED if I could, the one thing if you start looking is DHEA comes up a lot of the time, so did research into it and asked on a couple of forums for info, for or against.
So I'm now on DHEA 75mgs a day, this is something you really need to read up about if you think its for you and start low to see how it sits with you,
Now and have just started to take Tribulus, this now backs up my DHEA, I'm now taken Tribulus 2 x 750mgs a day, its a bit like DHEA gives your testrone and libido a boost, but with no side effects, not that I've had any from DHEA, these I take for 5 days then rest for 2.
I also take Garlic chopped up fine with olive oil and parsley, and do a whole head at a time, I also take Cayenne, this I put into tomato paste and mix it smooth with olive oil, both of these I rotate alternate days then change them round the next week and only take for 5 days then 2 days rest, These you need to wash down with water before meals.
I also have Ginger in lemon and honey tea, I fine grate Ginger from the freezer. grate to the size of a large egg put in cup with lemon and micro wave30 secs then add your tea, Green or Black, tastes great,( on pegym they call this erection tea ) Green tea is also a help with ED, Green tea, Cayenne and garlic are all known herbs for cleaning the blood and given heat down below they all help open the veins up, and to help get blood into the penis, and believe me you will fill this some time later, I also have some herb Tribulus which I brew with green tea, and drink with ginger honey and lemon, I read that honey and lemon is good for the blood.
On pegym they have what they call the 5Gs it’s all herbal and well worth a look at, just Google the 5Gs, it will take you straight there.
There are lots of other things you can try, Borax see earthclinic for this under ED, Glycine, Nutmeg, but watch this one they say it could be a mind bender,D-Apartate at 3 grams, Ginseng, Ginko Biloba and zinc, but the list is endless.
There does not seem to be many side effects to most herbs, I did get some high blood pressure from Viagra but now since being on mostly herbs I feel and get some real good hardons, and the morning woods are good, I even get woken in the night with some real boners and never had that before.
Look I do hope this may help with some of you guys out there who think that the doctor is the only place to get help, I do some answering on medhelp and webmd the doctor on webmd does not like me given people advice on herbs, but he forgets that all modern drugs come from herbs in the first place, and a lot of new drugs have there roots in herbs, and druggists are still researching roots, herbs and flowers to find new drugs.
Good Luck We Need IT
Tail End
Lots of the above can be Googled by just adding ED on the end of them, Cayenne can give lots of support to the prostate, also by mixing things with olive oil boosts your omega intake, and by taken to spoonfuls of olive oil a day gives you even a bigger boost of omega.
My DHEA I take 50 mgs first thing in the morning, this I got from a web site on dosage of DHEA, this is because the body’s own DHEA is at its highest then, and so what we take can help boost it.
Yes and don’t forget your vitamin D, just get yourself out in the sun and you can pack your body with it, its free that way, they say you only need 15 minutes a day to get enough of it , me I’m out in it all day long here in Greece, and most of the time naked.
And the last thing I got my wife a **** ring for Xmas, it’s a Hardwear Ice made of glass and works really well, once you get used to wearing it, and can give you some fantastic boners that are really strong.
if intrested just google hardwear ice.
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Hi bud... a bit late but I just saw your post. Thanks for your reply... I just replied at length to Vito... have a look. Cheers Steve.
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Steve,
I feel excited and sick, that I have found someone going thru the exact same NO sensitivity prison sentence. ***@****
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Hi Rob... a bit late but I just saw your post. I hope you found a way to recovery... I just replied at length to Vito... have a look. Cheers Steve.
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