The Jordan Harbinger Show - 1229: Penis Enhancement | Skeptical Sunday

Episode Date: October 26, 2025

From ancient myths to modern mishaps, Michael Regilio pulls back the curtain on the rise of penis “upgrades” with firm skepticism here on Skeptical Sunday!Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and a guest break down a topic that you may have never thought about, open things up, and debunk common misconceptions. This time around, we’re joined by skeptic, comedian, and podcaster Michael Regilio!Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1229On This Week's Skeptical Sunday:Erectile dysfunction has existed for centuries — once blamed on witches and “ghosts pulling cords” — but is now well understood as a mix of physical and psychological factors.Viagra’s accidental invention in 1998 transformed sexual medicine — turning a failed heart drug into a billion-dollar treatment that helped millions and even reduced wildlife poaching.Most penis enlargement methods — pills, pumps, surgeries — are ineffective or dangerous. Many cause disfigurement, infection, or permanent loss of sensation.Modern options like traction devices and hyaluronic acid fillers can produce modest, temporary gains — but should only be done by licensed medical professionals.Losing weight naturally improves blood flow, boosts confidence, and can even make the penis appear larger — proving that the safest enhancement begins with self-care and self-acceptance.Connect with Jordan on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. If you have something you'd like us to tackle here on Skeptical Sunday, drop Jordan a line at [e-mail] and let him know!Connect with Michael Regilio at Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, and YouTube, and check out War Bar, his new comedy special!And if you're still game to support us, please leave a review here — even one sentence helps! Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: Rugiet: 15% off: rugiet.com, code JORDANApretude: Learn more: Apretude.com or call 1-888-240-0340Quiltmind: Email [e-mail] to get started or visit quiltmind.com for more infoHomes.com: Find your home: homes.comLinkedIn: Post your job for free: linkedin.com/jordanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Just visit Jordan Harbinger.com slash start or search for us in your Spotify app to get started. All right, today, man, last week we talked about the penis. We talked about how penises have evolved and how we've understood them over time. We've talked about size, symbolism, significance. And today, in part two, kind of, we're going to talk about the perils of the penis. That is to say, the pills, pumps, procedures, surgeries, lasers that are now being used to augment and beautify the penis, which is why one of our resident skeptics Michael Brigilio is back again to tuck cock. Penis podcast Part 2.

Because there's still so much to talk about we needed two episodes to cover it. Penises are a big deal. People have been obsessed with them for a long time, Jordan. Yep, they've been drawn dicks on walls for literally thousands of years. Yeah, and it will never, ever stop. So if you haven't already, take a listen to Part 1 because today is the sequel, Penises Part 2. Harder, bigger, better looking, which is actually how people usually describe me. Michael, give us the skinny on penis augmentation. Give it to us nice and straight.

Yeah, sure. I'll be firm but effective. Yep. Let's get right in there, Michael. Go in deep. All right, we've hit the pun maximum on this episode in the first two minutes. Yeah, I can apply for an extension. Well, yeah, funny, because we're going to get to that too.

And I think a lot of guys are interested in exactly that. Okay, fine. So harder, bigger, better looking. Let's start with Harder. So anyone with a penis, or anyone, actually, for that matter, would be familiar with the good old erection. Yes, boners, woodies, hard on, stiffies, etc. Pillocks. What's a pillock?

It's a 14th century term, Pillacock or Pillock. Do you remember your first, Pillacock, Jordan? Yes, I was watching the Jetsons, if I recall. Wow, so similar, because mine was the Muppet Show. Oh, Muppets, nice, okay. No, I was not. attracted to the Muppets themselves. In fact, Deborah Harry was on the episode of The Muppet Show and a young Michael Regulio

learned what it felt like to be infatuated and physically attracted to somebody all at the same time. Girls went from Yucky to Goddesses on Earth in that one episode. That'll do it to you. You remember how old you were? I gotta say maybe 10 or 11. Probably the same for me. Actually, I think maybe it was a bit younger.

Yeah, I mean, that's average. Technically, boys can get a stiffy at any age, normal stuff. happens all the time, but for the most part, it starts really popping at puberty. I remember when I got my first one. I didn't, obviously, I didn't quite understand what was going on. Yeah, well, you weren't alone. For centuries, we misunderstood what was happening down there. But now we've come to understand the erection as a physiological process involving neural, vascular, and psychological interactions. A process required for penetration and sexual intercourse. Or a good time all by yourself, as the case may be, and was for.

of years and years. That is absolutely true. On a basic level, look, blood flows into the trabicular arteries and smooth muscle of the penis. But like I said, as with most things that have to do with the human body, humans didn't really understand the physiology of erections for a long time. I'm imagining all kinds of ideas and how it worked out. You know, those old Da Vinci drawings where it's like a helicopter and there's like the Italian written in brown and, I don't know, papyrus or whatever, parchment paper? That's kind of, I'm imagining a dick diagram. with that stuff written on it in Latin. Yeah, well, there were, in fact, all kinds of ideas on how erections happened.

Dating back to ancient times, Hippocrates, Sorka the 5th century BC, stated it was vital spirits flowing into the penis. He believed, like, essentially there were fine cords, like pulleys connecting the testes to the penis that made it all happen. See, that's what I'm talking about. A diagram with pullies connected to the testes. So a boner is when ghosts pull cords in your nuts. Got it. Okay. Yeah. Look, the fact of the matter is this whole being an evolved ape with a big brain and trying to figure out the natural world that created us has met lots of crazy guesses.

Later, in antiquity, a guy named Galen considered it to be the result of air. Like blowing up a balloon? So blimp dick, basically. Yes, basically. And it wasn't until Leonardo DeFinci that we concluded that erections are, in essence, caused by blood. Then a guy by the name of Vaught Heller in the 18th century, explained that the nervous system is also involved. I feel like it's oversimplifying it to just say blood flow, though, because if I know anything about Hard Ons, it takes a village to raise a tent. Yeah, you're right about that, Jordan.

We've begun to understand that on a base level, it's blood flowing into areas of the penis, but there's also a lot more at play. Psychology, stress, testosterone. Alcohol. Definitely a factor. A little whiskey dick. Hey, that's a little lowbrow. I prefer to say a rye Richard.

But I'm definitely using that. Either way, it's a thing, but it's not just getting to drunk that can cause issues in the tissues down there. Are we talking about erectile dysfunction? Yes, or ED, as it's often referred to now. Yeah, there's also, well, actually, let's skip listing all the slang terms for that one. For Memorial Day? Yes, the old flag at half-mask joke. Yeah, just what I was trying to avoid.

So let's stick with ED because we don't have all day. I'm guessing the name for it might be kind of new, but this condition has to have been around since forever, right? Yeah, of course. All the way back to the 8th century BC, India. Within the Samhita of Shachutra text, there is a reference to the condition and possible causes. Yes, like ghosts pulling cords or not failing to pull cords, I suppose. Yeah, sure. You'd be surprised how many times I found references to witches being responsible for ED in these old books. Yeah, so as usual, blame the woman. It's, you know, It might be the hat. I can't get it up when you're wearing that hat.

And my broomstick is intimidated by your broomstick. There's a lot of unsexy things about witches. So maybe they're not completely off base there. Well, equally as unsexy or as horrible were oftentimes the remedies that people came up with, stuff like eating the testes of a goat. Ooh, yeah. Yeah, you're right. Us apes are making up some crazy stuff.

That's really, that just makes my stomach hurt. Yeah, well, we're still making up wild guesses as we will get into. I'm thinking there were endless remedies popping up in ancient times. Don't we still have a bunch of that? I know there's all like all these kind of weird Chinese things, for example. Oh yeah. In the Middle East, it was rubbing your organ with jasmine oil. Romans would wear talisman of goat genitalia or drink hawk semen.

Okay. Well, first of all, rubbing your genitalia with any kind of oil probably does work. But there's so much to be weirded out here. But fine. I'll start here. Hawk jiz. Oh, yeah. Hawk jiz.

That was a big one. In ancient China, it was ginseng. Or honet goatweed. In Africa, the Zulu have used roots of aerosoma plant. The list probably goes on and on, I would imagine. There's got to be just a zillion of these wives' folk remedies. Absolutely. It's been going on for thousands of years.

Humans have been coming up with all sorts of remedies for a flaccid fun stick. In the 18th century, it was tepid bass. Later in the 19th century, it was electric stimulation. Okay. Well, you cannot just breeze by electric stimulation. Also, can I find that on Amazon? Almost certainly. And something told me you'd want me to clarify the electric stimulation.

Yes. First off, it's actually still used today by actual experts. It's called targeted electrical stimulation. And it can be effective, particularly when the cause of ED is neurogenic. That is to say, nerve-related. And I don't just mean like stage fright. I mean actually related to your nervous system. More on that in a bit.

Back in the 19th century devices called electro-massagers. were promoted as cures for ED, and not necessarily by doctors. These machines were mostly pushed by quacks. Okay, so even in the 19th century, I'd imagine that doctors realized hooking your junk up to electricity willy-nilly was maybe not a good idea. Yes, harmful indeed. In fact, here's something I was surprised to learn. Some of these cures for ED, we big brain monkeys came up with,

were and are very harmful to the environment and certain species. For example, eating the penises of tigers was floated as a cure for ED. I'm going to guess that's not good for tigers or the tiger population at large when you're cutting off their dicks. No, it was not good for tigers, nor was it good for seahorses, seals, turtles, rhinos, all the animals that were hunted so dudes could get hard. Yikes. Well, luckily, we invented Viagra, right? So that's not peeled off of a seal. Right. Actually, this is so interesting. There's actually research suggesting that the rise of Viagra could be actually. to help these endangered species and plants. The data is suggestive at this point, but promising nonetheless.

So let's save the tigers and rhinos, folks. Yeah, wow. Viagra being a game changer, I would like to talk about that. Well, it was like many drugs invented by accident. I heard this, I think, right? It was supposed to be some kind of heart thing and it ended up as something else. Yes, exactly right. Back in the 1980s, scientists at Pfizer were trying to come up with a treatment for angina.

Which is chest pain, you perverts? Yeah, just for the record here. Yeah, you got it. It caused by reduced blood flow to the heart. So Pfizer was developing a drug called sildenafil to treat this condition. The drug didn't actually do so well in regards to heart conditions during clinical trials. Yeah, did something else? Yeah, it improved erections.

So, okay, good. The story is a happy ending. Oh, yeah. Once they saw the potential Pfizer shifted focus, then in 1998, Viagra became the first oral treatment for erectile dysfunction approved by the FDA. It's groundbreaking. I mean, I know we're making a joke out of all this stuff, but it really is amazing. As a guy over 40, I'm like, okay, one day I'm going to need that and it's not going to be so funny anymore. Yeah, no, it was actually a huge moment in sexual medicine.

I would imagine it's just a massive cash cow as well. Yeah, well, when it launched, it had the fastest initial sales growth of any prescription product. By its second year on the market, the drug had surpassed a billion in global sales. That's just hard cash. Line go-up. up along with the population of tigers and rhinos, I guess, as well. And other things went up as a result of Viagra as well. We get it. We get it. Yeah.

Sales were not flaccid. Okay. All right. I thought we hit the max, but apparently not. Okay. It's estimated the global ED drug market is worth more than $3 billion nowadays. Wow. Yeah.

So that would suggest that erectile dysfunction is fairly common then because Viagra is not that expensive. Yes, it is, especially for men over 40. As you just said, it's estimated that between 30 to 50 million men in the U.S. alone have ED, and there are a whole host of factors that contribute everything from anxiety, stress, depression to disease like diabetes and heart disease. Wow, wow. Smoking and alcohol used too, probably, right? Yeah, and let's not forget the latest thing to be added to the list, porn, porn addiction. Yeah, we actually covered a bunch of the deleterious effects, which I love that word, of porn addiction in episode 986. And ED was one of them. There's a lot of guys that can't get it up without porn. And, oh, man, there's something called Death Grip, which I'll

let you Google and RIP your algorithm when you do. But yeah, a lot of porn causes a lot of problems. Really? Wow. I have not heard of Death Grip, so I'm going to be one of these. Let me explain what it is for those of you who don't want to Google it because, you know, again, somebody might see that. you might be at work. What this is is when you watch porn, when people watch porn, when guys watch porn, I should say, when this happens, some guys, I guess, and I'm not super familiar with the exact process here, but they just start squeezing tighter and tighter over time because they can, I guess, or they like it more, or they've desensitized the nerves in their penis or whatever, and so their grip gets tighter, and that's how they get off. But that's a big problem when you are

not using your own hand and you're using, you know, a woman's, your part of your part partner's vagina or something after that. And it's not as tight as your super tight grip on your hand. So then you just can't have sex anymore because it doesn't feel like much. That's what death grip is. And luckily the treatment for that is stop watching porn, but it's not an instant fix. Yeah. Well, we're going to get into that too. Okay. Yeah. Tell me more about this. Yeah, I would hate it if the treatment for that would be to try and get a bigger dick so you can feel it again. No, wrong approach, guys. But that is what this episode is about. But yeah, what this episode is about you. But when it comes to erectile dysfunction, a lot of guys are getting what's called

P-IED, which is porn-induced erectile dysfunction. The reasons for P-I-ED include anxiety because of unrealistic expectations about sex and body image, and porn reinforces all of these. Right. We talked about that last week in part one of this same topic, yeah. Right. But porn addiction can also lead to P-I-E-D due to dopamine dysregulation. In other words, you've overstimulated the pleasure part of the brain to the point that it's depleted. But good news, as you said, if you've got P-I-E-D, there's a highly effective treatment. It's called The History Channel. Or like literally anything that's not porn.

Simply put, watch something else. I'll quit tomorrow. I'll quit tomorrow. So back to good old non-porn-induced ED. It's actually quite devastating. I can only imagine because I've looked this up, right? Because I've got a lot of, I'm 45, a lot of my friends are starting to be like, hey, man, you know, and it causes low self-esteem, depression, problems in your relationship or marriage, obviously. Shame is a huge one. We've come a long way in reducing stigma, but it's definitely still there.

And by the way, it's not just guys over 40. I mean, there's guys in their 20s who are writing in and saying they have this. And a lot of it, of course, does have to do with porn and treating your body like absolute crap. But it's a shame. This is super widespread. It's scary. But, like I said, a little good news is definitely become a more acceptable topic to talk about, which is good. There are ads out there now for treatments, specifically the pills that we're talking about now, that you just didn't see back in the decades past. Yeah, you didn't. I remember a commercial with, I think it was Bob Dole in it, and some folks, their old folks, you know, holding hands and frolicking around, but it's not what it is today. No, it's become very mainstream.

Even in the sense that some of these products aren't specifically marketed for, dysfunction anymore, but just to improve performance. Yep, yep, go all night, man. You know, you see that stuff at the gas station or whatever. By the way, don't take that stuff, but that's a sneak preview of what's to come. Oh, we will definitely get into that. But guys are using Viagra for like the go all night porn star thing as well. Look, they don't just go all night.

They go into the next morning. That's why you said you're 45. One of the nice things about being old for me at this point is the beauty of the once a night, seven minutes of love, followed by hours of catching up on net. I mean, once a night, I think for a lot of guys, even in their 20s and 30s, sounds pretty good. Yeah. Look, thankfully, I'm not there just yet in terms of the Netflix consumption. So what are the dangers, if any, of taking Viagra or other forms of the pill?

Are there drawbacks to this whole thing? Because it is a drug. Well, yeah, of course, you need to be careful if you have low blood pressure or cardiovascular disease. Avoid it if you're taking nitrates. You should always consult a physician who knows your medical situation before taking it. But most of the side effects are pretty minor, like headaches, heartburn, diarrhea, aches, sensitivity to light. I mean, the FDA approved the drug decades ago.

So I'm guessing it's not killing too many people, right? Because it's not exactly a must have for most folks. It's still on the market. No. Viagra, as it turns out, is very much a safe and effective way of treating erectile dysfunction, as are other brands that use sildenophil, like Cialis. There's also options like implants, low intensity shockwaves, gels, each with their own efficacy and risks involved as well.

I am not sure that I've heard about the gels. I kind of want to hear about all those stuff, but gels? Yeah. Oh, that would be because they're not widely used in the United States due to a lack of data on the effectiveness. Okay. Internationally use a drug like Alprostadil, which one applies directly to the penis. This can dilate blood vessels, increasing blood flow, hence increasing the erection. That's kind of nice sounding. Most guys are familiar with rubbing a little lotion down there.

Anyway, conversely, most guys I don't think are familiar. with what was it low intensity shockwaves? Yeah, I was surprised to learn about that one as well. Low intensity shockwaves. Basically, it's a non-invasive treatment for ED that uses acoustic waves pumped directly into the penis. This promotes the growth of new blood vessels and can even repair the damage of old ones. Again, it's about blood flow, get it flowing, get a boner.

Wait, hold the phone. So acoustic waves. That is sound waves. That's what that means. So could I get the same effect by shouting at? my penis because I already do that. Look, it's not just shouting. They are specifically focused low-energy acoustic waves.

So no, shouting's not going to work. My sound engineer, Jace, Sanderson, is going to edit this. And I guarantee you he's like, wait a minute. We didn't learn this in school. So, Jase, if you have any comments on this, man, I'm all ears. He's got all this vintage sound gear and something tells me that after this episode he might end up with some other sound gear. I don't know.

I'm curious. Let us know, buddy. Don't hold out on us. Don't hold out on us. All right. So tell me about the implants you mentioned, because I've heard. heard of these too. And I've, in my research for this episode, they kind of came up, but it was always like a naked old guy. And I was like, yeah, this doesn't apply to me. Whenever our website has a

naked old guy in the cover, I kind of just... Some of this stuff is absolutely fascinating. Let's start with the one that treats erectile dysfunction. You remember the guy that you asked about a second century guy named Galen who considered directions to be a result of error? Yes, the balloon guy. Right. Well, perhaps Galen was a bit prophetic because these implants are, in fact, inflatable implants that give a gentleman an erection. Really? So again, it's like a balloon. It's a blimp dick. You could say it's more complex than that, but yeah, it's like a balloon.

Perhaps a water balloon in this case, but a balloon nonetheless. The implant consists of two cylinders placed into the penis, and then a small fluid reservoir placed into the abdomen, and a pump placed into the scrotum. Hang on. This is kind of blown my mind. So to get an erection, one grabs his scrotum and pumps. This is like Reeboks from 1989. You remember those? The pump?

Yes. With the little thing, the basketball in the tongue. This is what that sounds like. You just squeeze one of your nuts and your penis pops up. This is something straight out of Austin Powers. Yeah, I mean, look, we all know that under normal circumstances, it's unthinkable that you grab your ball sack and squeeze really hard. Never. I think watched a few videos illustrating how this works.

It's actually pretty impressive. Yeah, Galen would be proud. Wow, this is crazy. I just cannot. I can't. Such a funny visual. Oh my God. You have no idea how many videos of this I've watched.

I can only imagine. And you were right. It's almost always some old guy, uh, inflating his penis by pumping his. Anyway, enough said. People can watch the videos if they choose. Okay. So for the last option, I saved the best for last. And that is, of course, Botox injected into the penis can help with ED, which kind of

blows my mind since what I understood about Botox was. that it relaxed muscles, which is why it reduces wrinkles. And I would have assumed you wouldn't want to relax your penis muscles to gain an erection. I would think you'd want all of them firing on all cylinders. But as it turns out, Botox injected into the corpus cavernosum of the penis, which are the two columns of spongy tissue responsible for achieving erections. Relaxing the muscles allows more blood to flow in. And as we've established, we already said it.

Blood is the name of the game. More blood, more boner. So, Bococks. Bococks, eh? Yeah. Turns out I've got a heck of a story for you. So actually in my research for this episode, and usually I don't research these episodes, usually the correspondent always does, but this one was particularly interesting for me.

So I did some research on this, and I met up with one Dr. Joel Pash out of a clinic in San Francisco called Upsize. And when I went in to ask questions of him because I wanted to see this place for myself, I asked him about Botox. They do call it Bocococs. And he was like, yeah, you want to try it? and I was like, I don't know how much is it. He's like, ah, don't worry about it. So I basically got Bocococs on the house.

Yes, I did get an injection into my wiener for this podcast. And yes, I warned you all last week that you were going to get too much information about my personal equipment on this episode. And I probably should have warned people at the top of the show. But here we are. So basically, he ties a little tourniquet around it, you know, because you don't want the Botox to go back into your body and just get it kind of excreted because it just gets wasted. And then there's a little tiny prick in your little tiny prick. And then you wait 20 minutes to make sure that, I don't know, something bad doesn't happen. And also that it goes around and the tourniquet comes off. And you just kind of sit there and chat,

which is what we did. And I took notes for the episode. And then he takes the tourniquet off. And he's like, all right, in three or four weeks, you should see a difference, which is really hard to measure because, like, how are you going to know when it kicks in and yada yada? And I don't have ED and I didn't before or anything. So I don't really know if it did anything. but basically I did that for this podcast. Wow, Jordan Harbinger going the extra, I was going to say mile, but I guess in this case, the extra inch for the podcast.

Yes, never let it be said that I don't go the extra centimeter in this case, maybe for the audience. I think it's safe to say that there are options available, but it really consoles a medical professional first because, again, I didn't start with the condition that this is meant to treat and what it's supposed to do,

what Bocock supposedly does, it relaxes some stuff and you gain like a centimeter of length, which is, you know, not a ton. And then also it supposedly results in harder erections. But like, you know, jury's still out, sample size of one. And I, you know, placebo effect is a thing, et cetera. Yeah. Well, I mean, look, the fact of the matter is just people should feel comfortable discussing this topic with their doctor. Yeah. Sexual health is health, folks, especially when we're in the middle age. Like, it's important. Don't let stuff like this go. Yeah. Look, we're being lighthearted about it today. But if any listeners out there are, experiencing erectile dysfunction and stats suggest that some of them probably are, you're not alone,

and there are ways to treat this condition. No shame, no stigma. It's 2025 folks. Get it handled. Yeah, exactly. So, okay, we've talked about getting hard, we talked about staying hard. Let's move on to what people, let's give them what they've all been waiting for in the next topic on this penis podcast, which is enlargement. Yeah, from harder to bigger. All right, folks, we all know that bigger is definitely better, but only when it comes to the deals and discounts on the fine products and services that support this show. We'll be right back. I'd love to plug our six-minute networking course, but somehow anything I plug right now seems wildly inappropriate. So I'll just tell you to sign up for our newsletter, which is safe for work, over at Jordan Harbinger.com

slash news. It's very practical. It's a two-minute read. It comes out every Wednesday, Jordan Harbinger.com slash news. Now back to our skeptical Sunday on making your dog bigger. I am assuming that trying to make your penis bigger also goes way back to essentially prehistoric By the way, this seems like a good spot to point out that there is a right way and a wrong way to measure your penis. And this may be the strangest skill ever taught on the Jordan Harbinger show. But there's something, and you can look this up, and I encourage you to do so. There's something called bone pressed measurements. So basically, there's a fat pad above the top of your penis.

And you push a ruler into that until it hits bone, not like until it's crazy, painful or bleeding, obviously. But you push that in there through the fat pad, and then you stretch your flaccid, penis all the way as far as it'll go comfortably, and that's how you measure it. So everybody thinks you just kind of like hold a ruler up next to your erect dong, and that's not how you do it. If you're measuring yourself that way, and you're like, oh, no, I'm below average, or I'm average, or whatever, try the bone pressed method and look for instructions online, and you might be surprised, because that's how the studies do it, and you've got to be careful because I think a lot of, there's a lot of guys that measure, and they go, oh, it's not as up to

snuff, or it's not as big as this, and they're comparing apples to oranges. And then for the girth, you use Taylor's tape, which is a flexible measuring tape, and you just wrap it around the mid shaft of your erect. You know what, and there you have it. So I don't really know why I felt compelled to tell people this, but I was doing so much research on this, and I found that so many guys are so insecure about this, and a lot of it is because they don't know how to measure it. So they're measuring in a way that automatically takes away like half an inch or an inch, which is, you know, not a good way to compete in this particular arena. Interesting. I will say that it's surprising when I've told people that I was researching this episode, the number of people that just voluntarily tell me what they measured. Most of them are like, well, when I was in eighth grade or in high school, I measured it, and it was. But I'm always like, okay, I know you. We're friends. You don't have to tell me. But okay.

Yeah, why are they doing that? I would never volunteer that information. That's just such a weird thing to tell someone. Like, by the way, I have a massive, like, even if you have a giant one, why? Why are you telling people? Yeah. I don't know. It's weird. That's a weird share. Well, it used to be private. Nowadays, as we know, the young people, a little more free with not just the talk, but the photos of anyway.

That said, that actually gets into just a little side note here that I wanted to bring up. And that is that stereotypes about certain groups of people and their penis size are actually harmful. That's right. Thank you for saying that. And by the way, if people want to know my size, they just need to get subscribed to my only fans. No, the stereotypes thing is important. It is actually something I came across in my research many times, and there's a lot of misinformation out there.

Holy smokes. I want to point out that the stereotype, specifically about African-American men having giant dongs, that is damaging, as well as any stereotypes you might have heard about other groups with smaller penises. This is mostly false, like clinical data. The differences are almost just minuscule, really.

And the stereotype leads to more African-American men seeking enhancement at far higher rates. And you can ask any sort of dick doctor about this as well because they think they have to fulfill the stereotype. And as you'll hear in a moment, most enhancement is very dangerous. It's super expensive. It's easy to overdo. And the stereotypes, they don't come from a good place.

This is, did you look at this up at all, Regulio? I did. Let's just say that most of these stereotypes about African American men are coming from America's racist past. Like, you don't want to associate with that, folks. Just let it go. No, and speaking of the past, I'm guessing there were attempts way back in the day to increase penis size. And I want to get back to those.

Okay, yeah, sure. What were they doing back then? More hawkjiz? I didn't come across any more hawkjiz to make you bigger, but I did come across snake bites, poisonous snake bites. Oh, my God, stop. And by stop, I mean, go on. Yeah. Okay, full disclosure, this one is possibly slash probably just a myth, but damn, it's a persistent myth that's been around for a long time.

And the myth is this. They say that the tribes of Brazil employed the venom of snakes. They would get a snake to bite them down there on the shaft of their penis, which obviously caused a significant amount of pain. But hypothetically, all the swelling would cause a significant increase in the size of their member. I am going to call BS on that one. I mean, maybe, okay, maybe it worked. But one, the gains of a snake bite, I'm going to imagine our temporary. And two, who in their right mind?

would allow this to happen. One, you got a snake clamped on your penis. I can't imagine that's good for your sex life. How do you get the thing off? Yeah. And two, like, there's necrosis and infection, all kinds of, there's, I just don't believe this one. I think that's, yeah. When you do this research, it's out there. It was out there enough that I thought it was worth mentioning. But side note, when trying to verify any of these stories, but specifically this one, by Google search included the words penis and snake, which did show me a picture. of an animal called the penis snake, and I can't unsee this thing.

Okay, obviously I'm looking this up now. Damn, that is one aptly named snake. Have you ever, by the way, have you ever seen a picture of a penis fish, by the way? It's so revolting. Damn it. All right, I'll look this one up. Yes.

Yep. That's disgusting. Since here, it's actually not a fish at all, but a spoonworm. Even more gross. Damn, there's an article, a bunch of them washed up on a beach in California. That is not something I'd want to come in

from a swim to find myself surrounded by. Okay. Oh, my God. Gross. All right, back to ancient penis enlargement. In Egypt, they would hang weights from their penises. In fact, that method was prevalent in India, Africa, Peru. A lot of people hanging weights from their junk.

Wow. I'm guessing oils, talismans, animal parts, all this other, the usual, right? Oh, they tried it all. Sex organs of goats again, dogs, bulls, deer, you name it. They were taken every animal's dick and balls and rubbing it on them, ingesting it. And this jelking thing? That's all the rage now. Tell me about the jelking thing.

Have you heard about this? Surely you came across this. Oh, of course, I came across it. And I had not heard about it previously. There's a lot going on with the young kids these days that I'm not hearing about. But jelking is a thing nowadays that the young guys are trying. And it's the use of squeezing exercises on a flaccid penis to stretch the skin and increase blood flow. It actually originated

in early Arabia, but it's kind of having a big comeback. It's kind of in vogue. I see this everywhere online. So does this work? I'm asking for a friend. Yeah. No, there is no evidence suggested that it works. Also, it might lead to scarring and pain, so I'd tell

your friend to stay away. It also leads to tissue discoloration, and a lot of guys who have done it for years, note modest gains, but their dicks are, well, sometimes horrifically disfigured, just not worth As Jordan Harbinger likes to say, the juice ain't worth the squeeze. Oh, you had to, why did you use that right there?

So, okay, some of these ancient practices are still being tried today. I know I see them on Reddit and stuff. But as we moved into modern times, humans have kept coming up with various ideas and contraptions, haven't they? I'm thinking of the, there's a penis pump, which we discussed in the last episode as it pertained to a temporary increase in size. But some say that repeated use of the pump can actually lead to a permanent upsizing. But is that true?

I don't know about that. No, pumps can help with ED, and that is a fact, but there is no evidence suggesting that they will make your penis permanently bigger. I see. Same goes for what is called the vacuum treatment. It's basically the same thing. I already know the answer to this, I think. But what about the pills? There are so many pills advertised out there for penis enlargement as well.

There's no way, right? Yeah, there are a bunch of pills out there and lotions, and none of them, none of them have been proven to work. And most of them can be harmful. a common ingredient in these pills is, we've already mentioned this, and it's a strange name, so I'll say it again, horny goatweed. Okay, that's the second reference to horny goat weed. What is that? Is that a real weed? This is probably a dumb question.

Is that a real weed? Okay, it's an herbal supplement made from plants in the epimedeum genus. It's widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. And if you heard our skeptical Sunday on traditional Chinese medicine, you won't be surprised to learn that there's very little science behind the claims made about traditional Chinese medicine. So I'm just going to say penis enlargement pills are bullshit and they can do real harm. The side effects from some of these pills can range from mood changes to hallucinations, low blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, even potentially increasing your risk of cancer.

Don't take these pills. Okay, so penis enlargement pills, not a good idea. What else is out there? Give us some hope, man. I mean, give someone who isn't me out there some hope. Well, obviously there's surgery, but surgery could be dangerous. and have mixed results. Yeah. There is some research out there that suggests that traction devices and hyaluronic acid fillers

might actually work. Okay, please explain. I'm all ears, as is every guy listening right now, my ears are erect, Michael. Oh, you went for it. Okay, traction devices put tension on a flaccid penis. You wear these devices

for roughly six hours a day for about four months. According to one study, you can add an average of about 0.7 inches. Oh. That study uses the andro penis. Another study showed the effects of the golden erector extender, and they all had marginal little bits of success.

This is so silly. This sounds like something you'd get in a vending machine. So that sounds kind of like hanging weights from your penis with extra steps, like the science version of tying weights around your dick. So that was an ancient cure for a small penis. Are you saying that this actually works? Because 0.7 inches is not nothing. It's not a ton, but it's not nothing.

Yeah. Six hours a day for four months, though, that's a, ain't nobody got time for that. Oh, man. Holy moly. You really want that extra point seven inches. But look, I guess there were no clinical studies from back in the day when guys were hanging weights on their penises.

But I guess, yeah, the reason it was all around in the ancient world is it must have worked a little bit. Is there a 2025 version? Because, again, who the hell has time for this? Yes. If you don't have four full hours a day to stretch your penis, there is another device called the Restorex, which was traditionally used to correct a condition called Peroni's disease, which is curvature of the wang, which we're going to get into. But supposedly,

if you wear that for about an hour a day, there claims to be some little improvement as well. Well, now that everybody works from home, maybe things are looking up. What about the filler, though? You said hyaluronic acid. Isn't that kind of just like collagen or something? Hyaluronic acid, which to me sounds like something that goes in your car, but it's actually naturally occurring in the human body, and it is ejected into the shaft of the penis as a sort of filler. And it has been shown to be effective to enlarge the penis. Woohoo. Finally one that definitely works.

And doesn't take hours. Just a needle in your penis. Actually effective to enlarge the penis. And by the way, we've been putting a lot of emphasis on length, but the penises are three-dimensional, Jordan. Okay. Groundbreaking. Continue. you? My point is simply length isn't everything, and injections are quite good at adding that other

dimension, girth. Right. When it comes to satisfying a partner, girth is good. Again, I hung out in one Dr. Joel Pash's office, and I actually met, I didn't say this before, I met a bunch of repeat customers who were getting hyaluronic acid filler into their junk, and they were, they were all pretty stoked with it. Some people kind of acted like it was Christmas when they walked in, so it made the whole thing pretty tempting, because I talked to a lot of these guys in the office, and they were, you know, back for more. Yeah. Well, adding a little something to your average penis, which, by the way, average girth of an erect penis is 4.6 inches. I'm guessing that measurement is a little easier than measuring the length. You just need a tape measure and an erect penis. You kind of know the drill.

I explained it before. Yeah. And here's the good news. To add girth is highly effective, and the effects of injecting hyleronic acid can last months or up to a year or even two years, depending on where They inject it and what type of filler. A girthy year, though. A girthy, two years, whether or not you even needed it. Yeah, Dr. Pash told me that it was something like 18 to 24 months before you really need to come in for a partial refill. Essentially, it's not like it's gone after that. You just need a little top up.

But isn't girth even more important than length for women? Do we know anything about this? There have certainly, surely there have been studies on preference. There have been a lot of studies on it. But a lot of the studies are actually self-reported. And self-reporting isn't always that reliable. No. So interestingly enough, one study took a slightly different approach to find out what women really like.

What they did is they started looking at the top-selling dildos. Because, let's face it, when you're buying a dildo, you can buy any size you like. Well, I've seen some serious doosies out there. I don't want to mention any brands, but they're a dragon dildos, sized appropriately or inappropriately. You actually may be surprised to find out, though, that the doozies that are out there are not the top sellers. studies find that women generally prefer average length and average girth. So keep that in mind before you girth up. Interesting.

Okay, full disclosure. Do I want to do this? Okay, I guess I do. I had a little filler added to my penis, but not for size. The story, this is not a, this was cosmetic. So what happened was when the Botox was going in, Dr. Pash was like, you know you have a dent here. And I was like, yeah, I've had it my whole life. And he's like, I can fill that thing up with like one little syringe.

And I was like, is that? going to hurt and he's like a little tiny bit maybe and I was like all right fine so again another little prick and my little prick and boom the dent is gone and it wasn't a massive dent it wasn't like something where people would go holy crap what's wrong with your wiener it was just like yeah there's a little line here that looks like it could hold a pencil I should have tried that before I filled it in anyway yeah so it really works I mean I've seen before and after photos of the filler in dr. Pasch's office I talked to a lot of the patients in Dr. Pasch's office and I had the one you know half syringe or whatever dent filled on the right side there for symmetry's sake. And it's actually quite incredible.

And again, some of the patients in the office, I can't believe I'm about to admit this, some of that we're already here. What am I hiding at this point? Some of the patients were like, hey, you can watch this happen and they basically showed me the equipment and the procedure that they were undergoing, which was kind of a funny, surreal moment for doing this show. And I got to say, I was this close to getting upsized myself. And let's just say I'm still on Dr. Passion. his email list over at Upsize Clinic. I'll leave it to that. But I, this is such a simple procedure and it was like, whoa, that man just was upsized.

Like I was a little bit, uh, a little bit envious when they were walking out of there with all that swag. Wait, just to be clear, you saw a guy on his way in and on his way out? No, like, he was like, come on in and look because I don't care. And I was like, you want me to just watch him do this? And I was, so I watched Dr. Pash, basically, this guy just lays down, drops his drawers. Dr. Pash puts a cannula, which is a, a not-shy. sharp needle. So they poke little holes for the lytocane and the filler. And, you know, that probably

feels a little bit like a shot. It's not a big deal. The guy barely winced. And then they use a cannula, and that's like a dull pipe. So it doesn't poke through veins or anything important inside your dong. And the canula goes underneath the skin and puts the filler in. And the guy was just chatting away. I mean, he was not like, ah, like this really looked like a very simple. It was kind of like my female friends have seen them get Botox in their face. And they're just sort of laying there and they're going, ding, ding, ding, done. I mean, it was, that's what it looked like, but on your wang. And these guys, when they left, I was like, is that swelling? And he's like, no, that'll come later. And I was like, so his equipment is now

actually that big? And he's like, yeah, I just, that was, it was kind of incredible. He trains other doctors and nurses to do this safely. It's a really cool, uh, dickness model. He's got like 23 doctors, 25 clinics in the U.S. and Canada. So fear not, my Northern brothers, winter shrinkage is no more. Make it winter expansion for once. Keep your summer dick year round with upsize. I would have charged him for that slogan. I'm going to bring that to him.

Look, obviously, I'm a little biased. I like Dr. Pasha, like his staff. And I was telling you offline before the show that I'd become friends with them because I spent a lot of time with them and researching this and then we went shooting together. So upsizeclinic.com, if you're interested in going to a real doctor who actually knows what they're doing and you don't want it to follow. off later because we're going to talk about horror stories, right? We got bad stuff that doesn't work,

I hope? Okay, okay, cool. And you are very wise to say go to a real doctor because we're going to get into the people that aren't going to real doctors. But as long as we're talking about filler, we might as well hit one other kind of filler, and that is fat injections, which can also be used to increase girth. That seems like a cool idea. So fat can make your penis fat. That seems like a double win, right? You take a little off the waist and you put it into the shaft. Is that how it goes? Yeah, well, here's the problem, much like a Brazilian butt lift, which we discussed in the cosmetic surgery episode, the fat used is from your own body. So they remove fat from one place and add it to your penis, as you stated, but there's one problem. Your body can reabsorb your own fat, and you could end up with a lumpy, bumpy, bumpy penis.

Oh, so to even out that lumpy penis, what, you probably need filler? Yeah. So it's starting to sound a little bit like it's come full circle and makes no sense, and it sounds like too much effort. Yeah, well, we've said it before and it bears repeating. Loving your penis as it is is still the best option. But if you want to add some filler, I have to warn you against going to med spas. And this gets into what we just talked about with real doctors. Yeah.

So I, again, in researching this, I've seen a lot of places that offer filler injections. But only Dr. Pash's clinic was the one that I found where a real doctor does this. And having this done by somebody who normally does Botox or like nails, that is really scary somehow. Yeah, obviously, the number one risk is you're not going to an actual medical professional at these med spas. Despite the word med being in the name, the employees in a med spa don't have as much training as a doctor and you run the risk, particularly with the injections. If done wrong, the injections run the risk of stuff like blocked blood vessels, nerve damage, and even you've already said the word once in this episode, necrosis. Yeah, tell us what necrosis is for people who don't know. Yeah, tissue death.

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but this is one area where I would say nobody should risk tissue death. Go to a real doctor. Real doctors only. Okay, so those are injections. I want to talk about surgeries because I know there's surgeries that actually increase the size of the penis.

There's a bunch of stuff and most of it's a bad idea, probably. Well, there are surgeries that increase the size, kind of. That is to say, increase the size some of the time. How can you sort of sometimes increase the size of a penis. Because we're talking penises here, Jordan, and as every guy knows, you don't just have one penis.

What do you talking about, like summer dick and winter dick? What do you mean more than one penis? We all have two penises, and that is to say the flaccid penis and the erect penis, right? I see different things. Okay. Yeah, I see your point. So you're saying surgery affects maybe just one and not the other? Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying.

And as to ligamentalysis, which is one of the surgeries that we just mentioned, and this blew my mind. as to why anyone would want this surgery. It only affects the length of the flaccid penis. Oh. I saw in some literature that it gives maybe the tiniest, slightest, little increase to the size of the erect penis, but for the most part, this surgery is for showers, not for growers. Interesting. So this is not even for the benefit of one's partner, but what's the point?

Just strutting around the gym locker room? That's ridiculous. Why would anybody want that? Look, as to why somebody would want the surgery, I'm not sure. but let's take a moment to discuss what this surgery actually is. So the suspensory ligament that attaches the penis to the pubic bone is severed, which then allows more of the shaft to hang outside the body. No judgment, but again, I am not sure I understand why anybody would want that.

What's the point? Yeah, particularly when you hear this little fact, the surgery can cause the erection to point downwards instead of straight out or up. And sometimes the scarring that comes with the surgery can cause the penis to pull back, erasing your gains and in some very rare cases you end up slightly smaller than you started. Okay, I don't want to tell anyone their business, but that seems like a ton of effort for little gain and possibly the opposite. This surgery just doesn't work. I mean, that's why we did anybody do this? This is ridiculous. Well, there's another surgery, which is an implant,

and let's talk about that for a second. So this is a silicone implant surgically inserted into the penis, and it can supposedly increase both length and girth. And in fairness, I read a little bit about this. It has a, it's fair share of success stories, but the horror stories are pretty bad. Okay. Well, everyone likes a good horror story, but first, what's the implant all about? This is different from the one that inflates, right? Yeah, that was for erectile dysfunction. Right. This one we're talking about, it's a silicone implant, and this is specifically to add size and girth, length and girth. Okay. So this is like a breast implant, silicone implant kind of thing? Yes. But for the penis? Okay. And like breast implants, you get your choice. Uh, they come in very, very,

sizes like large, extra large, and extra extra large. Let me guess what every guy wants, but I'm calling it right here. Extra, extra large is just marketing, and these are mostly the same size. Who goes under the knife for surgery and is like, I'll take a small, medium, whatever? I know. It is a little bit strange, but look, from what I understand, it kind of looks like a silicone hot dog bun, and it's inserted under the skin of your penis on the shaft. Okay.

I feel like you'd be able to see that and feel it if there were silicone there and you were with that person or it's your own. Right. Okay. I looked into that. Literature says that, although it's stiff at first, eventually the silicone becomes the consistency of, say, a gummy bear. Seems like a gummy worm was right there for the taking. Why'd they choose bear? Incorrect, sir. I know my gummies, and gummy worms and gummy bears have different consistency.

Okay. And this male enhancement implant has the consistency of a gummy bear. All right. And many guys are happy with their gummy implant. But again, I did seem some stories of dudes that were considerably less than happy. So, yeah, this is why I'm so hesitant about these implants, as we've said many times. Most guys are fine. This surgery is unnecessary.

Then you add in the fact that things can go wrong with this most important body part. So obviously, we want to know what happens. Okay. I saw one guy who said he lost all sensation in his penis. Oh, that's what I'm talking about. Oh, my God. See, not worth it. Even if there's a 0.1% chance of that, it's not worth it.

Yeah, and I came across many stories of guys that had to have it removed. Some got infected or detached. Some buckled at the corners. And these buckled corners sometimes broke through the skin forming festering holes. Oh, gross. Yeah, at that point, it's time to take it out. That is so gross. Yeah.

That is revolting. Oh, my God. And here's the problem with the guys that had them removed. You can't just put the toothpaste back in the tube. No, I would imagine. Turns out what a foreign object is implanted into the body. the body reacts by forming an envelope of tissue around it. This new tissue can cause the penis to twist, distort, shorten, curve.

Like, all of the problems they're trying to correct, it can create. Take out the implant and the penis doesn't go back to the old penis. You've got a new penis, but it's probably not what you're going to be very happy with. Wow. But I thought the silicone implant things were FDA approved. I came across that in the notes pre-show. Okay. Yes.

And that is one of the selling points pushed by proponents. But here's the thing. And this was so interesting me, people have assumed that the FDA requires such rigorous testing before a new drug can be on the market that the same must be true for a new medical device. But there's a loophole which allows untested products to be implanted into people as long as it can be demonstrated that they are, quote, substantially equivalent to those already on the market. In this case, it was demonstrated that they're similar to calf and butt implants. And that's how it got approval. into the first guy's penis it went. Oh, wow. It's strange. I was just wondering if I'd rather have a botched nose job or a botched

penis job. I mean, a nose job, you can't hide your nose, right? And penis job, nobody's going to see it, except the people you invite to see it. But I don't know. I still think I would prefer the botched nose job somehow. Yeah. Well, again, this gets into go to a proper doctor because wait till you hear about the guys who went to unlicensed practitioners to try and save a few bucks on the procedure. I saw a thing about in Papua New Guinea. One clinic reported, and seeing 500 men in the last two years with disfigured and dysfunctioning penises due to injecting foreign substances into their penises, including coconut oil. Oh, no.

Dudes, come on. Yikes. Take care of yourself, gentlemen. In South Florida, one woman was sentenced to 40 months in jail for mangling a man's penis in a botched unlicensed penis job. I mean, if you messed up my penis, I would want you to go to jail to. Okay. We've warned against going to medspa.

I know my audience. I know they're way too smart for me to have to say this, but as a lawyer and fellow human, I feel like I just have to say this anyway. If a med spa isn't good enough for your penis treatments, for God's sakes, an unlicensed person operating out of their basement or a storage locker off of a highway exit, that is far riskier. Who knows what could happen? Oh, my goodness. A New Jersey woman didn't just mess up a guy's penis. She killed him. Whoa. By injecting industrial strength silicon directly into a... penis, only problem is she shot it into a vein. She shot into his bloodstream, and he died. That is terrible. And you said it right there. It's elective and obviously totally unnecessary

surgery done by somebody who doesn't know what they're doing. Oh, my God. Yeah, I mean, I read the article and it kind of broke my heart. This guy was 22 years old, right? And he was already a father of two. So clearly his penis worked and somebody out there wanted to have sex with him. Most guys are fine, but as we've been discussing in the last two episodes, well, they feel inadequate and maybe they shouldn't. Right. There was a study done of 3D penis models where women were handed them and asked them to choose which penis they might prefer for a one-night stand as opposed to which penis they're looking for in a long-term relationship. And because reality loves irony, they like longer penises for short-term relationships and shorter penises for long-term relationships. Food for thought before you let somebody cut your penis with a scalpel and hopefully not kill you in the process.

Yeah. Speaking of which, I mentioned it before, but you can literally see the entire surgeries for these penis augmentations if you want. And I'm not sure I recommend it, but type penis implant surgery into YouTube and grab the popcorn because I had no idea you could see actual penises on YouTube. But apparently medical videos are the exception. and once you enter that algorithm, YouTube turns into penis town. Okay, so for harder, we got options like Viagra, Bocococs, lifestyle changes like reducing alcohol for bigger. We got traction devices and fillers among the things that won't kill you. And we've now come to the better looking segment of the show where we beautify the penis. Hold on. Before we get to the beautiful penis, we neglected one.

Okay. That actually covers all categories. And I've got good news. It's not only safe, but it's good for you. But unfortunately or fortunately, it's not for everyone. Okay, so there's a way of making your penis bigger, harder, and better looking. I obviously am all ears. Well, like I said, it's not for everyone.

It's losing weight. Ah. So if you're already skinny, sorry, this one's not for you, but if you're overweight and nothing has motivated you to lose that weight yet, perhaps knowing that you can have a bigger, harder, better looking penis might. Yeah, losing weight makes your dick bigger? How did I? What do you mean?

Okay. How? Yes, because as people become heavier, they develop, you actually mentioned it in the measuring of the penis, that fat pad around the pubic area. Yeah. Well, that can get fatter. And that fat pad, as it grows, can diminish the size of your penis. I see. That makes sense. I saw a guy at the gym that was, this is mean, but he was so fat that his penis seemed to basically have disappeared altogether, and I felt bad for the guy. Well, actually, that gentleman that you saw at the gym, for one, that's a good sign. He's at the gym. Yes, that's true. He's working on

getting his penis back, but he had an actual medical condition known as buried penis syndrome. Okay. And I feel like it's obvious, but I'll explain it anyway. In a nutshell, you get so overweight that your penis gets buried under all your belly fat. Wow. So lose the weight and gain a penis. Yeah, you gain more than that. Obesity is a leading cause of erectile dysfunction.

Lose the flab. Get hard. Also, with your new and improved appearance, you'll gain self-esteem, confidence, which are more attractive sexual partners. So by losing weight, the whole person becomes better looking. But there is a market for people that want to just make their penis better looking, right? I mean, come on. Right. And with this one, obviously, it's pretty gosh darn subjective. Getting a better looking dick is a bit more complex. First of all, what makes a dick better looking? I don't even know. Right. Exactly. But going off what men are seeking these days, it's stuff like hair removal,

dealing with curvatures and bends, and also vein reduction. Uh, okay, vein reduction might be risky. you know, just given the importance of blood flow in a place like the penis, come on. That is an excellent point. But these are actually just cosmetic veins on the surface. Okay. It seems to me there was a time when everybody just kind of accepted

that penises were weird looking because they are. And now we're going for pretty penises? What the heck, man? Come on. It's funny because I remember watching the Daily Show some years ago and Kristen Shaw said to John Stewart, John, a penis looks like something you'd find crawling on the seafloor by a sulfur vent.

And I just laughed my ass off. And I thought, that's funny because it's true. Yes. So I'm not sure any amount of care can make a penis look particularly pretty, but. Well, it's a subjective thing. All right. But hair removal seems simple enough, right? I mean, just put some, shave it up, I guess.

Some like a shaved scrotum, a bald penis, if you will. There's shaving and hair removal to take care of that. We know what to do. Yeah. Regulio, you're a pretty old guy. You probably rocking a full bush down there. Confidential, Jordan. That would be confidential.

Yeah. But times have definitely changed, though it would appear that less hair is preferred these days to the retro jungle look that I may or may not be rocking. Yeah. But once again, it's just subjective. Reminds me of like when you would find one of your uncle's porn and you're like 13 or 14 years old and everyone just is complete, you know, because it's like a 70s or 80s porn, you're like, Jesus, what the? Come on. All right.

Nevertheless, hair is something that's pretty easy to take care. If you got to be careful, you don't want to be using dull scissors, manual, trim. Don't go too hard on the nair, leave it on for too long. There's a lot can go around there, too. There's all sorts of manscaping options out there for grooming. Yeah. Okay. So we got manscaping, all kinds of trimmers, razors, razors, creams, laser hair removal. We got the pub sorted out. What else is out there? You mentioned vein removal. That's more interesting. Everybody knows about hair removal. Yeah, that's right. It's part of what's often referred to as a cosmetic penis augmentation. And the demand for this has grown over the years, what with social media,

porn, body image pressures, etc. Yeah. Yeah. yourself to others which can lead to dissatisfaction. The comparison is the thief of joy, right? Now with the internet, you can compare yourself to a million different people. Oh, absolutely. And in addition to size, men are increasingly dissatisfied with the shape and even the texture of their penis. Texture? What is this? Is it a freaking cheesecake? What a texture? What a texture? We talk about. We're talking about procedures to smooth out veins, alter skin tone, or correct bends. So let's start with the vein thing. How does that even work? Okay. Yeah. So the comedy techniques are called sclerototherapy. And first you have a consultation with a doctor or for an assessment.

So you send the doctor a clinical dick pick. Got it. Correct. And I'm guessing that most guys just go to a folder on their phone titled Dick Picks and choose one. Yes. Side note, Jordan, I have never sent a dick pick. Really? Although I did once send somebody a thousand words describing my penis.

So I'm guessing that's a bit comparable. Yeah. Well, it's like they say, a picture's worth a thousand. I really think you could have saved yourself some time now that I think about it. Yeah. Okay, then there's preparation, cleaning and numbing and anesthetic, and then we get to the procedure itself. This sounds pretty intense. Maybe not as intense as getting a venomous snake bite to your shlong, but okay, they're injecting something into your penis to get rid of the veins. Yeah, and for sclerotherapy, it's a fine needle that is inserted, injecting a sclerosing agent into the vein, which irritates the vein lining.

The vein then collapses and is eventually absorbed by the body. Ugh, okay, ew. What about the laser one? Similar procedure, this time a focus laser is used to heat and close off the vein or veins. This procedure is usually used to close off smaller surface veins, like we said. And what are the risks involved? In rare cases, there could be damaged arteries that could be pretty dangerous or scarring or discoloration. Bottom line, there's actually no sclerotherapy product out there that is FDA approved, so keep that in mind. Also, it's one thing if it's causing erectile dysfunction, but when we're talking about all this purely cosmetic stuff,

you gotta ask, is it worth it? And I feel like it's just not. That's true, but people are free to make their own choices about their bodies, no different than a woman getting breast implants or Botox. Yeah, look, I'm positive about body modification and things like that. I just, I want it to be done safely, right? You know, don't get some kind of crazy implant that might need to be ripped out of your now disfigured penis. Like, that is just not worth it. Go and get information, make an informed decision so you can do the right thing for yourself. I'm not against people improving them. themselves. I just don't roll the dice on some of this stuff. It's just too important. Absolutely. All right. So we talked about the hair thing, simple fix, talked about the vein thing, more complicated, but there are

procedures out there. You mentioned bends and curves. And I didn't even think about this. But yeah, there's probably some people that are too curved or too bent. Yeah. Well, I mean, the fact of the matter is bends and curves are normal. Many penises have natural curves, right, left, up, down. You know what I'm talking about. But there are men out there who feel self-conscious about their alignment. And so, as you might have guessed, there are procedures out there to address this as well. Yes, Peroni's disease. We mentioned that earlier in the show. That's like a bend in your penis, right? Right. That's exactly right. And it's estimated that around 3 to 9% of adult men suffer from this disease. It mainly affects men between 40 and 70, but it can't occur in younger people as well.

I've read up on this a long time ago, but I think it causes weird curvatures, deformities, that kind of thing. Like, not a regular curve, but a real sharp bend in the penis. And it's not good. It makes it hard or possibly even impossible to use in many of the ways that you want to be using it. Yeah, that's correct. So what are the options to treat these curvatures, maybe from Peroni's disease or maybe it's just more cosmetic and you want to take the curve from down to up or from left to right or center? I don't know. Okay.

So first, we've already talked about it, but there's the hyluronic acid and that can be used as a filler. Then there are surgeries like something called penile plication. Placation sutures are placed on the convex side of the curve in order. order to straighten it. Also, there's grafting, which involves cutting the curve side and adding the graft or patch to release the bend. More invasive than placation, that one is. Yeah, ooh. Okay, so what if you don't want to go onto the knife, though? That sounds kind of awful. Okay, so there are emerging more experimental procedures using lasers, radio frequency, microneedling to stimulate collagen. These are largely unproven for reshaping, but clinics offer them, especially in Beverly Hills.

Of course. L.A., obviously, definitely the place for this kind of stuff. No surprise there. It's like contouring your jaw line, only, you know, not your jaw line. Yeah. Now, other than when cases involve Peroni's disease or there are complications with intercourse or pain involved, these procedures are not medically necessary. We just mentioned that, but you don't have to get it. That's right. Okay. And everyone, again, has the right to cosmetic surgery should they choose. So it's just important to make sure that it's not based on some dispensual. distorted view of what attractiveness should look like, body dysmorphia and stuff, you're bigger than you think. And size is not as big of a deal as other important things, I suppose. True. In fact, probably the most important thing would be confidence.

Yeah. Communication. Intimacy. Also, it's worth noting, if you're concerned about your penis size, even though it falls within a normal range, you may be experiencing a psychological condition known as penile penile dysmorphic disorder, PDD, or small penis anxiety, SPA, both conditions involve a distorted perception. Men with these disorders often underestimate their own penis size while overestimating

what is typical for others. PDD is considered part of the broader body dysmorphic disorder spectrum, whereas SPA is classified as a genital-specific anxiety condition. Huh. Yeah, we've entered into the era of extreme anxiety, body issues, dysmorphia, and we need to be more positive about all this. women and men. Love yourself. Love your penis. Or love your partner's penis. Or both. Yeah. That's right, Michael. Love your penis. But there's nothing wrong with fixing a nagging

insecurity in yourself if that's something you're keen to do. In truth, I am still half tempted to buy a giant hog from Dr. Patch and just chase Jenner on the house with it. Upsizeclinic.com, people. I think it'll be hilarious. Maybe I'll send you dick pick for your birthday, Michael. Hard pass. To make a joke from last week, at my age, semi-hard pass. Yes. Look, Jordan, my advice to you is the same as my advice to everybody. Love the penis you have. Be kind to it. Create it right. It's part of who you are.

It is. Honestly, well, it's been a long, gurthy journey, Michael. A lot of insights and information in these past two episodes. I have certainly learned a lot about dicks and probably learned to love mine a little bit more. Whatever it looks like, Jordan. That's breathtaking, Michael. I'm sure it is. Thanks to Dr. Pash. Thanks everybody for listening. Topic suggestions for future episodes of Skeptical Sunday to Jordan at Jordan Harbinger.com.

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