Anyone else use hot sauce to increase penis sensitivity?

I don’t mean using tabasco for lube.

I use a micro dose of hot sauce to increase sensitivity. I put a drop on my finger, rinse it off in a sink, rub my penis, then wash my hands with soap.

Couldn’t that possibly cause vaginal irritation?

It was my first recipe …. left 20 strong dry peppers in olive oil for 1 month and then used it to jelq, my girlfriend left me …. disgusted from the hardness of erection and the amount of cum …..

I don’t know. I always use a condom, though too often they break. But no one’s complained yet.

That sounds like a significant amount. Capsaicin in larger quantities kills nerves and prevents their regrowth.

Did it continue to work over time? I know that capsaicin is capable of causing an erection in otherwise impotent men, but I assumed it didn’t work long term.

What’s the science here Sigmoid? Why might this increase sensitivity?

One time in college I drunkenly ate habaneros late night and ignorantly touched my balls after preparing them and spent the next two hours with my balls in a cup of water.

I also regretted eating the habaneros.

Just a crap show all around!

This does not sound very pleasant.. Although I have read that capsaicin can increase thermogenesis and help blood flow. Is that your reason for using the hot sauce?

To put it mildly;-)

Capsaicin agonizes the TRPV1 receptor, all the TRPV1 positive nerves with it light up like a christmas tree (or that’s how you can think about it) when exposed to capsaicin, or the other TRPV1 agonists of which capsaicin is far from the most potent. The other cells that also express TRPV1 are also affected, most TRPV1+ are endothelial cells, but also muscles. It’s a kind of damage detection receptor with some use for temperature detection. It tells the cell it’s being damaged. It sets off an inflammatory cascade, though I don’t feel like looking up all the details of that, probably triggers eNOS which means NO production and arterial dilation. I haven’t read about the pharmokinetics of it, but I’ve tried capsaicin applications that definitely penetrated deep into tissues.

All that sounds good, except too much tells cells to go through the apoptosis cascade and nerves that die aren’t regenerated if they detect capsaicin from what I’ve read. Normally nerves grow into areas readily and regularly in the skin, but capsaicin stops that, it’s the basis of neuropathy creams.

After what bathman said though, I know I’m going to eventually give into curiosity and rub concentrated capsaicin on my penis.

It used to be used for impotence intraurethrally, I assume there is a reason why it fell out of favor. The mechanism is similar to “Spanish fly” most likely. Spanish fly is poison that triggers an inflammatory response throughout the body, which coincidentally causes erection, too much and you die. I don’t think it’s likely you’ll die from putting capsaicin on your penis, though if done regularly it will probably harm penile sensation. Other TRPV1 agonists though can kill you, but those are restricted substances I think and you won’t be tempted to put chemical weapons on your penis.

If you use the slightest amount it doesn’t cause pain, at least it hasn’t for me. I use it because after prolonged stimulation my penis becomes less and less sensitive.

Thanks for taking the time to explain some of the history/science Sigmoid. It’s not surprising, much of what is used medicinally becomes poison in high enough concentrations.

Godspeed Sig and don’t burn your cock off!

Gentlemen please stay way from this!

I couldn’t help but try it last night with a .15% capsaicin liquid. I put about 1/8th of a drop just inside the urethra. I thought I had made a terrible mistake for the first 30 seconds. Afterwards I rationalized that it was just pain, which was intense, and no actual damage was occurring, hopefully. It lasted about 90 minutes and didn’t make my penis any harder than normal.

Since I already did it, I’ll see if it had any positive effect on PE, which I doubt. I’d actually already tried this once before with a smaller amount, it had no such effect. My flaccid is a little smaller than normal this morning, poor thing.

The method I mentioned before of placing a drop on a finger, rinsing it, and then rubbing is nothing like concentrated capsaicin. At the most you get a slight warming sensation from the finger method, though maybe it would have a different effect on uncircumcised men.

Interestingly, it’s not the most painful thing I’ve tried intraurethrally, or the most painful thing I’ve tried on my penis.

This makes me wonder, why do directions on pepper spray involve aiming for the eyes?

This years first contestant for the Thundersplace Darwin Award

Thank you for explaining, Sigmoid!