For you guys who have "ribs" on your unit, I think I have one but not sure?

Hey all,
Pretty sure I developed a small rib on my unit about a year ago. Not a bad thing, but it was dumb of me because I was doing semi-erect bends (Very stupid and will never do again) about a year ago and the next day I realized there was a small bump on my unit, a bit longer than it is wide, when it’s hard in the place I did a few bends. Have had 0 issues with it since then, although I was worried at first. This is mostly paranoia speaking but I want to make sure it is a rib.

For those of you that have ribs, does it feel slightly different if you rub over it with the tip of your finger/fingernail when you’re hard? When soft there isn’t really any way to tell for me. I understand it is basically an area where the tunica deformed and repaired specifically in one area. For me, if I close my eyes and use my fingernail I can feel through the skin to the tunica and identify the spot where the rib is. This is because it feels slightly different, like the texture of the fibers of the tunica is in different directions. This makes sense to me since it has been repaired a bit more than the original, non ribbed areas of tunica but I just wanted to check if you guys had the same experience.

Might seem nitpicky but I’d rather be safe than sorry. Thanks!

A ribbed cock is a good thing. It’s in the same field as good EQ or vascularity/veins.

It shouldn’t have pain or feel tender or anything of such to the touch.

Ribs are formed often with girth exercises, and these ribs are actually already there but the pressure from exercises will increase there size. I wouldn’t mind more ribs on my cock, probably will feel good for my lady.

Thanks makehergocrazy,

I am 99% sure it is a rib. No pain or anything bothering me. As I said in my original post, I was wondering if it was normal that there is a slight texture different between the rib and the non-rib parts of my unit when it is hard. Hoping it’s not a weak point of some sort. Can you feel a texture difference?

Yes and it’s because they are actually veins. Your all good!

makehergocrazy likely accurately described it as a vein. Yet at second time you said “ribs.” Surely you don’t think there are bones in there?

Saying that you feel it when it’s hard but not when soft is really a give-away about the veins diagnosis. You might have a vein that, oddly enough, runs so straight that it has as rib-like appearance. Maybe?

Also, if you’re a younger guy, then prominent veins might be a new concept for you. I recall being very smooth throughout my twenties to forties. Only when I began PE did they start to pop.

I dunno - I have a tone of prominent veins and none of them look or feel anything like the multitude of ribs I have on my erect shaft. Of course they aren’t “bones” lol. I imagine they are cartilage or maybe some particular part of the tunica that become more prominent?

The ribs are the segments of the CC, they are always vertical (assuming your erection is horizontal). They are not veins.

Everyone has ribs inside their CCs, all the way along eeach CC, but normally they are held in place by the tunica sheath. With high inflation forces from clamping or pumping etc some ribs can bulge out and become visible, and usually stay that way after that. The “rib” is really a permanent sign that you had some over-inflation injury in that one place.

They actually feel like you would expect, like a little rubbery bulge when erect.

Interesting, why would you call it an “injury” though? Unless you call all PE growth “injuries” I suppose?

I am pretty sure it is a bulge of the CC. And the term “ribs” doesn’t refer to bones like your rib cage, they are as others said bulges of the tunica/CC. I don’t feel any veins in the spot, and I have plenty of veins but I am just saying in that specific small area where I feel the rib, I feel a texture difference IN THE TUNICA. Sorry if I was unclear.

Ok, maybe "injury" is too strong a term?
Generally if you have a single rib it is because the tunica/CC in that one place has been weakened, and then it stays weakened or slightly bulged out. They are the little "caverns" in the CC, sometimes shown really well on an anatomy drawing, sorry I don’t have a link to a drawing.

To Peinjuryfree; yeah if you have just one rib and the tunica feels different there, it’s likely you had an overinflation event that bulged it out and it is permanent. It’s probably a weak spot now in your tunica. Be very careful if clamping, and if pumping you can use a snug tube so you won’t get uncontrolled girth stretch there.

PS. I found a good image of the cavern "rib" segments, hopefully this picure works;
https://www.pri ntablediagram.c … iagram-anatomy/

Thanks Romeoplus, that is helpful. And thanks for the diagram. In general I am going to stick to light stretching and jelqing, the risk of other methods is not worth the cost IMO.

Another quick question: it seems as though more advanced PEers also have “ribs”. Would you say they should also be careful, and that the “ribs” are weak spots? We have agreed on the definition of ribs now, but I am curious if they are actually weaker than the rest of the tunica. It seems like those advanced PEers are also more likely to do high pressure clamping and pumping without injury. And many of them are happy about getting their ribs, as one poster above said I should be proud of it. Is this topic up for debate still? Basically are ribs weaker than the rest of the tunica or maybe the same strength since it has been repaired?
(It would make sense to me if you were right though, since any flaw in the otherwise cylindrical tunica would seem to cause more pressure to build up there. But maybe the body’s “repair” in the rib is actually stronger? Just wondering at this point)

I will absolutely be very careful in the future.

It’s an interesting question; if “ribs” are an on-going weak spot.

I’m only guessing on this but I think if you got one rib early in your PE career you over-inflated it, like a small injury and you should be careful.

With long term PE-ers the ribs get more prominent and more visible. Some causes ae that the ribs and CCs are just larger in general after years of girth training, and the tunica is stretched thinner. So the ribs are more visible.

I’ve found after years of pumping with high and medium forces that my CCs look a lot more “mature” now with ribs and bumps and a gnarly kind of look. I also make sure to pump in a fairly snug tube to make sure my girth is fully supported when applying high girth stretch forces, and advise people to do this for safety reasons. Hope that helps!

Thanks Romeo, that’s very interesting. Dealing w a T-vein right now but only going to do stretching and jelquing, very slowly and with lots of rest for at least 6 months after this clears up.

Hope your thrombosed vein recovery goes well.

Re the idea of only doing stretching and jelqing, both of these can cause injury. Jelqing worries me because there is not much control over inflation, and depending how hard you squeeze it could cause high peak inflation force and is capable of causing injury. You see plenty of jelqing injuries on the forums.

Light pumping (with a gauge), on the other hand, applies a known amount of force evenly to the whole penis, and if done properly can be as safe or possibly safer than jelqing. Doctors do prescribe light pumping to improve penis health and EQ, but I’ve never heard of a doctor prescribing jelqing.

That’s a very interesting viewpoint Romeo. Did you ever jelq/stretch / did you ever experience any small or large injuries or setbacks? And how does your experience with jelqing/stretching compare to low pressure pumping?

Most people here support stretching and jelqing for beginners but you have an interesting point.