Gain length, lose girth?

Hey, guys, I did a search, but didn’t know how to word this in a simple way, and couldn’t find any comments about it, so this:

Is it common to gain length and lose girth, even if only temporarily?

I started PE June 3, and measured 5.5 BPEL and 5.5 EG.

Didn’t measure again until this morning and only did it today because I had an erection that seemed bigger than it has been in recent memory.

5-7/8 inches BPEL and 5.25 EG. So a gain of 3/8 inch in length and loss of 1/4 inch in girth.

I’m guessing this is just temporary and is a logical result of my unit being stretched longer but not having gained volume, therefore it had to get slimmer.

I haven’t settled into a steady routine yet, but am doing lots of stretching, massaging the ligaments, especially the suspensory ligament and other muscles and tissues all around, above and below my genital area, along with jelqs (only about 50: probably not enough to matter). Also pumping flaccid with a BathMate at very low pressure about 10 minutes a day.

My penis looks better than it has in many years, with pretty much even girth all the way from the base to just behind the coronal ridge, and it’s hanging. Definitely flaccid gains (though I haven’t measured flaccid), because it didn’t hang at all before, it just stuck straight out, not long enough to hang. And the glans is bigger, too, but I didn’t think to measure it in the beginning.

Anyway, I’m not worried, but I wanted to ask if this is common or if other people have experienced it.

Could be erection level. Did you had at least 48 hours rest before taking the last measurement?

Since you are doing lots of stretching, you could be one of those that are getting affected, erection-wise, by the stretches. Takes a while for the 100% erection to come back in those cases.

Could also be the way you are measuring. Never before saw someone that actually lost girth. Assuming you are measuring correctly, its a temporary situation and will immediately be fixed by resting.

It’s normal and temporary. Can go the other way too.

Yes, one month since last measurement.

This erection was harder than anything I’ve experienced in years, so it wasn’t a loss of EQ.

Pretty sure I measured the same way. Mid-shaft, with the kind of flexible tape measure people who sew use. Wrap it around the penis, see where it meets itself.

So thanks, Lenny and Bearded Dragon. You both confirmed what I thought. Not a big deal. Probably temporary adjustment. I’ll see what happens as I continue.

Besides fully supporting Lenny’s answer, how often did you measure?

Just make a test and measure MSEG 3 times a day for the next 2 days without doing any PE exercises and masturbation at all.

So get hard, and then take your time to get even harder. And even more harder! Continue slow masturbation until you feel the orgasm approaching. And THEN measure it slighty clamped (a hairband does the trick) and while doing a long Kegel when measuring.

The compare these values to the one measurement you just took and be surprised :-)

I generally gap my measurements far enough that fluctuations don’t occur. However, I fully support Bearded Dragon’s assessment here. Mainly because often midshaft girth is the last to change. I can definitely say this is the case with me. So it fluctuates downward more than I would like before trending up.

Wow! Data collection! You are all so scientific, I can see I have to get up to speed. This threatens to take over my life, I fear. Well, no, I don’t fear, I expect it will be a lot of fun. :D

Also, thank you, thoughtfulgold, for your perspective, as well. By the way, awesome site. I wish I’d found it years ago. But probably everyone says that.

I’m here to help, just like any of the other users here. And remember, it’s guys like you who join with a good attitude that keep the site great.