Pumping isn't doing any thing, except.

Well I made a pump. I don’t have a sex shop near me (or one I know of) and my budget is low. So I made it out of things I have laying around. A paintball reloading pod, and a science class grade hand vacuum pump. Popped a hole in the top of the pod and fed in the tube that lead to the pump. Sealed it off with electrical tape. (Maguyver pump!)

Then the fun part began, I started to pump for a few days (in a on and off routine usually Tues, Thurs, sat,) Each session involved about 20-25 minutes of keeping a modest pressure on myself. After the first week I decided to bust out the measuring tape and get an idea of what was happening. To my dismay nothing. No gain, but thankfully no misfortune. I took it as a slow first step and continued to proceed. There has been one improvement however. I’ve been having more frequent and harder erections.

I continued the same routine for about a month, until something happened. On a Tuesday while pumping I’ve noticed something odd just below the head. An odd puffy patch was rising up. Immediately I pulled off the pump and began to inspect the area in question. The tissue was sore and just wrong looking. Needless to say the pump has been put into retirement. As for my member, it has been fine. Erections have been normal (IE before the pumping) The puffy area has since vanished.

That said brings me to the reason of my post. Tonight I dusted off the pump for .. Shit and jiggle purposes. Did a really quick “wait and see” routine (IE ten minutes soft in the tube until hard and full feeling). Good thing the puffy area looked normal but a little bit darker than the rest of of it. And then measured it. Same luck as always. About a millimeter in girth gained but nothing in length.

Here are my questions about my PE adventure.

1. Isn’t there supposed to some temporary gains from pumping?

2. And the odd puffy patch, can any one inform me as to what that could have been?

Hey inland - Other than forcing blood into your dick, pumps also cause some fluid buildup. This is what typically makes your dick look thicker after pumping. Over do it, however, and you’ll see swelling, typically on the foreskin if you’re uncut or just below the glans in you’re cut. It’s nothing to get too worried about as it goes away pretty quickly, as you noticed.

It happens to me too and so to avoid this, I usually pump for 5 min and then jelq for five min. I repeat this over and over (usually 4 times) until I notice the skin below my glans distorting. At that point I stop and massage the skin for a while. This conservative approach, I believe, ensures vascular damage doesn’t occur.

The caveat: I’m a novice and so there are likely to be guys out there with much better knowledge. Good luck! Keep pumpin’!

You called it. On the for skin, cut and right below the glans. Thanks for the reply.

inland, you are doing three things that may not be in your best interest:

1. You are pumping for 20 - 25 minutes as a newbie to pumping.
2. You are pumping without a gauge.
3. You are pumping in an opaque cylinder. Just a guess, but most paintball cylinders I’ve seen have not been clear and colorless.

You can address all those things, though, if you’re really interested in pumping.

First, you can pump for shorter sessions as a newbie. If you really want to go 20 - 25 minutes, try breaking up your session so that you take a break, come out of the tube every ten minutes or so, and jelq or massage your penis for a minute or two.

Second, you can be very careful that you are not pumping with too much vacuum, since you don’t have a gauge, and upgrade to a pump with a gauge as soon as you can. See the threads Pumping without a gauge and Lap pump = harbor freight tools pump.

Third, if the tube is indeed not transparent - see suggestion #1. A break every couple of minutes, coming out of the tube, will let you see your dick and what is happening with it over the course of your session.

And good luck with pumping!

jackdk, right on target. Thanks for your post!

Yeah that is classic DOUGHNUT effect. For the rest of the day it looks like a partial doughnut was implanted below the cockhead.

The way to avoid it is to take down the pressure and go for longer durations to even out the pump.

Note: this happens a lot less with water pumping but most pumps are not made for water pumping.