When a person starts aging, it’s natural that their body and organs start weakening as well. Sometimes, scary things can happen to your penis as well. Prepare yourself for five scary things we found can happen to your penis.
- Shrinking stick and shrinking balls
It is probable that for a man, no thought is scarier than the idea of their manhood shrinking to nothingness.
Well, shrinkage does happen, but it is not like you will lose an entire reproductive organ!
As a man gets older, it is incredibly common to find that he has had his blood arteries blocked. Well, years and years of unhealthy diet and habits surely would have led to that.
As a result of this careless lifestyle when he was young, now he has to deal with penis shrinkage.
What that means is, you will usually find that your erections are not as strong as when you were before the age of 40.
The same thing may happen to the size of the testicles, too. All due to the fact that by the age of 40 most men will have reduced the production of the male hormone testosterone.
According to an article published on the International Andrology London Blog, it is stated that over time, the penis may experience a slight decrease in size due to reduced blood flow and lower testosterone levels. As men reach their 60s and 70s, it is possible to observe a loss of approximately one to one and a half centimeters in penis length. Additionally, if a man carries excess weight around the belly area, the penis may appear smaller, even though its actual size has not changed. This is because the base of the penis can be covered by belly fat, giving the illusion of a shorter length.
Well, since it happens to everyone anyway, you know there is nothing wrong with you.
- Decreased sensitivity
As with many other parts of your body, as you age the body loses a lot of its capability to sense things, too. Unfortunately, this does not exclude even the penis.
As a man gets older, and especially as he reaches the age of 40 or 50, he will find that his penis does not respond to sexual stimulation as aggressively as before.
This is because there is a reduced sensitivity around his penis, including the tip of the phallus. Therefore, he may find it difficult to get his act up to proceed to have sex.
Although it may sound scary, this happens differently to different men at different stages of their lives.
The catch here is, as long as you try your best to live a healthy life, you can always enjoy sex at whatever age you are in. The key is the mind and how you shift your perspective.
- Change in shape and color
It is possible to have your penis change color, or even shape, as you get older. It is not black magic, just aging.
You know that as you live your life, there is bound to be chances of you injuring yourself.
The same thing applies in terms of the penis.
If you have ever injured your penis – be it from aggressive sex, injury during sport, accident, whatever it may be – chances are some cells in the phallus were damaged.
This cell damage can turn out as a change in the color of your penis, or even shape.
The change itself is basically nothing dangerous (it is the injury that could have been dangerous). But if a man feels unsatisfied with his penis shape and color, Botox can help reverse the situation.
Based on information provided by WebMD, as individuals age, fatty deposits can accumulate within the walls of blood vessels, leading to a limitation in the flow of blood through them. The circulation of blood contributes to the pink coloration of the tip of the penis. Consequently, as blood circulation slows down, the head of the penis may exhibit a lighter shade. It is noteworthy that alterations in penis color are rarely suggestive of cancer.
Now you know even the gentleman could require a ?beauty procedure? in their manhood, too!
- Erectile dysfunction becomes a lot more common
Yeah, it’s a scary thought, isn’t it? ED as you grow older. But this is a reality that many men above the age of 50 will have even more occurrences of experiencing erectile dysfunction.
That is why the Viagra is mostly prescribed for older men.
Although it sounds really sad, actually if a man is still young and knows how to properly take care of his health, there is a high chance of reducing the probability of erectile dysfunction.
As a matter of fact, erectile dysfunction is caused by a blockage in the blood vessels or damage to the arteries (or vice versa), which then leads to interrupted blood flow to the penis.
Top that with the fact that as a man reaches 40 years of age his testosterone levels drop, now you know why erectile dysfunction becomes a more frequent occurrence in older men above 50.
- Saggy balls
This is probably the one thing no man wants to experience. As you grow older, you start to lose a lot of your muscle mass.
As a result of that, even your scrotum will begin to lose its shape and sustenance that it drops down a bit lower than usual.
As the year’s progress, the balls can drop down so much that when you sit on the toilet, your balls can touch the water at the bottom of the bowl! Yikes!
Thankfully, there is a procedure that can save a man from this unpleasant (although natural) change of scrotum shape: scrotoplasty. The procedure can correct the shape of the balls and put them back where they should be.
Still, if you don?t want something like that to happen to you, you better pay attention to what you?re eating and doing now.
For starters, stop smoking and drinking alcohol to an excess. They are the big killers of the penis and balls as old men can testify for you.
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- General inability to feel satisfied
Some studies have suggested that a lot of old men who think they suffer from erectile dysfunction, actually don’t even have erectile dysfunction.
That means they are generally able to get and maintain an erection… if they are patient enough.
Like, you know how the body is ACTUALLY able to get and maintain an erection.
But some men are just impatient enough that they think they are now suffering from ED, mainly because now they are taking longer to get the hardness they used to take for granted.
With that said, some of these men actually don’t battle with erectile dysfunction, but they are dealing with erectile dissatisfaction.
Meaning, they just can’t be satisfied with themselves because now erections come to a lot longer.
According to an article published on the Mayo Clinic Blog, it is noted that as men age, there can be a decrease in sexual drive, although the extent of this decline can vary. However, the majority of men retain some level of sexual interest well into their 60s and 70s. In certain cases, a loss of sex drive may be associated with an underlying condition. Factors such as depression, stress, alcoholism, illicit drug use, and fatigue are often contributing factors to the decline in sexual drive among men.
Well, you have got your age and the body does not do its thing the same way, as long as you are patient, you can get your erection.
- You may have a stronger curvature by now
A penile bent is actually a common thing. Not all men have this, but some men do and it is a natural part of their penis.
Maybe some of you who do have this kind of penis do not really like how it looks now, but wait until you become really old and you will see that the curvature on your penis has become even stronger.
Well, as long as there is no pain whatsoever and you are just healthy, this does not necessarily mean a Peyronie’s disease and nothing needs to be done.
But if you simply do not enjoy the shape and look of your old man penis and you happen to have a lot of extra money, you could get it fixed.
Penile enhancement surgery that uses an implant can fix the shape of a man’s penis for cosmetic purposes.
