Quote from: Kvall on December 08, 2009, 08:05:52 PMYes, it is true that there aren't any studies (that I know of), but the lack of them means that we should probably listen to those doctors who have noticed a difference in post-op result dependent on pumping or not pumping. Anecdote adds to that in lieu of studies.
No, there are studies:
http://www.urotoday.com/browse_categories/erectile_dysfunction/pump_fails_to_increase_penis_size.html"The vacuum device does not seem to be a useful method for penile elongation," Dr. Hosseini's team concludes, "but it provides psychological satisfaction for some men." (This makes it very clear that while results were physically negligible, those who took part in the study
believed their penises gained significant growth. This is proof that
anecdotes cannot be trusted!)
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/penis/MC00026Marketers offer many different types of nonsurgical penis-enlargement treatments, and often promote them with serious-looking advertisements that include endorsements from "scientific" researchers. But if you look and read closely, you'll see that claims of safety and effectiveness aren't proven. No reputable scientific research endorses or supports any type of nonsurgical penis enlargement. So, marketers rely on testimonials, skewed data and before-and-after photos that often aren't authentic.Testimonials aren't science. Most meta- surgeons also
do not appear to recommend it. Dr. A. Neal Wilson suggested I "shower as normal" with my nipple grafts, but that only caused them to fall off (I found out at the ER that getting skin grafts wet is the
worst thing one could do) -- so yeah, you were able to find
two surgeons who don't read the studies, whoop-itty-doo; "it's not hard to find surgeons who recommend complete nonsense if only because it's not hard to find surgeons who think they know everything" (quote goes to my physician, Dr. Pamela Rockwell, DO).
I mean, let's also ignore the fact that in cis- men, penis growth continues throughout puberty (which actually lasts several years) and often enough into one's early twenties -- often enough, an addition inch in length and half- or three-quarters-inch in girth can be gained by cis- men in the years between ages sixteen through twenty-two. There is thus no concrete reason to believe that any
actual growth is related to anything more than the basic effects of HRT -- much less that any
perceived growth is, well, actual (much less significant).
But as I said previously, if you think it's money well-spent, feel free to spend it. Far be it from me to tell one what one should and should not do with one's bank account. I just don't believe it's cool to fill other people's heads with pipe dreams that doing X will give them specific results, especially when there's not a shred of science to support it. Anecdotes cannot be trusted. The lack of studies on FTM men
in general only suggests, at best, a correlation between using a penis pump and added length -- but correlation does NOT equal causation, and the evidence that
does exist suggest no genuine cause/effect relationship.
