As if we didn’t have enough tragedy and decay to look forward to as we get older. Web MD (it’s Web MD so cum grano salis, ya’ll) reports on the findings of Dr. Ronald Tamler, director of the men’s health program at Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC. Dr. Tamler says that as men get older, it’s probable that our dicks will get smaller. Seriously? As I’ve shared before, I am a grower not a shower. But I’m just fine with my lower-than-average size as it is now. I don’t need my cock to be non-existent. And here I was worried about hip breakage and dementia!
“If a man’s erect penis is 6 inches long when he is in his 30s, it might be 5 or 5-and-a-half inches when he reaches his 60s or 70s,” Tamler says.
That one inch can make all the difference between “meh” and “uh, I’m lookin’ but I can’t seem to find it” for some people! Then again, how much do you use your cock when you’re in your 70s? Wait. Probably a lot. There’s pills! DAMN.
And what causes the elderly shrinky dink?
“…the slow deposit of fatty substances (plaques) inside tiny arteries in the penis, which impairs blood flow to the organ. This process, known as atherosclerosis, is the same one that contributes to blockages inside the coronary arteries — a leading cause of heart attack.”
Another factor is “the gradual buildup of relatively inelastic collagen (scar tissue) within the stretchy fibrous sheath that surrounds the erection chambers. Erections occur when these chambers fill with blood. Blockages within the penile arteries — and increasingly inelastic chambers — mean smaller erections.”
Oh, and your balls can shrink at least a centimeter as you age, your cock can become curved if it isn’t already (not necessarily a bad thing for your partner if he’s a bottom), and your penis can become less sensitive. Great. Now more than ever, I understand the obsession with youth on this planet. Everything important just goes away! And all you have left are senior citizens’ discounts and those caramel square things. Fuck.
talk about pissing on someone’s Cheerios..thanks for sharing….not!
Well, it’s a good thing I’m into older men, smaller curved dick, and shrunken balls!!!! Thanks WebMD!!!!!
This is totally not what I need to hear today when I’m feeling all depressed haha!
Not to worry, guys. Eating some citrus peel most every day will reverse arteriosclerosis and keep your dicks in good working order –no shrinkage, no impotence, no nothing! You’ll be old and out of control, screwing everything that moves.
Uh!! So that ” It gets better” trend was complete bullshit.
I don’t have much to work with already!!
“I don’t have much to work with already!!”
I feel your pain manu!! We can make super computer the size of a nickel but can’t keep your dick from shrinking?
I hope Juan Sebastián is right 🙂
Thanks for sharing this deliciously bad news. It’s a real boner killer (or shrinker anyway). Why can’t they get BIGGER with age. That would work better for me.