Tunica Differences

[HealthNFitn3ss]

In the article posted by Iguana, It mentions that the layers of the TA are what make the penis rigid and provide it with strength. Then in theory, while the men with one layer would have an easier time gaining, then wouldn't they have lower quality erections? As where the men with three layers who gained the same by taking a longer amount of time would probably have stronger erections? I realize the arguments that the Smooth muscle and the tunica are growing or getting stronger with gains, but I also read Remek's theory on smooth muscle playing a role in PE. In this theory (which I found very enlightening) Remek compared PE to body building, in that a lot of techniques and principles to body building are similar methods used by men who PE i.e muscle confusion. In men who take steroids and work out, they often have weak joins/ligaments/tendons because they cannot keep up with the stress that the muscles can handle. Obviously our penises are not lifting hundreds of pounds but still, you would think that men with a one layer TA making extroadinary gains in a short periods of time, would have weaker erectile quality; and if not permanent than at least for a small period of time.

[remek]

Originally Posted by HealthNFitn3ss

In the article posted by Iguana, It mentions that the layers of the TA are what make the penis rigid and provide it with strength. Then in theory, while the men with one layer would have an easier time gaining, then wouldn't they have lower quality erections? As where the men with three layers who gained the same by taking a longer amount of time would probably have stronger erections?

Health: The study was very broad on mentioning that the tunica provides penis rigidity and erectile strength. It didn't clearly state that the more layers of tunica, the more rigid the penis (or at least I didn't see where it did). It did, however, suggest that it might.

I presume that you might be onto something, though. You've actually reminded me of an old PEer named Gandolf/8-ball (he later changed names). He PEed for years without gaining. He actually did the penis enlargement videos on this site. If you check out the videos, you'll notice in penis is very rigid.

I always coughed it up to the fact that I thought he PEed very intensely, causing his penis to toughen up (which does happen if you go overboard). But perhaps he had 3 layers of tunica?

[HealthNFitn3ss]

Too bad there is no easy do-it-yourself method to figure it out = ( Not that it would stop me from PEing but it would be nice to know what type of gainer I am going to turn out to be. Also how is that rigid? I can't tell how its different.

[remek]

I guess you can't really tell with the videos we have up there. He did 9 to 10 videos, and we only ended up using 4 because the others looked so intense - and surely not what I would recommend to most new guys. Either way, in the other videos you could tell his penis was more toughened up for the exercises.

[Iguana]

Wasn't 8-Ball the guy who had the horrible phalloplasty experience?

You know, this is really interesting stuff. I wish we could located the entire original article. I think it is a few years old.
I wonder if there has been any more recent studies?

[remek]

Originally Posted by Iguana

Wasn't 8-Ball the guy who had the horrible phalloplasty experience?

Yea, that was him.

Was there a name of the article anywhere? I did a search for some of the keywords and couldn't find anything on Google Scholar.

[Iguana]

I found the original article on a couple sites. Unfortunately, a subscription is required to view the entire article.
Here is the link. Blackwell Synergy - J Sexual Medicine, Volume 4 Issue 3 Page 675-679, May 2007 (Article Abstract) It's $39 for the entire article.

[remek]

If you can find someone who works or goes to school at a University, they'll probably be able to get that article for free.