Gentlemen,

Thanks for allowing me to be a part of the group.

There was a lot of good information on this site that helped tremendously. I am 39 and when I was younger I was much thicker and about an inch longer. Does old age make your penis shrink? Admitting to myself that I had a penis was shrinking or was already small. Not a fun realization to make. That being said the information on this site lead me to Bathmate extreme. I have pumped two days in a row. I followed the instructions as prescribed. First day the growth was pretty amazing the confidence and front bump boosted my confidence for the rest of the evening. The sex, well, I have been with my wife for 20 years and it was one of the best ever. As the retraction started to happen it was a bit red, in general, and there was a swollen area around the tip. I guess this is called donut head or something like that. I did the massaging/jelq routine ~ 20 or so and then applied ice like recovering from a work out. Day two I did the same routine with a few minor differences. For some reason the bathmats started letting air in, not sure from where but I'm pretty sure it wasn't from my pubic area. Outside of that I pumped to the 6" mark which is where I am normally before I started pumping. Last night there were the same symptoms but there were a few red dots and a dark red around the center of my penis and a few tiny purplish spots on the bottom side of my penis. I have two questions:
1.) How do you regulate to the right vacuum? I noticed in other posts 5 hg is a common practice. I don't know how to see that in my bathmats hydroextreme.
2.) Are the symptoms above typical for new users?
I am sure there is a thread here that I am simply not smart enough to find that may explain this. So my apologies for a latent ability to figure stuff out for myself.

Thanks for your help.

Hi John,
I'm a newbie to this group and to the bathmate as well, so take my comments with that in mind.
1) I pump up to the point of a bit of pain, and then maybe one more. I stop before it is really painful.
2) I have not gotten spots or swelling with this or any pump

Now questions for you!
1) to me it seems really hard to compress the bellows. I put the bathmate on and push it toward my belly and man it is almost impossible to get it to compress. Is that normal?
2) the release valve - I got it to work only one time. It just seems to turn this way and that without doing anything. What's going on with this?

Thanks,
Ram

Hi guys,
I solved my issues. I put the bathmate in the sink and run hot water on the bellows while my shower warms up. Then in the shower, the bellows are a bit easier to compress.
I pushed the release valve instead of turning it. That's the right way to release the vacuum.

Ram