Hi everyone, I have been suffering the same thing for about 3.7 years and still am waiting to recover. I accidentally fell asleep for 3 hours while wearing a penis extender that was applying a lot of compression at the base of my glans.

Almost 4 years later I still am not able to feel what I am doing during sex, and am almost unable to orgasm. I have had to forget about intimacy with women.

Anyone actually recover from this? It would mean a lot to hear what other people's experiences with this have been. Good or bad. The anxiety of not having any idea what may or may not lie ahead for me might be what bothers me the most.

Hey man the best I could say is just to grip your penis lightly. So in other words dont grip heavily at all when you masturbate. Here is my story on how I recovered. Other than that there isnt much you can do because your penis heals itself to a degree. If that doesn't work and it is still bothering you a lot I would just try therapy and antidepressants. You cannot guarantee happiness but you can at least try to attain it. And yeah no one wants to take pills but sometimes that is the only option. Regardless keep searching for a way man and goo luck to you!!!

Hey everyone, I know this is an old thread but I have a similar problem. In december I also jelqed (penis enlargement exercise), and pulled too hard when I had a full erection. I then suffered from erectile dysfunction and had a smaller flaccid penis then before, in addition to numbness and loss of sensation, and cold glans (cold penis head).

Today, my main symptoms are cold glans and sometimes smaller flaccid. My main concerns before were erectile dysfunction and loss of sensation. But I find that my symptoms get worse if I have sex or masturbate. I think having sex re-damages some myelin sheath that hasn't properly healed. Sometimes after I ejaculate, the left part of my penis head slightly loses sensation.

Does anyone have any advice for what I should do? I get morning wood almost every morning, but during the day it's harder for me to get an erection. Part of it is maybe due to anxiety. When I'm with my girlfriend, I'm able to get an erection.

Hi nblade98

Welcome to NeuroTalk .

I know nothing about jelqing.

I suggest that you get a referral to a specialist who knows about male reproductive physiology.

Best wishes.

Im dealing with the same problem for years now. A completely numb penis and no pleasure if i get an orasgm. I luckily dont have any issues with the erection, it got a little bit harder to get an erection, but its still working well until now. I think its also nerve damage for me, because it happened within a splitsecond. I was masturbating and suddenly after a short pain my penis was numb(maybe because of masturbating too hard).

I was jost wondering if any of you guys have experienced any progression on this topic.

I wish all of you a good and fast recovery!

Right down to it, I joined here just to share my journey.

I accidentally fell asleep in a penis ring 3 years ago. I had several erections per night at that time, so the ring really injured me. The next morning all sensation was gone, from the base to the shaft. I visited several urologists, all with the same speech- the injury cost me length, girth and sensitivity both flaccid and erect. To help, but not repair, the damage they gave me cialis and a (400$) penis pump. Did it work? Yes and no. It allowed me to have sex but didn't improve the actual injury. After months, I got back around 30% of sensitivity but with a painful lump on my shaft.

So I started my own research and I'm back to I'd say 90% of sensitivity, improved girth and length, not to pre injury size though. In order, these were the steps I took. *Like a previous poster said, I'm not a Dr, but I've been to at least 5 urologists in 2 different cities. None of them seemed to care about my penis as much as I did.

1. No ejaculation. I won't say how long, it was tough but I did it.
2. Castor oil. I used this as a massage oil. Please duly research this, as it has to be a high quality oil to be effective. Within a few weeks, the lump was completely gone.
3. Loads more H2O.
4. Cialis, pump, massage, pump. That was a routine I made, nothing more, nothing less.
5. More exercise i.e. walking and rowing.

After getting good but not great results, I sought out a penis specialist. Sensitivity had really improved, erections were firmer but still far less than before. So I researched more and more, around 3 years total. I found this procedure, prp injection, which claimed it could repair penis injury using platelets. It worked. I'm at 90% sensitivity level, I regained more length and girth back after just 1 injection. However, they are not cheap so please do your research. If it is cheap, it probably isn't real.

That's it. If only I'd known about the castor oil and injections when it first happened, I'd probably be past my original size! As it is, three years went by before I learned about the prp injections. It has worked for me, hopefully this tidbit will lead you guys down a good path.

Stay strong.


All thanks to AN Army vet Robert Schiewy, whose story I read a year after it was reported. Please research him, he led me down the prp path.

Pinkfloydd,

I am trying to get a hold of you to discuss your treatment, but at the time of writing this, the forum will not allow me to send a PM. Can you please post if you 'see' my post?