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Oh, we do our share of dumb shit too. Ever heard of synthol or jelqing?


steroids are dangerous, but did I miss an article somewhere where jelqing gave someone HIV?

It might be useless, but I wouldn't tell someone with a useless habit that it's dangerous.


Jelqing runs a high risk of destroying your penile tissue. Feel free to Google it, but expect stories like "I quit when I started ejaculating blood."

PRP injections are a relatively safe procedure, and should not give you HIV. The risk of HIV comes from using unsafe medical practices like sharing needles, and this exact same risk exists when injecting other substances like Synthol.

> Side effects of PRP injections are very limited because the injections are created from your own blood, and your body should not reject them or react in any negative way. As with any injection, there is a remote risk of infection. Otherwise, there are no significant risks apart from the variability and unpredictability of how effective the treatment will be for a particular patient.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-t...

https://www.hss.edu/condition-list_prp-injections.asp


Because the outcomes are disproportionate (aids vs non-aids) doesn't abdicate things from being stupid or not stupid.


I'm the fool who made the original critique. The outcomes being disproportionate looks pertinent to me.

Stupidity is everywhere. Saying some things are moderately stupid in x thing, so face-palming about egregious stupidity in y thing is an overreaction is essentially dismissive of valid concerns.


No, never heard of them. And didn't claim you don't.

But it's not this shit in the name of youth and beauty.


> But it's not this shit in the name of youth and beauty.

Yeah its shit in the name of a bigger biceps and a bigger junk, I don't see how that is any better?


Women get surgery to get bigger boobs, primarily as a looks thing.

Are we at the stage of inserting silicone in your junk so your jock strap looks better?

(Please note you can just pad your bra if you want to look busty fully clothed. And it leaves scars, so I'm skeptical of the value it has for looking good naked or in teeny, tiny bikinis.)


> Are we at the stage of inserting silicone in your junk so your jock strap looks better?

Yes. Packers exist. Also Synthol is oil injected into your muscles to make them look better.


Can someone point me to an informative source for "packers"?

Searching "packers for your junk" or "penile implants" doesn't get me anything that sounds like it's what this comment is referring to.

Please and thank you.


Appologies, I glossed over the word "into" from your comment. Packers are not implanted. Penile implants exist but are typically done for medical reasons (like you've fucked up your junk by jelqing). The closest thing to female breast implants is male pec implants. I'd argue Synthol is similar too, though less invasive.



>Are we at the stage of inserting silicone in your junk so your jock strap looks better?

Yes? People do get penis enlargement surgery, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_enlargement#Surgical_met... or phalloplasty which has a Wikipedia page I'd rather not link here.

Not really a fair comparison to breast augmentation though, which is more similar to the plastic surgery muscles some people get. Or hair plugs.

While I think it's much worse for women, acting like it only affects women is disingenuous.


At the risk of being more hated on:

My general understanding is that phallus enlargement is intended to enhance sexual pleasure whereas breast enlargement has no such function and from what I gather likely reduces sexual pleasure for the woman.

But I don't have a phallus, haven't seen one in ages and I'm perfectly happy to be educated on the topic by actual penis-having peoples more in the know than little ole me.


I know one of the major risks of enlargement is impotence, and like with breast enlargement I can't imagine jamming a bunch of non-nerve things in there improving sexual pleasure.

I'm no expert on the subject, but I've always thought people primarily got them to look better with maybe some hope of performing better for their partner. I've never thought they were for their pleasure, except in the same way as breast enlargement where you enjoy pleasing your partner.

Still, I think a better comparison is "men get hair treatments, primarily as a looks thing."




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