Are you worried about losing penile length as you age? Is it true that penises are shrinking,
and what can you do about it? I'm Dr. Rena Malik, urologist and pelvic surgeon,
and today I'm going to talk about how your penis changes in length as you age. If you're new here I
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so first off when you are looking at your own genitalia you may say hey it definitely looks
smaller today than it did the last time and the reason being is that the actual length of the
penis can change based on a number of different factors that can include how warm the room is
where you're measuring how erect you are and maybe even how much stress is going on in your head at
the time and technically when urologists measure penile length we measure it in the same way each
and every time typically the guidelines are to measure it in a flaccid state at a stretched
length and doing it in a warm room so how exactly do you do that well the easiest way is to lie down
take the glands of your penis and stretch it out and take a ruler and measure from the base or the
bone the pubic bone that you feel there to the tip of the penis so there's four major reasons
that can cause you to lose length as you age the number one reason that most people think
that their penis is actually shrinking when it's truly not is because they've gained some weight
specifically they've gained weight that makes it harder to see the entire length of the penis so if
you lose weight you can actually see more of your penis and feel like you have increased your penile
length the second reason is very often prostate removal so if you've had surgery for getting your
prostate removed for prostate cancer then you may often notice that you can have a shortening
of your penile length and that can range anywhere from half an inch to three quarters of an inch and
occasionally that can come back over time but that does happen very commonly after prostate surgery
the third reason is something called peperonis disease and i've made a video about peyronie's
disease and what are the options to treat it but essentially what it is is when you have a plaque
buildup on your penis which can cause the penis to curve or change into a different shape like
an hourglass and you will notice it because you will see a noticeable lump on your penis or you
may see that your penis is bending or curving in a different way and lastly there are certain things
that can cause what we call corporal fibrosis or make the penis actually lose blood flow and have
less robust blood flow which can cause erections to be less strong and hard over time and these can
be medical problems like hypertension diabetes heart disease and sometimes having issues with
erections might be the first sign of a medical problem like the ones I described and sometimes
over many many years you can have micro traumas or small injuries to the penis due to sports or
vigorous sexual activities that can create these micro fractures that can then cause this corporal
fibrosis so what can you do to help prevent penile shrinkage well the first and most important thing
is making sure to maintain a healthy lifestyle so eat healthy exercise and keep any excess
weight off make sure you see your primary doctor regularly to get your cholesterol checked and
get your screening for pre-diabetes if you have art risk for it and lastly if you're suffering
from issues like erectile dysfunction where you're having difficulty getting an erection that's firm
enough for penetrative intercourse it's important that you try to see a urologist or primary care
doctor to get evaluated because actually getting erections increases blood flow to the penis and
can help keep your normal penile length generally speaking if you're super healthy take really great
care of yourself you can still see a little bit of shrinkage it's usually half an inch or less
just due to the changes in your body composition and your tissue elasticity which can happen to
everybody all right thank you so much for watching remember to share this video with your friends if
you think it'd be useful and as always remember to take care of yourself because you're worth it