Have you heard the term grower versus shower? do you describe yourself as a grower or a shower?
Well, today I'm going to explain exactly what that is and if there's any scientific evidence
behind why somebody might be a grower or a shower. I'm Dr. Rena Malik, urologist and pelvic surgeon.
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So what is a grower versus a shower? A grower is somebody whose penis tends to expand or extend
in length when they go from a flaccid compared to when they are erect whereas a shower tends
to have very little change in length between the flaccid and erect state so why exactly does this
happen well it's a little bit of genetics and a little bit of environment genetics
is based on your parents and things that they will pass down to you in your dna and these things are
out of your control and things you can't change and those things can determine how elastic your
tissue is or the makeup of your tissue reading how much collagen or flexible types of tissues
are actually in the penis this can also change over the course of your lifetime some people
will have more flexibility and length when they're younger and that will become less and
less as they age the second part of it is based on environment so certainly if you are unhealthy
smoking not having a good diet or being a little bit overweight that can affect the flexibility
of your tissues as well in fact being a little bit overweight can make you feel like more of a shower
because some of the erect penis may not be as visible because of some excess weight and when
you have an erection you're able to visualize it better some things in your environment can change
how your penis looks so that can be things like the room temperature or if you're in
cold water things like stress or even when you're actively exercising ultimately this
has nothing to do with how fertile you are how many you are or how well you can satisfy your
partner so has there been any scientific studies on this well in fact there has
in this study they took men who had erectile dysfunction and they took 274 men and all of them
got what's called an intracavernosal injection and this is an injection that's used to give men
an erection and they actually measured these men's penile length as they were flaccid and then after
they got the injection and they were fully erect and they looked at the change in length between
their flaccid and erupt lengths and they found that the median change was about four centimeters
or one and a half inches so they used that as a cut off if you were more than four centimeters
you were a grower and if you were less than four centimeters you were a shower and what did they
find they found that 26 percent or a little bit over a quarter of the group was considered a
grower with a mean increasing length of about 5.3 centimeters the rest were actually showers
and their mean changing length was 3.1 centimeters and they looked to see was there anything that was
predictive of being a grower versus a shower and what they found was that there was really
nothing except for age so young men tended more often to be growers and they tended to
have a longer erect length compared to showers again this is a small group of men less than 300
men but this is the only study we have I think the things to take away from this is that yes you are
not alone if you are a grower or a shower there are a number of men who fall into either category
secondly there's really no predictor of whether you're going to be a grower or a shower and also
I think the important thing to realize about this study is that only looked at men with erectile
dysfunction this may not apply to all men out there ultimately again being a shower or a grower
has no impact on the firmness of your erection your ability to perform or your ability to please
your partner the big take home is whether you're a shower or a grower you are great just the way you
are stay healthy stay happy and always remember to take care of yourself because you're worth it