# Do penis enlargement supplements work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 23, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723 "2011-03-23T15:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/41 "2011-03-25T16:05:00Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > If they worked you wouldn’t have repeat customers. Hope springs eternal. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/42 "2011-03-25T18:55:52Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > According to wiki, the first patient had it reversed 15 days later because it was too traumatic. From the wiki article: “Although successful, the patient **and his wife** suffered psychological trauma as a result of the procedure, and had the surgery reversed fifteen days later.” One would think that this kind of surgery would involve a long recovery process. I’m impressed that he was able to traumatize his wife with it within two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romeo_and_Whatsherface)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/43 "2011-03-25T20:36:47Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > When I said vegetable, I meant a braindead person, not a zucchini, in case anyone was confused. I was thinking more in the line of a carrot. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/44 "2011-03-25T20:59:33Z")
> [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](#): > > I was thinking more in the line of a carrot. Dead giveaway - Bugs Bunny shows up in the bedroom. Saying “what’s up, doc?” ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/45 "2011-03-25T21:48:51Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > From the wiki article: “Although successful, the patient **and his wife** suffered psychological trauma as a result of the procedure, and had the surgery reversed fifteen days later.” > > One would think that this kind of surgery would involve a long recovery process. I’m impressed that he was able to traumatize his wife with it within two weeks. I’m surprised that they kept his old dick, you know, just in case. Or by “reversed” do they mean they Ken dolled him and he’s not nothing at all but like a peeing patch? And since when do they harvest penises at all, let alone off of people who aren’t dead? What the screaming hell? I’m imagining scenes from “Johnny Got His Gun” where they come and get Johnny’s gun…:eek: ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/46 "2011-03-25T22:47:44Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > And since when do they harvest penises at all, let alone off of people who aren’t dead? What the screaming hell? I’m imagining scenes from “Johnny Got His Gun” where they come and get Johnny’s gun…:eek: It’s not unusual, with a brain dead person, to keep them on the vent all the way into surgery, then shut it off and wait for them to stop breathing on the table. ---
**Author:** ![Frisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Frisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frisco)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/47 "2011-03-26T00:08:45Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > When I said vegetable, I meant a braindead person, not a zucchini, in case anyone was confused. I want mine made from an Idaho spud so I can be a dicktator. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/48 "2011-03-26T00:45:32Z")
Mostly no. But, depends on what you call 'work". Although there’s no pill to actually make your penis bigger, there are some (Viagra for sure) that will make your erection more full. You might consider this “larger”. Some supplements contain herbs which may act to help you get a fuller (and thus larger) erection. > **[Yohimbine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohimbine)** > > Yohimbine (/joʊˈhɪmbiːn/), also known as quebrachine, is an indole alkaloid derived from the bark of the African tree Pausinystalia johimbe; also from the bark of the unrelated South American tree Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco. Yohimbine is an α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist, and has been used in a variety of research projects. It is a veterinary drug used to reverse sedation in dogs and deer. > While yohimbine behaves as an aphrodisiac in some mammals, it does not do so in humans. It has been p... Some of these herbs are rather dangerous, mind you, others are useless. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/49 "2011-03-26T01:34:51Z")
> [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](#): > > Longer only means it might bump against the cervix, which is not the most comfortable sensation. Except that in some cases it bumps against the prostate, and is very pleasurable. I’ve known a few gay men who’ve had their penises surgically enhanced, resulting in a permanent erection. They knew what they were getting, so no problem. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/50 "2011-03-26T02:39:48Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Actually penis-transplantation is becoming increasingly popular. They mostly use cadaver-penis from road accidents. Need to match it to your blood type, and roughly the same skin color. I now _so_ want to list “penis” on an organ-donor card to be carried around with me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/51 "2011-03-26T10:14:54Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > The desire for a large penis has nothing to do with wanting to give pleasure to the woman, it comes from the desire to clear out any genetic material left by a previous visitor. This is a great example of the kind of pop-science thought-experiment conclusions that have no probable basis in reality. They’re fun to make up, but otherwise useless. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/52 "2011-03-26T12:53:55Z")
Being well hung isn’t what it is made out to be. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/53 "2011-03-27T09:48:43Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Do these things have some sort of short term effect that lets people convince themselves they do work, or is the idea to keep marketing until every potential sucker^h^h^h customer gets ripped off? See post #5 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/54 "2011-03-28T13:09:44Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Actually penis-transplantation is becoming increasingly popular. They mostly use cadaver-penis from road accidents. Boy, if this doesn’t scream [_"If airplane black boxes are indestructible…_"](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/909/if-aircraft-black-boxes-are-indestructible-why-cant-the-whole-plane-be-made-from-the-same-material) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/55 "2011-03-28T18:52:38Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > When I said vegetable, I meant a braindead person, not a zucchini, in case anyone was confused. This is \*so \*my favorite post on the Dope in weeks. Weeks, I tells ya. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/56 "2011-03-28T19:17:05Z")
> [@Frisco](#): > > I want mine made from an Idaho spud so I can be a dicktator. I understand Walter Cronkite had one something similar, but more plebeian. That’s why he was a commentator. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723/57 "2011-03-28T20:29:39Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Are you serious? Holy shit, I don’t know how I’d feel about having a dead penis. Heh. Wait until you turn 70 or so…😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penis-enlargement-supplements-work/575723.md?page=2)