# Do testes hang lower with age? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303 "2004-07-09T16:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/41 "2014-06-22T04:24:21Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I am 62 and mine have definitely been hanging way lower for the last few years. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/42 "2014-06-22T04:26:33Z")
Mine look like two pool balls in a plastic grocery bag. ---
**Author:** ![M.Constant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@M.Constant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M.Constant)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/43 "2014-06-23T14:07:54Z")
There was a comedian (Daniel Tosh I think) that said he was going to get a tattoo of a line every year, marking the inevitable descent. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/44 "2014-06-24T03:24:51Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > Interestingly enough, there’s also a _foreskin_ restoration immdiately followed by an _adult circumcision_. Buyer’s remorse? ---
**Author:** ![notoverthehillyet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@notoverthehillyet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notoverthehillyet)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/45 "2016-10-01T05:14:20Z")
For some, sure, age may be a factor. I’m nearly 50 and have a friend in his early 60’s and there isn’t any low balling for either of us. Also, I have worn similar to speedo style gotchies most of my life,(rarely boxers), which keep the boys pretty close to home but, I have doubt that has anything to do with it either. I believe it’s simply genetic that gives some of you the pair of cueballs in a tubesock look. Ouch!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/46 "2016-10-01T06:06:45Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > _Do your balls hang low? > Do they wobble to and fro? > Can you tie them in a knot? > Can you tie them in a bow? > Can you throw them over your shoulder > Like a Continental soldier? > Do your balls hang low?_ You know we need a like button here. ---
**Author:** ![Pantherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pantherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantherman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/47 "2017-11-10T11:01:07Z")
Personally I think it’s in the genes. Maybe the sagging ball sack is due to health as well as having larger sacks when young. Or, it could be due the guys being totally at ease therefore the ball sack will relax as well, allowing the knockers to sway. The thing that we guys need to realize is that when in the relaxed state, the sack will let loose, just as some women’s labias do. Maybe it’s the same with how some breasts sag with some women as they age due to little or no exercise in order to stay firm. Don’t know if that is a vital element to the equation or not. We are all different, but yet… the same. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder after, so if a woman likes that and gets turned on by it, she’ll know that it won’t be a problem during sex. My father, up to his death, had a large ball sack and schlong, however… it’s been said that as we guys approach our more advanced age, we tend to shrink in size, but it’s all relative really. ������ As long as we can get it up to take the plunge and satisfy our woman, that’s what’s truly important. I’m 54 and don’t have a problem with sagging knockers and am not worried in the least. What’s important is the fact that during sex, the sack will constrict to prevent damage to the balls as we plow the furrow. Either way… swaying can be fun. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/48 "2017-11-10T11:58:54Z")
Well there ya go. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/49 "2017-11-10T12:42:22Z")
[With apologies to the late Tom Petty.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vfKK9CaptQ) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/50 "2017-11-10T15:51:14Z")
Mine sure do, especially after a long hot bath, one more pronouncedly than the other. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/51 "2017-11-10T16:36:34Z")
I’m 57, and the worst is when I sit down to take a leisurely morning crap…and they touch the water in the bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/52 "2017-11-10T20:14:02Z")
> [@Pantherman](#): > > … > The thing that we guys need to realize is that when in the relaxed state, the sack will let loose, just as some women’s labias do… Don’t know much about women’s labia, but the “relaxed state” affects down there is more a matter of the parasympathetic nervous system making things slippery and engorging the labia. However, I do know, as do millions of _Seinfeld_ viewers, that “letting lose[er]” or not, when not considering the lengthy discussion pertinent to this thread, has no bearing on how relaxed you are. I like to relax by swimming, for example… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/53 "2017-11-10T20:48:52Z")
There once was a man from Devizes Whose balls were of two different sizes One was so small It was no ball at all But the other won several prizes ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/54 "2017-11-11T18:29:39Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I’m 57, and the worst is when I sit down to take a leisurely morning crap…and they touch the water in the bowl. Or when I piss off a bridge and they hang in the water. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/55 "2017-11-11T19:35:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Or when I piss off a bridge and they hang in the water. “Boy, this water’s deep.” “Yeah, and it’s cold, too.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/56 "2017-11-12T05:32:59Z")
I think the type of underwear worn makes a big difference, but it’s the opposite way round from what you might think. - Tight underwear means that the testes are always supported, so the muscles and tendons that support the scrotum become weak, and the testes tend to hang lower with age. - Boxers or loose underwear means that the muscles and tendons in the scrotum remain constantly used and strong, and so the testes tend to hang close to the body. My experience (late 50s) is that I’ve been wearing boxers for decades, and my testes hang close to my body. My father always wore briefs, and at about the same age had low hanging testes. I’ve never heard of low hanging testes in tribal societies that wear few clothes, or Scottish Highlanders wearing kilts with nothing underneath. In the case of animals who don’t have scrotal support, you never see the testes hanging lower with age. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/57 "2017-11-12T15:23:39Z")
OK, those of you comparing your testes with those of your father’s at your current age. What?! How do you , . No, never mind. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/58 "2017-11-12T17:08:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > OK, those of you comparing your testes with those of your father’s at your current age. > > What?! > > How do you , . No, never mind. That would be sick. Maybe they’re just comparing them with those of their friends’ fathers. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303/59 "2017-11-14T12:58:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > That would be sick. Maybe they’re just comparing them with those of their friends’ fathers. …or, like me, they spent summers at a nudist camp. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-testes-hang-lower-with-age/254303.md?page=2)