# Help! My penis is shrinking! (I think) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725 "2007-01-20T16:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/1 "2007-01-20T16:30:30Z")
I’m touching 40 (39 last August) and I’ve begun to notice that “Will Jr.” isn’t quite the same as he used to be. I have no problem getting it up, sexually or just plain wanking, but Jr. just doesn’t seem to be as… “robust”… as he was in years past. Is this normal? Does aging automatically = shrinkage? At this rate I’ll have an “innie” by the time I’m 60. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/2 "2007-01-20T17:22:28Z")
Are you sure it’s not just the surrounding gut expanding? I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’… ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/3 "2007-01-20T17:24:38Z")
And, just for the fun of mentioning it…this thread followed the thread titled “Hillary’s In!”. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/4 "2007-01-20T17:33:37Z")
[Penis Panic!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_panic) ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/5 "2007-01-20T17:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Are you sure it’s not just the surrounding gut expanding? [/QUOTE] That’s what I’m thinking. When you put on weight, it can collect under the skin immediately around the base of the penis, taking up to an inch off your _ahem_ usable length. I learned this the hard way. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/6 "2007-01-21T02:46:10Z")
The men in my post-gastric-bypass support group report that as they lose weight, their penises started to appear longer. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/7 "2007-01-21T12:49:28Z")
That wiki article is damn funny. Here’s one line from it. “Penis panics have occurred around the world, most notably in Africa and Asia.” I didn’t think something writen like this was in wiki. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/8 "2007-01-21T13:19:56Z")
[QUOTE=Broken Wind] I’m touching 40 (39 last August) and I’ve begun to notice that “Will Jr.” isn’t quite the same as he used to be. I have no problem getting it up, sexually or just plain wanking, but Jr. just doesn’t seem to be as… “robust”… as he was in years past. Is this normal? Does aging automatically = shrinkage? At this rate I’ll have an “innie” by the time I’m 60. :eek: [/QUOTE] Yanno the same thing happened to me but I sorted it out by using the “Brick” method. Essintially what you do is tie a brick to a piece of string and tie the other end to your todger. Before you know it you have an enormous dong, very thin mind but very looooooong ---
**Author:** ![toadbriar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@toadbriar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadbriar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/9 "2007-01-21T14:23:02Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Yanno the same thing happened to me but I sorted it out by using the “Brick” method. Essintially what you do is tie a brick to a piece of string and tie the other end to your todger. Before you know it you have an enormous dong, very thin mind but very looooooong [/QUOTE] Or, instead of a brick, tie it to a doorknob and slam the door. Oh, wait. No, that’s for a loose tooth. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/10 "2007-01-21T16:01:14Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Yanno the same thing happened to me but I sorted it out by using the “Brick” method. Essintially what you do is tie a brick to a piece of string and tie the other end to your todger. Before you know it you have an enormous dong, very thin mind but very looooooong [/QUOTE] OOOUUUCCCHHH!!! Will Jr. will be fine just the way he is. Fuck a millimeter. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/11 "2007-01-21T16:09:27Z")
_Penis-melting Zionist robot combs_–BAND NAME! ROTFLMAO! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/12 "2007-01-22T07:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=toadbriar] Or, instead of a brick, tie it to a doorknob and slam the door. Oh, wait. No, that’s for a loose tooth. [/QUOTE] OWWWW!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: Memo to self: read the _whole_ post next time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-penis-is-shrinking-i-think/388725/13 "2007-01-22T08:02:44Z")
Take quicker showers. That way you don’t run out of hot water.