# Penis Enlargement **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 16, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-enlargement/280122 "2004-12-16T10:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-enlargement/280122/21 "2004-12-18T04:11:18Z")
Of course they work, and quite well, too. The only problem is getting the little guy to take them - his mouth ain’t that big. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-enlargement/280122/22 "2004-12-18T08:21:49Z")
Bah. You’re all a bunch of panzies. I’m a real man. I have to take penis REDUCING pills just to have sex with anything smaller then a moose. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-enlargement/280122/23 "2004-12-18T10:00:06Z")
To give a straight answer- not significantly, and probably- but you can get them cheaper. OK, some herbs increase the flow of blood. Ginko is one of them. Ginko can help men who sometimes have a minor difficulty with getting an erection. Ginko is pretty darn safe\*. And there are a few others, and each gets less likely and less safe\*- well except Yohimbe- which does work but can be dangerous. But they only work to _help_ you get an erection. Well- maybe a bit more. Some men don’t get “rock hard” like they did in their ‘youth"- if the herb helps you get from “mostly-kinda erect” to “hard as granite”- then yes- it has made you "bigger’, right? So- yes, there are herbs- some safe\*, some not so safe\*- that do help you get erections- and thus in some men- these lead to larger(harder) erections. But do note- let us assume that back in your misspent youth (by this I mean around the age of 18 or so- college years) you measured your penis when it was so hard it hurt. :eek: That’s then as big as it’s going to be. These pills will not make your penis bigger than that. What they _might_ do is help you get closer to that. I know I don’t get as hard as I used to. And I think the herbs have helped a bit. AND- most of the “make your penis bigger” pills are rip-offs. They don’t even contain the right herbs that do have _some_ effectiveness, or they overcharge by a factor of 10. Ginko is cheap, safe\*- and has some effect. Yohimbe isn’t quite as cheap- and can be dangerous. Horny Goat Weed is likely safe\*, and may have some effect, and isn’t expensive. Then there is also Maca (_Lepidium mayenyi_), _Mucuna pruriens_, and _Polypodium vulgara_- probably safe\*, unknown effectiveness. Doctors Trust has a herbal Complex- they are fairly reputable, and it isn’t expensive. Zinc will help men suffering from a deficeincy- and is safe\* in normal doses. Some swear by DHEA. Some caveats here. Google for warnings. - I am not a real doctor. By “safe”- I mean that so far the FDA or CR hasn’t gotten all excited about “potential dangers” or anything. Some herbs are dangerous for some people even if they are safe for 99% of the rest. Start with small dosages from a reputable source. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-enlargement/280122/24 "2004-12-18T10:50:19Z")
Well, whatever you do, don’t do what **Qadgop** ’s patient [did](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273825). ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-enlargement/280122/25 "2004-12-18T11:45:53Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Well, whatever you do, don’t do what **Qadgop** ’s patient [did](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273825). Just as we really get the fun going, you have to bring this up! Hint: when a thread is fun, do NOT cite a **QtM** prison OP. :mad: (And I was just about to make a couple of hot dogs!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-enlargement/280122.md?page=1)