I’ve never tested the limits of scrotal skin strength, but the (normal) testicular membrane seems pretty thin. Re people suffering from elephantiasis, how can those 3rd world men with elephantized testicles carry their basketball sized cojones around without them ripping right off?
Yuck. You will probably want one of the boards experts, but skin is tougher than it looks…and more elastic.
-XT
Funny you ask. The fam and I were discussing this over dinner. Am waiting for hard answers…
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As the links went to not only the affected men, but also undressed affected men, I have deleted the links.
astro, please remember our “two-click” policy for anything that might be “work unsafe.” If in doubt, two-click it.
No biggie. Feel free to repost if you can get an intermediate work safe site.
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Work safe? - They were naked villiagers with grotesque elephantisis deformities, I donlt know how I’m going to make that “safe”, but I understand your concern.
Google “elephantiasis” then click “Images” in the link above the Google dialog box.
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Like I said, no big deal, it’s fixed now. Thanks for your understanding.
Often, in a wheelbarrow. Seriously.
The testicles are critical to a man’s health. They produce testosterone, and a man needs that for more than recreation. Without testosterone, a man assumes a pear shape. His body-fat percentage and distribution goes all to heck. (In my case, my posture went to heck.) There are also important psychological impacts.
Even a seventy-year-old widower needs some level of testosterone for good health.
So anyway, they are not just cosmetic. Removal of one’s testicles is a serious issue.
Why does the movie “Johny Dangerously” come to mind?
Uh, I don’t think he’s asking if you should remove them, he’s asking why haven’t these testicles just torn off the body on their own, due to the weight.
Now, IANAD, but looking at the images - gross btw - the skin looks very toughened like it also has been affected by the disease, so maybe the skin thickens too?
I just had to say that the Google ad “Shaving Private Ryan” gave me a smile on this gloomy Northeast day. 
“Shave without lobbing anything off!”.
Well, I don’t see why anyone would be using a blade capable of “lobbing” while shaving “down there”.
Aye carumba!
That looks a tad uncomfortable! Sure removal of one’s balls is a serious undertaking, but given that people routinely undergo more radical surgury sans pain killers for reasons not even approachin mere mobility…why don’t these guys just lob them off?
As to the mechanical aspects of the OP, I am reminded of folks with massive ear piercings. You’ve seen them, ear lobes so stretched and deformed that the owners can practically jump rope with them. I know human hise is tough and stretchy, but I wonder if new material isn’t made as a result of the stretching so that, over time, thickness is not compromised as surface area increases?
The cells that multiply out of control, are not same type of cells that should be there. The cells produce a mass of cells without nerves. The medical texts say all that mass of cells can easily be cut off. The cell mass is a lot like calluses on your foot. Their normal organs and muscles are buried in the large mass.
The words I think you’re looking for are lop and lopping of, not lob and lobbing off. A lob is a type of underhand shot in tennis (among other things). No matter how uncomfortable my situation was, I don’t think lobbing testicles of any size is the correct solution.
Cal, “lob” is a reference to a misspelling in one of the Google ds.
Ah. Severely whooshed.
That’s what I get for not looking at the Google ads. Darn you for making me look.
After being given the incorrect change at McDonald’s, I lopped off the worker’s balls and lobbed them into the deep fryer.
Gee. Thanks a lot, Cal.