{"id":13879,"date":"2019-06-27T02:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T02:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=13879"},"modified":"2019-06-27T02:05:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T02:05:37","slug":"masturbations-effects-on-testosterone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/masturbations-effects-on-testosterone\/","title":{"rendered":"Masturbation\u2019s Effects on Testosterone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worried masturbation will affect your testosterone levels? There\u2019s good news and bad news.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The good news and bad news<\/b><\/h3>\n

Researchers don\u2019t believe that masturbation has any long-term effects on testosterone levels, although it can be difficult to study because most people aren\u2019t willing to masturbate in a lab setting.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the short-term effects of masturbation, it does seem to decrease testosterone levels, as well as sex drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Abstinence and testosterone<\/b><\/h3>\n

If you\u2019re looking to raise your testosterone levels, abstinence (from sex and masturbation) may help. Several studies have found that taking a break from masturbation or sex of any kind appears to help after a certain time has passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • A 2003 study evaluated testosterone levels before and after 3 weeks of abstinence from masturbation and found that after the 3 weeks was up, the hormone\u2019s levels were higher.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Another 2003 study measured the hormone after a variety of number of days of abstinence. They found that, although testosterone levels didn\u2019t change much between the second and fifth days of abstinence, they had peaked by day seven.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • A 2001 study looked at testosterone levels before and after a 3-week break from masturbation. The data showed that the hormones was highest after the 3 weeks of abstinence.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Low testosterone<\/b><\/h3>\n

        Unless you get your hormones checked, you won\u2019t know for sure if you have low testosterone. There are, however, some common signs and symptoms to look for, including:<\/span><\/p>\n

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        • erectile dysfunction<\/span><\/li>\n
        • decreased body or facial hair<\/span><\/li>\n
        • low muscle mass<\/span><\/li>\n
        • mood changes<\/span><\/li>\n
        • reduced strength or endurance<\/span><\/li>\n
        • memory loss<\/span><\/li>\n
        • difficulty staying focused<\/span><\/li>\n
        • trouble sleeping<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          It\u2019s easy to treat low testosterone levels via gel, a patch or even an injection.<\/span><\/p>\n

          Don\u2019t worry that you might have high testosterone. It\u2019s quite uncommon and is more of a concern in young children, who could start puberty sooner than their peers. In addition, high testosterone at a young age can cause infertility.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Worried masturbation will affect your testosterone levels? There\u2019s good news and bad news.\u00a0 The good news and bad news Researchers don\u2019t believe that masturbation has any long-term effects on testosterone levels, although it can be difficult to study because most people aren\u2019t willing to masturbate in a lab setting. As for the short-term effects of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[752],"class_list":["post-13879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-testosterone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}