{"id":14757,"date":"2020-02-27T01:38:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T01:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14757"},"modified":"2020-02-27T01:38:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T01:38:41","slug":"4-causes-of-penis-shrinkage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/4-causes-of-penis-shrinkage\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Causes of Penis Shrinkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Concerned about penis shrinkage? You\u2019re not alone. The average length of an erect penis is actually only 5.2 inches but we still tend to worry that we\u2019re not \u201csizing up\u201d in the manhood department. So, while it may be normal to worry about penis shrinkage, cut yourself some slack. First, because a lot of men think they\u2019re under-endowed, and second, because penis shrinkage is often normal. Here are some of the more common reasons it occurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>You\u2019ve put on a few pounds. <\/b><span>There\u2019s good news and bad news. The bad news is, you\u2019ve put on a few pounds. The good news is, your penis isn\u2019t shrinking, it just looks that way because it\u2019s attached to your abdominal wall. When your belly gets bigger, it pulls the penis in. If you lose the extra pounds, your penis will most likely go back to its regular size.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>You\u2019re getting older. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we age, the fat deposits build up in our arteries, which causes a reduction in blood flow to the penis. This, in turn, weakens the muscle cells in the erectile tubs in the penis. It\u2019s the same reason you may have fewer (or smaller) firm erections. It\u2019s also possible that years of small injuries have built up the scar tissue, which affects the spongy erectile tissues in your penis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>You\u2019ve had prostate surgery. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Men who have had a radical prostatectomy (removal the prostate gland) are more likely to experience some penis shrinkage. Although no one knows exactly why this happens, it\u2019s possible that the urethral tube shortens during the surgery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>You smoke. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research has shown that men who smoke tend to have shorter erect penises than men who don\u2019t smoke. This is likely due to the inhibition of blood flow caused by the chemicals in cigarettes injuring the blood vessels in the penis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerned about penis shrinkage? You\u2019re not alone. The average length of an erect penis is actually only 5.2 inches but we still tend to worry that we\u2019re not \u201csizing up\u201d in the manhood department. So, while it may be normal to worry about penis shrinkage, cut yourself some slack. First, because a lot of men [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[1140],"class_list":["post-14757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-shrinkage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14757","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=14757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}