Mechanical penis extenders, or traction devices as they are sometimes called, are creating a lot of interest amongst men looking for an effective and easy way of adding some extra length and girth to their penises. How does a penis extender work? The extender works by applying a constant tension to the penis. The human body is an amazing organism, it can adapt under stress. Examples of this are plentiful, but possibly the most apparent is that of lifting weights. Like using working-out as an analogy for many aspects of the extender, because in effect, you're working-out your penis.
By lifting weights that are heavier than what we're used to, our body adapts to this new workload and builds extra muscle to help us with the task. The extender works in the same way. The penis will actually make new cells to adapt to the force on the penis. This results in a longer, thicker penis. There is simply more tissue there. There is a pervasive myth that suggests that increases in penis length achieved through traction are generally accompanied by a proportionate decrease in penis girth. In other words, the longer the penis stretches the thinner it gets. However, in reality the process of traction does not substitute one for the other.
It would be true to suggest that traction does indeed place an emphasis on lengthening the penis, but this is not at the expense of penis girth. All areas within the penile shaft are placed under equal stress when traction is applied and as a result all tissue cells multiply uniformly to cope with the demand. This has been born out by clinical research into the effectiveness of another penile stretching device, which indicated test subjects achieved average increases of around ½ inch in penis girth.
The discrepancy between length and girth increase is probably due to the fact that traction also gradually stretches the suspensory ligament that anchors the penis to the pubic bone and holds a portion of the penile shaft internally. In fact, the penis extends for several inches behind the pubic bone. By stretching the ligament that maintains the position of the internal part of the penile shaft, this hidden length is gradually exposed, creating additional visible and functional length.
Traction therefore promotes length gains through two distinct processes. Firstly by creating additional tissue mass as cells within the penis multiply in number in response to the stress placed on them. Secondly, additional visible length is achieved by gradually exposing a portion of the internally held penile shaft due to the stretching of the suspensory ligament. Gains in penis girth on the other hand, are only achieved through the one process i.e. the division of cells within the penis. As a result of this dual process, gains in length tend to be far more pronounced and noticeable.
