reproductive health male form

There is no unified "standard form" for male reproductive health. The core of the evaluation is always "normal function, no pathological discomfort, and no impact on sexual life and fertility." All standards that talk about form apart from function are false propositions.

To be honest, I have been in the andrology clinic for almost 8 years and have treated nearly a thousand patients who came to see the doctor because they "felt that their appearance was not right". More than 90% of them did not have any pathological problems, but were all influenced by the messy anxiety marketing PUA on the Internet. What impressed me the most was a 22-year-old boy who just had his first girlfriend last year. He watched too much of the so-called "normal standards" in short videos. He hid in his dormitory every day and compared pictures on the Internet. He didn't even dare to go to the public bathroom with his girlfriend. He forced his parents to come to him for "extended surgery." The results of the physical examination were all within the normal range. After half an hour of persuasion, he left with a blushing face.

Many people's obsession with "form" essentially means that they regard the special samples in adult videos as universal templates. This is as outrageous as using the faces of Internet celebrities as the standard of appearance for ordinary people. There has never been a unified numerical value for the evaluation of male reproductive morphology in the Western medicine system: 3-8 cm when flaccid and 8-16 cm after erection are completely normal ranges, and individual differences are huge - some people only see 4 cm when flaccid, and it can triple to 12 cm after erection. Some people only have 7 cm when flaccid, and only 10 cm after erection. There is no problem in either case. As for the color depth, the presence of wrinkles, and the shape of the coronal sulcus, they are all related to race, age, daily wearing habits, and frequency of sexual life. They have nothing to do with "health".

I talked about this topic with a familiar TCM andrologist before, and his logic of judgment was different. Traditional Chinese medicine does not focus on local morphology alone, but pays more attention to the overall qi and blood state: even if your morphology completely conforms to the "standard template" on the Internet, if your waist and knees are sore and weak every day, you sweat when you move the slightest, and you are exhausted for two or three days after having sex, it is considered poor reproductive health and you need to adjust your kidney qi. On the other hand, if the overall condition is good, even if the appearance is a little different from the so-called "standard", there is no need to worry about it.

Oh, by the way, there are still people who are wondering every day, "Whether it shrinks too small when you are weak, it means you have kidney deficiency." They just have no common sense. The scrotum and penis itself have the function of expanding with heat and contracting with cold. It is normal for the penis to shrink into a ball when it is cold in winter. If it is still drooping in the cold weather, then there is a problem.

Reproductive plastic surgery, which is very popular on the market right now, actually has two completely different voices in the industry. One group supports surgical intervention that meets the indications: for example, if there is a real pathological morphological abnormality, such as a phimosis that cannot be opened and is prone to repeated inflammation, a severe penile curvature of more than 30 degrees that affects sexual life, or a concealed penis that is buried in fat and really affects its function. In such cases, surgery is strictly necessary and there is no problem at all. But the other group has always been opposed to plastic surgery for purely cosmetic needs: after all, any surgery has risks. If you go under the knife for the so-called "better look", if it leaves sequelae of scarring and nerve damage, it will destroy the good functions, which is purely a loss outweighing the gain.

Among the cases I have come across, the most unfortunate case is that of a 30-year-old programmer who failed to conceive after a year of trying to conceive. He wondered whether his body shape was wrong, so he secretly went to a small institution to have a so-called "enlargement surgery." As a result, he became infected and painful for two months after the operation, and his semen vitality was even lower when he checked again. In fact, before he could not get pregnant, he stayed up late and sat for long periods of time, drinking Coke instead of water. This could be solved by adjusting his daily routine for three months, so he suffered for no reason.

If you really want to judge whether there is a problem by yourself, there is no need to compare with the pictures on the Internet. Just look at three points: whether there is any unexplained pain, itching, or abnormal secretions in the local area, and whether there is a stinging or burning sensation when urinating.； Are there any problems with erection during intercourse, will it hurt during ejaculation, and can sexual intercourse be completed normally? ； If you are preparing for pregnancy, a semen routine check is more accurate than anything else. As long as the sperm motility and concentration are normal, the appearance of the sperm will not affect the birth of a child.

To put it bluntly, male reproductive organs are just like people’s looks. Some people have round faces, some have square faces, some have single eyelids, and some have double eyelids. As long as the facial features function normally and do not affect the function, there is no need to shave them into an internet celebrity face. Instead of worrying about looking at pictures online every day, it is better to stay up less late at night, smoke less, and stop wearing tight pants every day, as any form adjustment will work.