Penis Traction Devices - How They Work

Penis traction borrows an idea which from the medical community's perspective, has been in development for over 30 years. The basic principle is that when stress is applied to a specific body part over a sustained period of time, that region will gradually grow new cells, including tissue cells, and in doing so, will expand in size and volume.

In the case of the penis, the application of traction gently stretching it causes the cells which make up the Corpora Cavernosa and the Corpus Spongiosum within the penis to swell, break down and slowly multiply to fill the space created by the stretching. In doing so, the penis slowing grows in both length and girth.  Gains in solid penile tissue are added to by the increased blood volume which the now larger blood vessels are able to accommodate.

Alarming as this process sounds, it's actually used every day in hospitals throughout the world in a variety medical disciplines, from orthopaedics, to burns, to cosmetic enhancement, including male enhancement. In fact, penis traction as we know it was first used in hospitals in Europe from the late 1980's onwards.

Using prototypes of the devices on sale today, physicians used traction to treat patients with penile curvature, correction of Peyronie's disease and as a post-surgical treatment in order to to avoid scar retraction. The success of these early devices led clinicians to development them for use in elective treatments for individuals who had nothing wrong with their penis, other than finding it to be too small.

Many companies marketing penis traction devices refer to similar processes being used by aboriginal tribes in Africa and Asia, but it is becoming increasingly possible able to draw on more contemporary examples of body part growth via stress.  The most prominent example available today is that of the Brava breast enhancement program. The University of Texas has developed a breast growth program as an alternative to surgery which is now being used by physicians worldwide.  Women wear a specially designed bra for at least 12 hours each day over a minimum of 16 weeks.  The bra exerts a suction force, which causes the breast tissue to stretch, break down, multiply and grow in exactly the same way as described above.

My point here is not that this technique will have you growing breast tissue on your willy (duh!), but that the Brava system has gained the respect of both medical and user communities in the short space of time it's been available (since 2001). 

By contrast, although well-known to specialist clinicians, penis enlargement through traction has struggled to achieve the same popular recognition, no doubt because it is hampered by its vague association with the porn industry, those pesky spam e-mails for penis enlargement pills, and because the desire for male enhancement in general, and penis enlargement in particular, is treated by most people as something of a joke.  It's unfair, because clinically, penis traction is proving itself to be as successful in the field of male enhancement as the Brava system is for female enhancement, and at the end of the day, a guy's desire to make the best of himself is just as valid as a woman's.