Besides the use of penis enlargement pills, there are several other methods on the market for providing natural male enhancement. One of these methods is the use of a penis pump.

Doctors view the penis pump-or “vacuum constriction device,” as it’s called in the business-as a reasonable, low-cost treatment for erectile dysfunction. A report from the American Urological Association says that constriction devices might be useful in cases where PDE5-inhibitor drugs like Viagra are ineffective. Still, most men (or couples) don’t like using the penis pump: The report concludes that “low patient acceptability limits the application or use of this therapy.”

A vacuum pump is very simply a cylinder that fits the penis tightly so that no air can get into the cylinder, and the air that is in there gets pushed out. It is a vacuum pressure that helps to stretch the tissues in the penis so that they fill up with more blood and your erection can get bigger and stronger than ever before.

Now that you know how it works, you may be wondering if it works. Vacuum devices sound good in theory, but rarely do they actually work longer than just temporarily, and they could cause significant damage to your penis if used over a long period of time. You are essentially subjecting your penis to such pressure that it can rupture your blood vessels and cause internal bleeding. Although it is true that the blood vessels will heal in time, if you use the pump over a long period of time, it can cause damage that is irreversible.

The vacuum pumps have proved successful in studies of penile rehabilitation. Certain procedures-like radical prostatectomies-can cause temporary impotence as a result of nerve damage. If you go long enough without a spontaneous erection, some of your penile tissue can atrophy, causing long-term dysfunction. It turns out that postoperative use of a penis pump may help stave off this damage.

Penis pumps are available over the counter, and some men without ED use them for masturbation or to increase their length or girth. To accomplish this latter goal, vendors suggest 30-minute sessions three or four times per week for a period of several months. The medical literature, however, does not support the idea that vacuum constriction will produce a lasting change in penis size.

If anything, overuse of the pump can damage the penis. The American Urological Association recommends only those devices that come with a “vacuum limiter,” which automatically lets in air if too much negative pressure builds in the tube. Excessive pumping without the vacuum limiter can cause penile bruising, or-in extreme cases-very serious tissue damage.

Whether you are thinking of taking penis enlargement pills or other methods for male enhancement, please contact a physician and see if your issues of male inadequacy can be solved through medical and psychiatric treatment.

There are several websites out there that promote natural male enhancement through the development of exercises that will increase the size of your penis. Some of these sites claim to be endorsed by a physician and offer comprehensive support, videos, testimonials and detailed information about your penis in an attempt to get you to buy their penis enlargement packages. These products start at around a hundred dollars and go up from there.

Like the penis enlargement pill industry, natural male enhancement through exercise is just another myth designed to profit from men’s issues of inadequacy. The manufacturers of these products get away with their deceptive ad campaigns because their products do delivery results, just not the ones that the consumer is seeking.

Most techniques and products on the market for male enhancement provide some sort of stimulation and arousal. Most men who do use these products find that they get aroused easier and have a longer sustained erection, but these are not the results sought when the products are bought. It is through these bait and switch tactics that allows these companies to exist because on a basic level they do deliver some results and the customer never follows through with seeking a refund.

The same thing happens when you use products that teach penis enlargement exercises. Through the use of their techniques, you will experience better erection hardness and ejaculation control but you will never permanently increase in size.

These sites compare penis exercises to working out in a gym and then go on with some medical explanation on how this works. Blood flow is the major source of creating an erection and there are techniques to help increase this flow of blood, but there is no way to increase your penis size through exercise for one simple reason.

There are no muscles in your penis.

When a body builder is trying to increase his size he has to rip and burn; he has to tear his muscles and then rebuild them through repetition and weight training. If your penis had muscles, you would have to do the same thing; constantly ripping the muscles and then building them up again.

Look, if you have an active sex life, or practice masturbation, your penis is getting all the exercise it needs. If you suffer from erectile dysfunction, then there are medically approved products and pills acknowledged by the FDA to combat this problem.

Before you try any natural male enhancement products, make sure you understand the difference between having a sustained erection and penis enlargement. While the first can be solved with pills like Viagra, for those who suffer from issues of male inadequacy, there is no proven method of natural enhancement.

A new growing trend in the natural male enhancement market is the penis patch. Made with similar ingredients as penis enlargement pills, these patches promise a better delivery system for herbal supplements and therefore have a better chance of success.

But the fact remains that there is no product currently on the market that can truly enhance the size of your penis permanently. Most of these products, like male enhancement patches and penis enlargement pills, work at maintaining an erection through known arousal supplements or from placebo effect psychology.

If impotency and erectile dysfunction is your problem, then seek the help of a physician. There are plenty of pills like Viagra and surgical methods that can be used to help with these problems. If you still feel the need to try various methods of natural male enhancement and wanted to choose between penis enlargement pills or penis patches, then I would suggest the patch.

Penis patches work because of advances in Trans-Dermal delivery similar to the nicotine patch. Your skin lets in small particles while block others, and these patches are designed to release their ingredients straight into your bloodstream to be absorbed for quicker results.

With penis enlargement pills, the ingredients have to be digested first before they can work. What then happens is that the herbal supplements provided in the male enhancement pills are released too quickly and most are passed out of your system not to be absorbed. So the manufacturers of the pills make smaller doses, so that you take the pills throughout the day. With the penis patch, they claim they have overcome this problem with sustained releases throughout the day.

Now, these patches are not applied directly to the penis, but placed on your arm, inner thigh, or buttocks.

There seems to be some testimony out there relating to the fact that the penis patch works better than male enhancement pills. Whether this statement has some validity or not, I have no firsthand knowledge, but, as with penis enlargement pills, the FDA does not regulate this market and you should always be careful with whatever supplements you put into your body.

As this is a new industry, information is still too vague to get accurate accounts of the performance of various penis patches.