Does Masturbation Help Maintain Potency?

Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2014

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Question : I read somewhere that in order to maintain potency, you have to "use it". At age 65, I have had great success with that; I masturbate occasionally if the period between sex with my wife gets much past a week, that is, I "use it". Is this all in my mind, or did I actually read this somewhere. It seems to work very well even after HIFUing my prostate cancer 2 years ago. In fact, I think it works better!

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
maintaining potency

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Yeh you read it right if you don't use it for a long time ,the hormonal activation may be permanently turned off. In effect meaning your brain switch for this particular thing may permanently turn off or become refractory to normal stimuli.So if you want to keep it like that, use it once in a while. Thank you.
Dr. Khan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar