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Can Frequent Masturbation Desensitize The Penis?
Can frequent masturbation desensitize the penis? I am 19 and have been masturbating, on average, once or twice a day since I hit puberty. While discussing the particulars of our sex life with my girlfriend, I started to fear that my excessive masturbation may have desensitized me. I do not have any problems becoming aroused or achieving orgasm, but compared with other sensitive parts of the body (my finger, for example), sensation in my penis feels less...precise, detailed? I don't know the right word. Could my masturbation have physically desensitized my penis, or is the physiology simply that the genital nerves have less specific sensation than, say, my finger?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello and welcome to HCM.
Don't worry at all.Masturbation regularly at your age is normal.It's doesn't cause any de-sensitisation as you believe.If nerves of penis are affected in any way, a proper arousal, erection and orgasm itself cannot be achieved. So just relax.
Hope your doubt is cleared.
Don't worry at all.Masturbation regularly at your age is normal.It's doesn't cause any de-sensitisation as you believe.If nerves of penis are affected in any way, a proper arousal, erection and orgasm itself cannot be achieved. So just relax.
Hope your doubt is cleared.
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