Men who experience a significantly bent penis – who have what would medically be determined to be Peyronie’s disease – face a number of challenges, including some related to sexual or penis health. Although treatments are being developed that can help a man with a severely bent penis, there is still a lot that is being learned about Peyronie’s disease and still many times when a man with a bent penis may need to seek accommodations of some kind. For example, he may need to give some thought to what sex toys he does or does not incorporate into his sex play.
Bent vs curved
Lest too many men worry about whether they have Peyronie’s disease and don’t know, it’s important to realize that in many men, some degree of curvature of the penis is totally natural and not a penis health issue at all. It’s only when the degree of curvature is so extreme as to cause pain or to interfere with penetrative sexual experiences that problems arise.
Peyronie’s disease generally occurs when there is some trauma to the penis – one-time or repeated – that damages the delicate penile tissue. When the tissue heals, some scar tissue or plaque also forms. This is just part of the healing process. The problem is that scar tissue does not have the flexibility and stretchiness that penile tissue does; it is this flexibility that enables the penis to grow from its flaccid state into its longer and thicker erect state.
A man’s penis still becomes erect, but as the penis elongates, the side that has scar tissue cannot stretch as far as the other sides, causing the penis to bend up, down, to the left, or to the right.
Use of sex toys
So how does this affect a man’s use of sex toys? In many instances, it does not, but in others it can.
Take, for instance, the simple penis ring, possibly the sex toy most commonly used by men. The penis ring, which may be made of metal, silicone, latex, leather, or other materials, is meant to go around either the shaft of the penis or both the shaft and balls. It is tight (but not so tight as to cause pain), and this tightness helps to trap blood in the erect penis, enabling a man to more easily attain and maintain an erection. However, many men with a severely bent penis may experience varying degrees of pain during an erection, and it is possible that a penis ring may exacerbate this painful state.
Similarly, penis sleeves – hollow cylindrical objects intended to be worn over the penis – may indeed help temporarily straighten the bent penis somewhat while the penis is inside the sleeve, and that can be a benefit for a man and his partner. But in especially severe cases, the “pull” that causes the straightening may add to the pain caused by the bend.
However, most sex toys should be of use to even a man with a bent penis. Often, Peyronie’s disease may be accompanied by a loss of some penis sensation, due to the relative insensitivity of scar tissue, which may affect a man’s sexual enjoyment. Sex toys such as prostate massagers or vibrators may help to increase sexual sensation to “make up” for the loss brought about by the scar tissue.
Using sex toys may be beneficial for a man with a bent penis, as can regular use of a superior penis health oil (health professionals recommend Man 1 Man Oil , which is clinically proven mild and safe for skin). An oil cannot straighten the bent penis, but it can help to keep the skin and tissue as pliable as possible, especially if the oil contains heavy-hitting moisturizing agents like shea butter and vitamin E. It’s also advisable to find an oil with vitamin C, which happens to be a key component of collagen, a tissue in the body that gives skin its tone and elasticity.