TROUBLESHOOT Vacuum Loss

First of all, let's recognize that when we start stretching our penis, it's going to start getting thinner, which means the silicon sleeve has to conform to the shape as it gets thinner. One of the main things that you can experience a vacuum leak is because you may have too big of a sleeve, which doesn't conform to your penis when you start stretching. So think of it like this, like a rubber band. Here's your penis, you start stretching and starts getting thinner, the sleeve is unable to conform to the thinner penis. So as a suggestion, I would recommend going to a smaller sleeve if you're experiencing that problem.

The girth band provides a mild amount of compression, which will in turn, help this portion of the penis, where the chamber's going to be fitted, to expand and stay more expanded, helps trap more blood, keep it fuller during the hang session. So this is an important thing to do, use a girth band.

Here's the hand pump that we use with our systems. Now here's what it is, you see the gauge here, I'm going to plug the hose and draw out some vacuum. See how the needle slowly starts to go down. Okay. No big deal, your hand pumps still good. Just do this. Plug your hose into your chamber, draw out a little more vacuum than you need. Wait till it goes to where you want it to be, I'm a say 10, and then just disconnect. That's it. It's still-

Use a longer portion of sleeve, if necessary. Now, this all is predicated on how long your flaccid penis is. We typically install three inches of sleeve on the chamber. However, once you install your chamber, your penis is going to hit the bottom here. If you have a little extra sleeve, it can fold over your girth band which will in turn, help ensure a better vacuum seal. So that even as you start getting to higher weights, you're not going to experience a slip or any vacuum loss.

As you're using your hand pump all the time, the hose could be getting loosened up on this little barbed end, and it could leak vacuum through this area. So what you do is you just pull the hose off and snip it off and re-install it. It's going to make for a nice tight seal.

You can see there's a couple little rubber O-rings on here. These little rubber O-rings can wear a little bit to where once it's plugged in, it could leak a little bit of vacuum. So I recommend doing the same as I showed you before snip the hose off, put a new little male fitting on and you're good to go again.

ARTICLE: Amount of Hg's to use per amount of weight

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How many Hg's should I be using per amount of weight?

This is somewhat subjective. It also depends on how much weight you are attempting to hang. For example when I am hanging 8 lbs., I draw out about 3 hg of vacuum pressure and hook the weight up to the chamber, lower it until it is hanging onto my penis all by itself. I take a look at the gauge and it will read about 5 hg, The weight alone primed the pressure up another 2 hg. That is sufficient for me to hang 8 lbs. When I go up to 10 lbs and above, I do the same, except as I allow the weight to hang I draw the desired pressure I need to allow the weight to hang without slipping off, which is about 10 hg. So draw up to 5 hg, allow the weight to hang, it will spike up a couple more hg, and then draw out the remainder up to 10 hg and disconnect hose. Even when I hang up to 17 lbs. I never need more than about 15 hg. of pressure.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Circumcised Men Wrapping Method

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DiscoStick Demo Wrap Prep Blue Tape

Hey everyone this is just a quick wrapping video per the LG manual. So first thing is you'll want to make sure you have your girth band on, I like to double mine up to keep the pressure. And then you'll take your tape, and you'll start about an inch below, you'll make your way around, make sure it's all nice and smooth. I'm gonna wrap up towards the top having a little bit hang off. And just kinda squeeze it together at the end there. Squeeze it, and then fold it under, so it all sticks together, so you might wanna hold that for a little bit. Hold down here, kinda squeeze everything in. You don't wanna squeeze too tight, just enough for everything to stick.

Just keep on holding. So it seems pretty good. Let's just wrap down, and you can hold that if it's not staying, and then put that in your hanger, and fold down the silicone. And you are ready to go.

So I hope that helps some of the technique as far as hanging with an LG hanger, and your wrap technique. I am circumcised obviously so, you'll want to check the manual for the uncircumcised option.

DiscoStick Demo Wrap Prep Beige Tape (personal preference)

- Alright, so the first thing you wanna do is get about 80 to 90% hard. I do this with the two girth bands and I'll show you how those come into play in just a second. And then we're gonna go ahead and do a wrap, just about half an inch below the glans. Just make sure it's nice and tight. Wrap it all around. Nice little opening there. And then we'll just hold this down, just try to get a full grip if possible, then just kinda squeeze and squeeze 'em together. That helps tighten it up. Make sure it's nice and secure. Not too tight, don't wanna hurt yourself. 

Alright, so we still got that little opening, so I have this band here. Another piece, and just wrap it across like so. Then you hold that in place, make sure everything stuck together. Give it just kind of a pulsing motion to keep it all good. That should be okay. Looks like everything's good. Still need to put our LG Hanger on there to get it wrapped up. Now, I just gotta pull down and just kinda slide it all the way across. Okay, pull out any kinks. Then we're gonna roll this back. 

Make sure it's nice and tight. Check the inside, everything looks good. Still together. Then we're gonna pull this first band up by the head and then we're gonna pull the bottom one around at the bottom, and that gives me a pretty nice tight fit for my hangs. Serves me well so far. So now, we're ready to pump and we're ready to hang. Hope you enjoyed.

Dr. Wayne J. G. Hellstrom- LG Hanger Weight Traction after surgery

"I tend to prefer penile traction devises over penile pumps, in that they result in less penile discomfort and permit longer sustained duration of use."

"For patients treated with plication or incision/grafting procedures, I usually start them on a combination of nightly phosphodiesterase inhibitors and penile traction therapy for a few months."-Dr. Wayne J.G. Hellstrom

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Dr. Wayne J. G. Hellstrom has been awarded many honors in the field of Urology.
He has served as president of the Sexual Medical Society of North America, committee chair of the International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM), president-elect of the American Society of Andrology, associate editor for The Journal of Sexual Medicine and specialty editor for the Journal of  Urology.
Full article can be viewed at: https://www.mypeyronies.com/dr-Wayne-J-G-Hellstrom.html

TUTORIAL: Replacing the sleeve on your LG Hanger Chamber

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This video shows how to handle your silicon sleeves when replacing them on your custom made LG Hanger chamber for penis enlargement.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Fulcrum Excercise Demo by JoyStick for Penis Enlargement

The Fulcrum is awesome for isolating specific areas and targeting where you want extra thickness. JoyStick Demonstrates his version of how he does the Fulcrum Exercise for Penis Enlargement.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Fulcrum Exercise Demo RMan for Penis Enlargement

The Fulcrum is awesome for isolating specific areas and targeting where you want extra thickness. Rman Demonstrates his version of how he does the Fulcrum Exercise for Penis Enlargement.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Fulcrum Exercise Demonstration By KingSnake LG Hanger Penis Enlargement

The Fulcrum is awesome for isolating specific areas and targeting where you want extra thickness. KingSnake Demonstrates his version of how he does the Fulcrum Exercise for Penis Enlargement.

VIDEO: Chamber Leaking Slippage Vacuum Loss

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All righty, guys, so you've got your LG Hanger out. Now the method that I like to use, you can definitely just still roll it up like usual, but other than that I'm going to just apply a little bit of oil to the top of the chamber. If you haven't seen in other videos, this is just a lot simpler of a method for me. Just being able to slide it right up the entire chamber seems to be an easier approach, just make sure it doesn't catch on anything. So now you've got a nice big opening to put your glands in. 

All right, so I do also like to just place a little bit, like a tiny amount, of oil on the inside of the chamber so that your penis can just slide on in. Now right here guys, I've got a sleeve that is actually the correct size for me. Now many people might have trouble of them losing suction or they think that it could be the valve at the top or something else is going on. Now I've got a few recommendations, but the first one is definitely going to be one, making sure the sleeve is the correct size. However, if you don't want to have to pay for another sleeve, or at least just not yet, you can definitely get by. We have something that is going to adjust and fluctuate just like your penis size while you're hanging. So what am I going to do is attach the LG Hanger just like normal. If you haven't seen the attaching video, go and watch that. I do like to just slide myself in before I actually slide the sleeve down. I'm going to apply the pressure and so just so I get pulled all the way to the end of the chamber, I'll get myself to about five to 10 inches of mercury with the pressure. 

Then what I'm going to do is actually pull my skin back. If you haven't got skin because you are circumcised, that is totally fine. Your skin's not even going to be there, but if you are uncircumcised like I am, just pull the skin back slightly. Either roll or slide the sleeve back down. You may find that there is a loss of suction somewhere. Now many may think that with the LG Hanger could be the valve up here, but honestly this thing is super high quality, super rigid. I really don't think that is going to be the issue. I most likely think that the chances are going to be a lot higher that it is the sleeve, either the size or even the seal where the sleeve makes contact with the chamber itself, in which case what I would recommend as well is cleaning your whole device really thoroughly with soap, so by the time that you actually dry it over, the material of the sleeve is actually tacky again, so it actually makes a nice tight seal, an airtight seal onto the chamber. 

Then obviously utilizing some kind of band if that doesn't work as well. What I would recommend is getting a zip tie, tying it over the sleeve, attaching it to the chamber. You'll find that any kind of zip tie will have the sharp edges once you're finished. So what I would recommend is chucking over a rubber band like this one. You can easily just protect not only the sleeves but yourself from the sharp edges of the zip tie by placing that band over. 

Now once the sleeve is down, guys, all right, just give it a few more pumps up. I'm going to pump up to my usual pressure. Now this is where the problem usually comes in, which is where you might start losing suction, maybe even it only occurs at around about five to 10 minutes in. So what I'm going to recommend is detach the pump and if the pump is already detached with another device, that's totally fine, we're going to get back to adding that pressure, whichever method of adding pressure it is with your device. Now all you're going to do guys is get a short amount of sleeve. Now LG Hanger actually does come with a substantial amount of sleeve. So what you can do is just cut off a shorter amount of section. Let's say that you do get a spare sleeve like this one here. It's not even going to have to be too much at all. Try make enough room so that you can at least double the sleeve over. 

So if I cut it really thin, I can only utilize that one band. So what I'm going to do is cut it long enough so that I can actually double it over, which looks like this. So it's actually going to make a thicker band and that's, I've got still some spare sleeve, and now literally all I'm going to do with that one band, if the one layer is going to be enough, I will know throughout my hang. I'm going to place it over the entire chamber and all the way down to the bottom of the sleeve that is attached to my penis. Now what this is going to do is add tightness, so we're going to get an extremely good seal. 

All right, now what I would recommend as well guys, just to prevent any possible friction, that is definitely possible, so please keep these in mind, but what are you going to want to do is add just lubrication or oil all the way down the shaft and especially where the sleeve is going to double over because now there's going to possibly be more friction. Now if you hang guys, it should be successful and if it's not, if it's still not tight enough, it definitely means that the sleeve is too big for you, but what you can do because you've cut off a good length of extra sleeve to place over, is just double over the sleeve. So now I've got two layers of extra sleeve and make sure that sits right at the bottom, and now I've got that extra firmness, extra grip, and extra tight seal. All right, so that seal should not be going anywhere at all. You can definitely do this with a tiny bit of sleeve. It definitely has that ability to shrink and expand when you need it, as your penis fluctuate in size, or who knows, the sleeve may just be too big and it's not actually tight enough to get that vacuum and airtight seal. So this will definitely do the trick

ARTICLE: Slippage- Why it happens & What to do

SLIPPAGE: Why it happens & What to do

Slippage can be an issue when clients are still in the infancy stage of the hanging process. As a client gains more experience and tissue maturity/conditioning the penis will respond differently. The penis slowly make a transition into a place where it remains fuller all the time and when beginning a hang session clients find that within about 10 minutes or less the penis will begin to expand and fill the chamber.

What is being experienced now is that the penis is getting thinner while being stretched, and hasn’t really been experiencing the expansion that will come with it. So as a client hangs his penis becomes a little thinner, which compromises the seal between the silicon sleeve and the penis skin. What happens is the client slowly lose a little bit of vacuum, and considering the volume of space inside the chamber, 10 Hg's is a tiny puff of air. 

We pressure test each and every chamber system prior to shipping to ensure that vacuum integrity is established. I can say with 100% complete certainty that it's not your chamber leaking vacuum that is causing any slippage you might experience. The one exception would be is if you dropped or damaged your chamber in some way that broke the pneumatic fitting on the chamber. Any slippage you experience is always the result of a compromised seal between the silicon rubber sleeve on your chamber and you penis skin.

*If you are slipping a little within the first 15-20 minutes, just stop, remove chamber, jelq a little blood into your penis and make sure your glans protection wrap is secured, then re-load into the chamber and draw fresh vacuum. You can try doing a few "prime" pumps to help pull blood into your penis and make your penis expand inside the chamber.

Do this.... get into the chamber, draw out 10 - 15 Hg of vacuum pressure (if you've never done this start with 10 Hg and assess your tolerance). Hold the pressure for 10 seconds and release, then repeat this 3 or 4 times. It actually feels very pleasurable to feel the blood fill and expand your penis. After you achieve some expansion, disconnect hose and attach weight and begin your hang!

If you start to experience slip after 15 - 20 minutes, then start over again. Remember we are trying to stress the entire penile anatomy and fatigue it. So it really doesn't matter how many shorter sets it takes. If you can go a full hour without experiencing any slipping then you're really on you way to seeing a metamorphosis of your penis

ARTICLE: Is my Chamber Leaking Vacuum?

Checking the chamber for vacuum leak

My chamber is leaking and I think it’s at the female fitting.

Unless you dropped and damaged your chamber I seriously doubt your fitting is leaking. I personally leak test each chamber before it ships. The pneumatic fittings we use are of the highest quality that can be purchased. I wrap the threads with Teflon tape and incorporate a Bunna rubber o’ring on each fitting that bottoms on a flat machined counter bored surface on the top of the chamber.

You can easily leak check the chamber for yourself. Just remove the rubber sleeve, and find a hair-less section of skin on your abdomen or thigh. Plug the hand pump hose into the chamber, firmly hold the mouth of the chamber against your skin and draw out vacuum just as you would if you were performing a hang session. Go up to 10 – 15 Hg and look at the needle on the hand pump gauge. If the fitting is leaking the needle will immediately drop to zero.

The main reason for anyone to experience a leak or loss of vacuum is due to a compromised seal between the silicon rubber sleeve and your penis skin. There are several reasons for a leak to occur here.

1) Your sleeve could be dirty with skin oil.

2) You could have a sleeve that is worn out and may need replaced.

3) Your sleeve could be too big, and if that’s the case you can order a smaller sleeve.

When I fit chambers with sleeves I base my decision on the measurements a customer supplies.

4) Sometimes someone who is new to hanging will experience their penis getting thinner while it is being stretched under the weighted traction. When your penis stretches and becomes thinner, the seal between the rubber sleeve and your penis skin will become compromised.

If you experience number four and the weight starts to slip, simply just remove the chamber, check your glans protection wrap and reload with fresh vacuum. Remember the goal is to reach fatigue and if it takes two or three reloads every 15 – 20 minutes to complete your hang session just consider that part of the conditioning curve.

Eventually you will gain the tissue maturity required to go a full hour without any complications. You will get to a place where your penis actually starts to expand and fill your chamber. To help promote this condition you can start your hang session by “priming” your chamber with vacuum five or six times. To do this just draw vacuum out of your chamber using 10 -15 Hg’s of pressure. Hold for 3 to 5 seconds, release the pressure and repeat. You should see your glans expand and fill with blood. This will help promote a better hang session and help prevent slippage.

How Fast Should I be Increasing Weights Increments?

 Originally Posted by (Name Redacted) 

I vaguely remember reading a while ago that if you add too much weight too fast that would make the penis adapt by hardening up, thus making me add more weight to "feel it" more, then causing my penis to adapt even more, and become even stronger, and making it less and less able to stretch for the purpose of PE. I can't remember exactly where I read it.

But what do you think about this? If you go too heavy too fast, does the penis adapt and become harder to enlarge? I've started hanging about 3 weeks ago at 4 lbs, and starting today I'm at 8 lbs, doing two to three 45-minute sets a day.

I feel like I could even go to 9 pounds pretty soon. Should I? Or is that thing about the penis adapting and becoming tougher and harder to enlarge, true?

I've always recommended slow steady increases in weight and time. You can not make dramatic jumps from a light weight to a much heavier weight without negative side effects (primarily a blister).

It's very important to allow your penis time to develop tissue maturity via the conditioning process. I have said this countless times.... it took me three full months to go from 3 lbs to 8 lbs.

If you feel you can do more weight then that decision is up to you. Weight hanging is an intuitive process, you're learning what type of work load your penis can handle and more importantly what it requires to reach fatigue.

The theoretical assumption that going too heavy too fast can make your penis stronger and cause it to prematurely adapt to the work load and inhibit gains is purely speculative. It might have some merit, but nobody knows for certain if that is true. If they can say this without any reservation, I would ask how can you prove it?

As for how much weight you feel you can hang with at this time, is a decision only you can make. It's all based on how you feel and respond. You will eventually get to a place where you cannot go any heavier. So to me it only makes logical sense to make gradual increases and focus on achieving fatigue and learning how to relax your pelvic floor muscle while you are under traction.

-Foldus

BLISTERS ON MY PENIS from ENLARGEMENT Weight Hanging

A red flag indicator that a blister is developing is an itchy or tingly sensation on the tip of your penis while you are hanging. If you recognize that sensation, stop your hang session immediately.

The only negative trait of vacuum hanging is the potential for a blister. I too have experienced an annoying blister and it took me some time to figure out exactly what causes them and how to avoid them. So let's talk about what the main contributors are to creating a blister....
There are a variety of nuanced reasons for blisters, but the primary cause is trying to use too much weight or hang for too long of a time duration (or a combination of both) before you have developed the proper amount of skin conditioning. The meatus skin is very sensitive and delicate skin. Vacuum pressure is directly exerted upon this area, so it's vitally important to find the glans protection wrap method that works best for you. We have three methods, all of which are based upon a personal preference. I suggest you experiment to find which method best suits you.
The process required to achieve the skin conditioning that allows you to successfully hang is analogous to getting a sun tan or working with your hands. You wouldn't go out on the first day of summer and expose yourself to several hours of sun without getting burned. If you weren't accustomed to working with your hands and decided to chop some wood one weekend you'd likely get blisters on the palms of your hands. Maybe these aren't great analogies, but I think you understand the point I'm trying to make. So what is the best way to condition your meatus skin? The answer is to deliberately start with a light weight and hang time. In our instruction manual we have a suggested beginner routine. I started with only 3 lbs for 30 minutes, twice a day, one session in the morning and another session later in the afternoon or evening. It took me three full months of dedicated training 5-6 days per week to incrementally go from 3 lbs for 30 minutes up to 8 lbs for a full hour. For many men who already have a significant amount of PE training under their proverbial belt this initial beginner phase of conditioning seems to be too light, and the temptation to accelerate to heavier weight and longer hang sessions ends up being detrimental.
It's very important to gradually make small incremental increases in weight and time. I used a pyramid method and this is an example.... starting with 3 lbs for two 30 minute sessions per day. After a solid week with this weight and time I increased the hang time by another 10 minutes, then after another week 10 more minutes, until I was up to a full hour with no complications. Then I added two pounds, but dropped back down to 30 minutes and repeated the same process over again. Remember the two fold goal is to reach fatigue and develop skin conditioning. Going heavier and longer isn't a shortcut to greater / faster gains.
Now let me give you some inside baseball information on how to prevent a blister. There's a distinct sensation to be aware of during your hang session, and if you can tune into it you will prevent a blister. If at any time during your hang session you feel a slight itchy or tingly sensation on the tip of your penis then that's the red flag signal that you need to immediately stop your hang. If you ignore it or don't recognize it you will develop a blister. If you heed this advice you will be on the road to successful weight hanging that will manifest length and girth gains and help you avoid blisters!
If you stop your hang once you feel this sensation, remove your chamber and inspect your penis / meatus skin. If you see a very small blister forming, say the size of a BB, leave it alone. Usually the next day your body will have absorbed the little bit of fluid and the skin will have re-attached. If however the blister is larger, say the size of a pea then sterilize a needle, pop and drain it, but don't remove the skin! Apply some anti-biotic ointment like Polysporin or Neosporin and cover it with a small band aid to keep your clothing from rubbing against the area and aggravating it. Give it time to heal, usually 3 - 5 days depending on the severity and size of the blister. Begin to trim the dead skin away with some cosmetic scissors or a pair of fingernail clippers. During this healing time continue to do your hand stretching exercises. Do not pump or hang during the healing process. Bottom line.... live and learn. Once you resume your weight hang training you want to drop your hang weight and time by at least 50% while you recondition that new virgin skin. Then incrementally work back up to where you once were. The primary goal is to find a weight that you can successfully hang with for a full hour with no complications. Once you reach that goal then and only then should you think about adding more weight.
There's one more potential blister creator, and that's using too much vacuum pressure! Typically I recommend using as little vacuum pressure as needed. Remember this is not a penis pump! All you want is enough vacuum pressure to create a good seal between your penis skin and the silicon sleeve. The skin / sleeve seal is what allows the chamber to hold vacuum. If the integrity of that seal is compromised then you'll likely experience weight slippage, and most guys try and counter act that with more vacuum. I suggest as a guideline to use no more than 10 Hg's of vacuum pressure. I feel it's extremely important to have a hand pump that accurately indicates Hg pressure.
Making sure you properly maintain your silicon sleeve will go a long ways in preventing vacuum leaks and weight slippage. I recommend after 30 - 40 hours of training that you remove your sleeve from your chamber and wash it with warm / hot water and anti-bacterial dish soap. Blow dry it with a hair dryer or clean cotton towel (no paper towels - too much lint). This will help restore your rubber's sealing capabilities and tackiness, and also prolong the life of your rubber. Sleeves do wear out, but if properly cared for they should last a minimum of 4 months. If you start to experience weight slips due to vacuum leaks then it's time for a new rubber sleeve.
I hope this helps those of you who have experienced the set back of a blister! Just remember to be patient and think marathon and not sprint.
Foldus

*You can also try some fulcrum and bundle exercises that don't require as much weight. The Fulcrum is where you hang your penis over a bar or rod that lies across your thighs (see photo). Link to Fulcrum Video: https://lghangerllc.blogspot.com/2016/04/kingsnake-folcrum-demonstration-lg.html



A bundle is where you twist your penis 1/2 to a full turn and hang with weight and not allow it to un-twist, and it can be done while using a fulcrum for even more isolated stress. We have a great video on bundle hanging: https://lghangerllc.blogspot.com/2017/12/tutorial-bundle-exercise-demonstrated.html