Agents Can Seize Penis Rings, Pumps and Enlargers At Borders (NSFW)

[Ian David]

Agents Can Seize Penis Rings At Borders
Category Sex Toy
Date August 24th, 2008 10:22 pm

“Penis enlargers and constricting rings to maintain erections can be seized at U.S. borders, U.S. regulators said Thursday, citing inadequate safety labels. The devices have inadequate directions for use and can have harmful effects, from rupturing blood vessels to causing gangrene of the penis, the Food and Drug Administration said in guidance to import inspectors posted on the agency’s Web site. The guidance was a revision to guidelines on ‘external penile rigidity devices’ the FDA published in 2004. ‘Basically, the labeling of these devices falsely states or implies they will treat impotence, prolong erection, and increase the dimensions of the penis,’ the FDA said in the new notice. The FDA said such devices fall into several categories: Mechanical stretching devices, which ‘employ weights or lines tied to other parts of the body such as the knee, to affect tension on the penis. Vacuum operating devices, ‘those employing a sealing principle in the area of the base of the penis and an evacuation mechanism to drop the atmospheric pressure around the penis, thereby affecting increased blood flow.’ Constrictive rings, which ‘constrict the base of the penis after erection has been achieved and cause the erection to be maintained by blocking the normal circulation of blood from the penis.’ Supportive devices, which ‘function as a splint or cradle in order to maintain a resumblance of turgidity.’” — Star Telegram (US)

(Thanks to Furpo for the link. The actual report can be found at the FDA’s web site.)

In a way, this is a perplexing turn of events. On one hand, you don’t want the government to interfere in the bedroom. If guys want to stretch their cocks, by all means let them stretch their cocks. On the other hand, penis enlargers are obviously a big business, as the amount of spam related to penis enlargement demonstrates. Probably it’s also a crooked business with many fraudulent products. In that sense, the FDA would be doing men a favor by requiring the devices to meet certain minimum requirements for safety and efficacy — and by impounding devices that do not meet those minimums.

Are penis enlargers and cock rings really causing rampant injury out there in the wilds? PervScan spent some time querying PubMed, the search engine for medical articles, to try to learn whether doctors are really encountering injuries as a result of these devices. A few results:

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As it turns out, there are a number of other case histories describing penis rings and enhancement efforts gone wrong, horribly wrong. Of course, it is unclear whether these injuries result from faulty devices or the faulty brains of the people who use them. Perhaps this is what happens when you think with your dick — and then use a cock ring to cut off the flow of blood to your brain?

More (NOT SAFE FOR WORK):
http://pervscan.com/2008/08/24/agents-can-seize-penis-rings-at-borders/

[notadmblnd]

1. I know a staunch republican that uses a penis pump

I worked with him. I thought it was a little to much information at the time, but he was a co-worker that had had prostate cancer and he was telling me about him and his wife's sex life after cancer. He really talked up his pump. I think it was his way of hitting on me. I told him "George, (yes, his name is George) that's not something you should be telling women if your trying to get them in the sack."