• Bosht@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Well I think part of the issue is the blood is able to travel in when getting an erection, but then is restricted and unable to come back out. So icing wouldn’t do much except numb the area.

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      16 hours ago

      I just can’t imagine the blood being entirely blocked by an exterior ring even when the pressure difference favors flow back into the body so heavily. Maybe if medication were involved that prevented flaccidity.

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      i don’t want to do the math of the coefficient of expansion for both titanium and stainless steel rings and an erect penis and find out whether it’s better to freeze or heat it off, but if research hasn’t been done i bet it’d make for an ignoble