The Mystery of the Bloody Penis

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I am an 18-year-old male, and am relatively new to the joys of masturbation. For my whole life, or at least since the onset of puberty, I have refrained from masturbating because of personal moral issues I had with it. Finally, however, this past summer, I asked out a wonderful young lady, who is now my loving girlfriend. In her presence, I would get intense sexual desires, and finally gave in to what nature was telling me, and started masturbating. I figured it was better to administer some pleasure myself than to get carried away with her one day, and end up with an unwanted child. I must say, it's been great, and I don't know how I survived so long without it. Now, I do it almost daily, but I tend to feel a little sore afterwards. It feels like I have small cuts below the head of my penis, right where it begins to widen out. However, I am never able to spot any blood when I investigate. I would normally take this as a sign that I am not bleeding, but I do remember cutting my penis up rather badly when I first started masturbating, and though the blood was certainly traceable, the precise location of the cuts were more difficult to find because the blood at the end of my penis would ooze out, rather than drip, like blood from other parts of my body. So now I'm wondering, is there a surefire way to tell if my penis has open cuts? If so, I'd like to allow them to heal, so I could fully enjoy myself in the future, without the sore discomfort I tend to get afterwards. Any input is appreciated, thanks

One way I can think of is to pour hydrogen peroxide (from the drug store) on you penis and see where it foams up, but that would probably hurt like hell.It sounds like you're either going too hard, too long, or with not enough lube, and your beating up the delicate skin on your penis.

Wouldn't peroxide burn your ureather as well as the cuts?

It shouldn't be a problem, but you can cut the strenght of the peroxide by mixing it with water.All that happens is that when it mixes with a component (a catalyst) of red blood cells, hydrogen peroxide breaks apart into water and oxygen. It's not very dangerous.

...apart from that, the cuts may or may not be visible. They will stop hurting in about 1-2 weeks, but they may leave a scar. Just don't overdo it with your masturbation sessions (use lube if necessary).

Thanks to everyone who replied... I think I must have gotten the cut(s) from going too long, as SteveA suggested. I occasionally do have a rather long, if not amazing, session, so that seems most probable.

I'm kind of afraid to try the Hydrogen Peroxide thing, it does sound potentially painful. Since I'd rather not create too much pain down south, I'd rather only use that if I have to... plus, knowing my parents, they'd probably actually notice that the Hydrogen Peroxide went down -_-' If they were to inquire as to where it went, "onto my dick" is not an answer I can see them being too pleased with.

Maybe I'll go with the suggestion of cutting down for the time being, a couple of weeks isn't too dreadfully long. I wasn't entirely sure how long it would take, the only cut I've had down there before was much worse, because when I first started masturbating, I once made the mistake of rubbing with my clothes still on and my boxers rubbed me raw. That cut appears to be fully healed, though the skin in the area where it was worse is still rather darker than usual. But in any case, I don't recall exactly how long that took to heal, and since it was more severe I doubt the time would have been too accurate of an indicator, anyway. Although the severity of it did make the healing process significantly easier to observe...

Anyway, thanks again to all those with suggestions. I have one more question: if I let it heal fully, is it possible that my penis may, over time, become more resistant to skin breakage if I perhaps ease it into the pleasure process more gradually? It'd be nice to be able to proceed while taking less caution, I could further immerse myself in enjoyment. Although it's still excellent either way. But once again, thanks, I appreciate the advice greatly, and I love the idea of a site where I could clear up questions I would never have the guts to ask my friends... it is informational, yet with so much less humiliation. Thanks :smile:

It should be possible, once you're healed, to masturbate frequently without damaging your skin. Have you been using lubrication? If not, you should.