Scimex: UK researchers have set out to create a graphical diagram to provide
insight into what's considered normal for penis length and circumference
in men. The authors analysed over 15,000 penis size measurements to
develop the diagram, which they say may be helpful when counselling men
who are worried about their size, or when investigating the relationship
between condom failure and penile dimensions.
A new analysis provides insights on what's considered "normal" for penis length and circumference in men. The findings in BJU International
may be helpful when counseling men who are worried about their size, or
when investigating the relationship between condom failure and penile
dimensions.
Some men are concerned about their penis size, and
those who are preoccupied and severely distressed with the size of their
penis may even be diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder. There have
been no formal systematic reviews of penile size measurements and no
attempts to create a graphical diagram, or nomogram, that depicts the
distribution of the size of a flaccid or erect penis.
Dr. David
Veale, of King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS
Foundation Trust, and his colleague from King's College Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, set out to create such a nomogram of male penis size
measurements across all ages and races. A search of the medical
literature revealed 17 studies with up to 15,521 males who underwent
penis size measurements by health professionals using a standard
procedure. The nomograms revealed that the average length of a flaccid
penis was 9.16 cm, the average length of a flaccid stretched penis was
13.24 cm, and the average length of an erect penis was 13.12 cm. The
average flaccid circumference was 9.31 cm, and the average erect
circumference was 11.66 cm. There was a small correlation between erect
length and height.
"We believe these graphs will help doctors
reassure the large majority of men that the size of their penis is in
the normal range. We will also use the graphs to examine the discrepancy
between what a man believes to be their position on the graph and their
actual position or what they think they should be" said Dr. Veale.