[Johnnyvee]

(04-26-2019 09:25 PM)Thot Leader Wrote:  

Could your training and lifestyle have increased your T levels, leading to the enlargement?

Androgens can`t promote penile growth after puberty. Tons of studies show that to be the case. Your T/DHT levels are in fact more than high enough to increase penis size, even into late life. The problem is the reduction in androgen receptor protein. (sort of the cell antenna dish for androgens)

With the cessation of puberty, penile corpora cavernosa levels of AR are reduced dramatically. Probably regulated from the hypothalamus. (HPG axis) This coincides with a local and transient increase in TGF-b levels, that both inhibit smooth muscle synthesis, and promote collagen synthesis in the tunica albuginea of the the penis. This might be a factor that makes further post pubertal growth impossible, since the tunica is a very dense band of connective tissue that gives the penis it`s rigidity and allows for erections to be maintained.

The mechanisms that underlies the reduction in AR are also not understood at this point. Higher T levels could only have an effect prior to and during puberty, but you might risk serious negative side effects from doing that, like hampered bone growth.