How Steroids Can Affect The Penis

Even though steroids have been banned by every major sport and even high school sports, people are still using steroids. Mostly the people that use them are bodybuilders, athletes, and people that feel that they need them to look stronger. Steroids can also be used as a pain reliever in some cases, but mostly they are used to give a look of strength because they promote growth of tissues and muscles to give men and some women the larger muscles that they are looking for. Steroids are not healthy for you in general and can cause a plethora of side effects and even death in some cases.

Anabolic steroids are the most common steroids used. Besides making muscles bigger they also bring more testosterone to a man who is using them. Testosterone is mainly known to produce the masculine features that accompany a growing boy during puberty. Due to this fact, anabolic steroids are used by many men who think that it will help increase the size of their penis and the erection that they can achieve. Steroids are expensive though, and many men cannot keep up with the cost to see if their penis actually gets larger because of it. That means that instead of actually using steroids they may try other steroid containing substances that can also be dangerous for them.

What men do not realize is that steroids cannot enhance or enlarge the penis in any way. In fact, the result is quite the opposite. The effects of steroids do not just stop at damaging the body, but they can cause a man to become impotent either temporarily or permanently. When taking steroids the sexual desire is decreased significantly and it is hard to even get an erection. Essentially, the penis becomes paralysed and is unable to perform as it should. Over an extended period of usage, steroids can even cause a penis to "shrink" to a much smaller size then it once was. This is of course not completely studied as of yet, but many people believe that this is the case. Most likely it is the steroids that are stopping the penis from getting erect and thereby showing the penis in the non-erect state rather than actually causing the penis to shrink. No one can really reach a definite conclusion.

One thing is true though. While steroids may not cause shrinkage, it most certainly can aggravate the situation. Steroids should never be used for any reason. The danger is just too great, not only to your penis, but to your entire body.