Peyronies Disease Picture

Peyronies disease, is described as a build up of plaque, scar tissue or hard lump, that forms on the penis.

This build up of abnormal tissue can cause the penis to bend. The bending can be in any direction, depending on where the hard lump is located and the degree of bending or curvature can be very slight or mild up to severe with the penis bending all the way into a U shape.

Below you will see a picture or diagram of Peyronie's Disease. Remember the plaque or scar tissue can build up or occur on any side.

Therefore the bent penis or penile curvature can be any direction.

The degree of penis curvature can also be very mild to very severe.

As you can see the hardened area actually is under the skin.

Here is a recent News Release about traction devices and Peyronie's Treatment.

Monday, June 11, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

SIGNIFICANT PEYRONIE'S CURVATURE CORRECTION ACHIEVED IN IRB TRIAL WITH PENILE TRACTION DEVICE

Aliso Viejo, CA: fsPhysioMed announced recently that its mechanical penile traction device, the Extender, has been demonstrated to produce from 10 to 45 degree improvements in Peyronie's curvatures for study patients. The device also produced up to a 2cm increase in length with accompanying increases in girth.

The trial was conducted as a controlled study by Dr. Laurence Levine, of Chicago IL. Dr. Levine, a leading researcher and author in the field of Peyronie's Disease, said, "This was a small, proof of concept trial and the preliminary results are encouraging indeed. Penile traction appears to offer an effective, non-invasive, and non-surgical treatment option for Peyronie's Disease. The most exciting result is that every patient had some degree of measured improvement in their penile deformity. The data will no doubt be the basis of larger, multi-center trials in the future."

"We will now work to get this information to physicians and specialists so that they can inform patients of this new treatment option," said Mike Hays, Vice President of fsPhysioMed.