Peyronie’s is a scarring disorder of the tunica albuginea, which is the fibrous jacket tissue around the vascular tissue of the penis. The scar tissue can be distributed in a variety of ways, but typically, is either a nodule, cord-like, or can course throughout the shaft of
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Peyronie’s disease does not typically result in an intermittent deformity. It is due to a scar within the jacket tissue (tunica albuginea) around the vascular tissue of the penis. If the scar is persistent, this would suggest Peyronie’s disease, and in the area of the scar, there
Read more →What you seem to be describing is unlikely Peyronie’s disease, but may be more of an excessive vasoconstrictor nerve tone which is causing the vascular tissue within the erectile bodies to contract. As a result, the penis feels somewhat rubbery, making it appear shorter and narrower and
Read more →A curvature of the penis, which is associated with erection, is what defines Peyronie’s disease; any slight deformity of the penis in the flaccid condition could be due to any number of things and is not an indication of Peyronie’s disease. Peyronie’s disease also does not tend
Read more →It may be that you never did have Peyronie’s disease, as most men who develop true Peyronie’s disease develop a scar which does not completely resolve spontaneously. Other processes which might result in more complete resolution may be a “slow healing wound” which ultimately resolves. Deformity of
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: It’s true that you are currently in the active phase. Contemporary natural history studies have suggested that during the “active” phase, 50% of patients will have worsening of their deformity, around 40% will stay the same and less than 10% will have spontaneous resolution
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: This scenario appears to be one of a progressive Peyronie’s disease where there is a loss of elasticity in the entire jacket tissue of the penis, known as the tunica albuginea. This tunic is the tissue which expands in girth and length during the
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: This is a complex situation that you describe and given your youth it is likely that your curvature is a congenital one, but may be due to a progressive scarring that may be associated with Peyronie’s or just thickening due to the repetitive trauma.
Read more →Dr. Levine answers: This may be a very mild form of Peyronie’s disease and is quite common for the plaque or nodular scar to seem as though it is moving. Basically this is part of the abnormal scarring process that occurs within the jacket tissues of the
Read more →Dr. Mulhall answers: The plaque that occurs with Peyronie’s disease is a scar and scars contract, so all men with Peyronie’s disease have some degree of contraction of their penis in both the flaccid and erect state so loss of penile length and stretchability is common. The
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