I'm going to have to agree primarily with the original poster and the skeptics here. I've read countless threads on mattersofsize, thundersplace etc. and it appears that when you look at things purely realistically this stuff is nothing but a cult following full of wishful thinkers.
Especially mattersofsize. The owner (Mike Salvini) has numerous flagrant photoshopped images to try and convince everyone he's gained 4 inches or more in length. The images are all horrid photoshops, and only a fool would think they were legitimate. My best guess would be that he does this for his own ego to convince himself he has gained 4 inches, and also (obviously) to sell his products.
Yet, everyone on that board seems to take this man's word like it's phallic gospel. He's a blatant fraud. I don't understand. They're completely fooling themselves. I guess it just goes to show how easy it is to manipulatively prey on mass insecurities.
I actually plan on trying and committing to PE myself, but whether it be exercises, stretches or devices, I remain extremely dubious. The most I could see anyone gaining from all this stuff realistically would be perhaps an inch at most. But better to try and fail than to never try at all.
Personally, the entire PE community just reeks of "wannabee" big dick owners looking for anything that has the slightest chance of allowing them to attain extra inches. I hate to say it, and I honestly wish I were wrong, but that's just the way it appears when looking at this stuff at face value.
Look at this through a realistic lens. The only scientific way proven to do anything to help increase your size is surgery, and even that has been dubbed very risky and can carry wildly different results for various people. All in all, it's very risky and far from a sure bet.
I have never seen a study in a scientific or medical journal illustrating any sort of gains from any sort of PE.
I'd rather take the word of the medical community over that of an overweight, tattooed photoshopper with a suspiciously large cult-following.
Like I said, I plan on giving this stuff a shot in the near future, and I hope I am wrong...