Let's rewind things back a bit and evaluate for possible issues. First issue is the
Bathmate. What model of the
Bathmate are you using?
Bathmate is known for pressure monitoring issues. If you're using the older
Bathmate model and do not know the pressure you're using, you will not know the expansion you need to be at.
Why are we saying this?
Bathmate, depending on the model, can be the simple pump-pump and only reach around -5inHg to -6inHg for the older models. The newer models, such as the
HydroXtreme, can push past -15inHg using the hand pump. On top of that, there is no gauge to know how much you need to go up or down based on your PE routines and how far you are in the PE routine.
Second is the pressure zone. If you have done PE in the past, going on and off, on and off, your body would adapt to the pressures immediately. It requires you to go from one level of creeping pressure (-4.5inHg to -6inHg) to start out in the first 3 to 5 weeks, and slowly work up to -10inHg to induce growth stages. This process should be taken very, very, and I mean very slowly to prevent blistering. If your tissues are already as thick as a tree log and you're using low pressures all the time, you will not expand. A vacuum system push the internal tissues to expand usig negative tissues beyond the normal volume limit. The
SSJ pushes the positive pressure using blood as a hydraulic expansion mechanism. Both require the known pressures to apply with. Without knowing the pressure, you're going in blind.
Pumping and
SSJ are essential, but if you're pumping while you're not 100% erected to bring in the blood volume to press against the internal tissue layers, it will not be beneficial. Pumping requires you to have your penis as fully erected as possible.
SSJ only requires you to be at 80% erected to bring in the blood, but 100% is recommended. Once the 100% blood volume entered into your penis shaft, you can relax the erection for pumping and
SSJ. If any volume of the blood exit the penis, you have to use kegels to bring the missing volume of blood back in.
So, three issues above needed to be addressed. Is there, or are there, any issues among the three?
Bathmate without a gauge is one. Not knowing the pressure is detrimental to the pumping routine.