Question

I know that almost everybody says that "masturbation is good as long as it does not interfere with other parts of life".

I realize this.

However, I recently came upon this website making some claims as to the unhealthiness of masturbation. I realize that it is advertising a product, but I have had a little course on Biology/Human Physiology and everything makes sense to me. Here is the link: http://www.herballove.com/article.asp?art=218

I would just like some confirmation by experts like you as to whether this is true factual information or made-up, misleading, lies.

Thanks,

Tony

Answer

Tony says that almost everybody says “masturbation is good as long as it does not interfere with other parts of life”, then goes on to express some concerns raised by a website selling products to theoretically help curb a person who habitually masturbates. He would like to know if one addicted to masturbation could have hair loss, loss of energy, etc.

The pleasure of orgasm is something to be shared with one’s spouse during intercourse. It occurs as the couple is giving each other the gift of their bodies and of their fertility. To masturbate is to focus one’s energies on the self only for the pleasure of orgasm only. Done frequently it will interfere with a person’s ability to enjoy love making with your spouse as the body becomes used to a rather short cycle of stimulation to release, not to mention (in the instance of a gentleman) the inappropriate waste of a vital fluid. Whether or not frequent masturbation can cause a whole panoply of other problems I do not know. I reviewed the American Urologic Association’s website on this topic and did not find it addressed, nor did a cursory review of NIH’s Medline turn up much.

Dr. Gregory Polito

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