This gel injection could help prolong the sexual act of men
- The Arab Journal of Urology reports that the sticks were still effective a year later.
Injections made with a gel found in eye drops have been used to treat premature ejaculation.
Volunteers who received injections of the gel-like substance, hyaluronic acid, had an eight-fold increase in ejaculation time.
Hyaluronic acid is used in eye drops to stimulate tears.
Now, in a trial at Zagazig University, Egypt, with 30 men aged 30 to 50, it has been used to increase time to orgasm, from an average of 37 seconds to more than five minutes.
The men received five separate gel injections into the penis.
Injections made with a gel found in eye drops have been used to treat premature ejaculation (file image)
The Arab Journal of Urology reports that the sticks were still effective a year later.
The gel is believed to work by reducing sensation.
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