ok, here goes. I know this is an old thread, but I have to add my two cents. I am 51 years old, and have been a chronic masturbater since the age of 4 or 5, hard to remember exactly when I got started. (blame my father) in the 40 some odd years since, I have been known to masturbate multiple times a day. yes sometimes once a day, but more typically 2 - 6 times a day some days as many as 8. since I got on meds for my various medical issues, this has slowed down to more like once or three times a day (at age 51). so if anyone had a problem here, it is ME not the OP.

having said that, the desensitization issue I can tell you from experience does NOT make you unable to maintain an erection with a woman as expressed in this quote:


regarding hair loss, I don't know. I started loosing my hair from male pattern baldness in my late 20's, and wearing a hard hat at work for 3 years didn't help the situation. now at 51 I have a palm sized bald spot, and somewhat thinner hair in general. but my head is still covered, and the thinning is not visually noticeable except for the bald spot.

here again, this is MY experiences we are talking about here. other people will necessarily have different ones.

regarding other issues and side effects I have experienced, as a very young child, yes my mother tried to make me feel bad about doing it whenever she caught me. so I learned how not to get caught. guilt? shame? a feeling of fooling everyone around me? nope, however a certain pleasure in indulging in something that was "wrong". that ended when I discovered a lot more people than just me succumbed to the pleasure. I was perhaps 7 or 8. after that I only had to hide it from public view. (washroom stall in school and later work, etcetera.)

so now fast forward to age 51. I no longer hide it at home, but I don't flaunt it in front of everyone either. I read somewhere that in males at the age of 50 their testosterone production cuts in half. I don't know if this is true or not, I only know that one day I had a first "go" with normal expulsion, and the second "go" a few hours later was like shooting blanks. first time that ever happened. it was like someone flipped a switch. it has been that way ever since. very little semen for my efforts. this was about late 2012 early 2013. spoke to my doc about it, and he mentioned nothing about production levels, and so I concede that my meds may be the culprit.

other than that the only things I have discovered as a result of my "over indulgence" is that while the desire to be with a woman is still as strong as it ever was, two different things enter the picture. first is the fact that you are used to providing your own relief, so "trying to get laid" becomes too much of a hassle. I mean Great if you can get it, but it becomes no big deal if you can't. (also if you get teased, you don't get blue balls, you take care of it.)

another issue I have discovered is when you are with a woman. on the one hand the desensitization issue can sometimes work in your favor allowing you to last longer, giving her more pleasure. on the other hand, in my late 40's I discovered that even though I still had the desire, and the erection to be with a woman it just wasn't the same anymore. this might be age related, but it may also be a side effect. so because it didn't feel as good as it used to I began to lose interest in the middle of coitus. understand this, I did not lose my erection, and still do not have much problem getting one, but I lost INTEREST right in the middle of intercourse. so after that point it was "keep going for her pleasure" because I wasn't going to orgasm. don't get me wrong, it still felt good it just didn't feel like it used to.

I don't know if the loosing interest is masturbation related, or if it is a mental thing, but I plan to bring it up in therapy if it lasts long enough.

so as a hard core chronic masturbater I give you my experiences for you to draw your own conclusions.