Just How Big Is a Normal Penis?

Some good news, guys: A new analysis of penis sizes will help calm most of you that you're(usual/ commonly and regular/ healthy), (people who work to find information) say. Many males worry about their penis size, even when there's no cause for concern. But until now,there has been no formal review of research into penis size and no attempt to develop a systemto show the range of sizes of soft and limp or erect penises, the (people who work to find information) said. The British investigators reviewed 17 published studies that included more than 15,500 menwhose penises were measured by health professionals using a standard procedure. The average length of a soft and limp penis was 3.6 inches, the average length of a soft and limpstretched penis was 5.3 inches, and the average length of an erect penis was 5.2 inches. Looking at things another way, the average (outside border of something/distance around the outside of a circle) of a soft and limp penis was 3.7 inches, and the average (outside border of something/distance around the outside of a circle) of an erect penis was 4.6 inches. The study was published online March 3 in the journal BJU International. The findings were used to create a set of graphs, which should help doctors when they'recounseling men worried about their penis size, or when (asking lots of questions about/trying to find the truth about) a possible link between condom failure and penis size, the (people who work to find information) said. "We believe these graphs will help doctors calm the large majority of men that the size of theirpenis is in the (usual/ commonly and regular/ healthy) range," Dr. David Veale, of King's CollegeLondon, said in a journal news release. "We will also use the graphs to examine the mistake between what a man believes to be theirposition on the graph and their actual position or what they think they should be," he added.