5 Signs You're Dealing with Peyronie's Disease
Nov 04, 2025
Peyronie’s disease (PD) affects an estimated 6-10% of people with a penis aged 40-70. While it’s not dangerous or cancerous, it causes bothersome symptoms that significantly impact your sexual function, intimate relationships, and quality of life.
Our expert team at Kane Health in Silicon Valley, Redwood City, and the San Francisco Bay area of California takes a personalized and holistic approach to helping you regain sexual health and function once Peyronie’s disease sets in.
Peyronie’s disease involves the buildup of scar tissue called plaque. Once this tissue forms, you usually can feel a dense band of tissue or flat lumps through the skin.
The dense tissue is often sensitive to the touch, so many people with PD experience accompanying pain. The pain typically intensifies during erections.
In a study involving men with PD, 37% of participants reported having persistent mild to moderate pain. Over 60% of the men experienced painful erections.
A bent penis, especially during erections, is one of the most prominent signs of Peyronie’s disease. The bend stems from scar tissue buildup, which restricts flexibility.
Your penis might curve to one side, upward, or downward. Over the first six months, known as the acute phase of Peyronie’s disease, the degree of the bend often gradually increases.
Peyronie’s disease can make your penis shorter. Most visible during erections, this symptom stems from plaque buildup, too.
In severe cases, Peyronie’s disease decreases penis length by about 0.5-1.5 centimeters (nearly the diameter of a dime). While treatment may not restore your original length, early treatment can prevent further shortening.
Because the scar tissue behind Peyronie’s disease restricts normal blood flow, penis appearance changes besides shortening are common.
Your penis might appear thinner or indented in some places. For some people, this creates an hourglass shape.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the clinical term for difficulty achieving or maintaining erections during sex. ED can strike as an early symptom of Peyronie’s disease, even before other obvious signs appear. Or, ED can progress over time as scar tissue increases.
Peyronie’s disease treatments reduce plaque and restore healthy blood flow in your penis.
Urologist Dr. Chris Threatt oversees our Peyronie’s Treatment Program, ensuring that you get expert care with positive results.
Our holistic, non-invasive programs involve proprietary, microdosed medications, and soundwave therapy to break down plaque and stimulate new blood vessel growth. Meanwhile, our regenerative therapies accelerate healing.
Some of our people experience significant improvements in their sexual health and function within 2-3 weeks. Regardless of the pace of your progress, Dr. Threatt and his team support you along the way.
To learn more or get started with holistic Peyronie’s disease care, call our office or request an appointment through our website today.