File 09 / Reading
TheJournal.
Long reads for men, written by the clinic. What to ask before anyone books you in, what the evidence does and does not support, and the parts of this trade that do not make it onto a treatment page.
Latest · The argument · JN-04
It’s not vanity. It’s maintenance.
A man will service a car he drives twice a week and ignore something about himself for four years. This is an essay about why, and about the word doing the damage.
4 min read
Also in The Journal
Before you come in5 minYour first consultation, start to finish.What actually happens in the half hour, in order, including the bits men worry about on the way in and nobody puts on a website.Evidence5 minWhat the research on shockwave says. And what it doesn’t.You will be shown a study. Here is how to read one, why we do not put a number on our own page, and what an honest clinic can and cannot tell you about erectile function.Choosing a clinic5 minNine questions to ask before anyone comes near you with a needleA checklist for any clinic, including this one. Print it, take it in, and watch what happens to the room when you get to question seven.
Nothing in The Journal is a diagnosis or a promise of an outcome. Whether anything here applies to you is decided in a private room, not on a page.
File 08 / Ready when you are