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1.Self helping

There are many self-remedies men can try. Most of them focus to reduce sexual arousal such as distracting thoughts, short foreplay, interrupting thrusting and gentle thrusting. Men can consider and solutions for delay ejaculation such as taking alcohol, using thick condoms or applying a special anesthetic preparation to the penis. There are no statistics regarding the effectiveness of such self-helping remedies.

2. Behavioral approaches

This kind of treatments have been well established by Masters and Johnson. One hand they focus to train the man to manage his ejaculatory process and reflexes. On second hand they focus to make the man better understand and evaluate sensations and stimulations coming from sexual arousal. The most used procedures are the 'stop-start method' and the squeeze technique. The approaches of both methods are the same, focusing to delay the moment of ejaculation by gradually exposing the man to more intense and more prolonged sexual stimulation.

3. Local anesthetics.

As a treatment for premature ejaculation, the applying of local anesthetics to the male genital has been promoted for more than 60 years. Related to management of premature ejaculation, the Food and Drug Administration considered a new spray product that contains 10% lidocaine to be effective and safe for use as a 'penis desensitiser'. It has been also reported an herbal local anesthetic cream able to delay ejaculation and enhance sexual satisfaction , if applied to the male genital 1 hour before estimated sexual activity.

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