how old should you be when your balls drop?

Answer 1

Testicles are located in the scrotum below the penis. The scrotal sac is the exterior structure that protects the testicles by ascending or descending according to the temperature.

Undescended testicles are found in about 1 per cent of boys and usually it is only one testicle that fails to descend into the scrotum, but in some cases both may be affected.

In many cases an undescended testicle will come down of its own accord within several months of birth, but it rarely does this beyond this timeframe.

The main cause of undescended testicles is due to failure of the hormones (released from the mother and from the testicle itself) to provide the stimulus for the structures leading to the testicle (the spermatic cord) to lengthen sufficiently to allow it to fully descend down into the scrotum.

Another reason is that sometimes a normal testicle can be prevented from descending due to fibres that obstruct its passage and cause it to remain in the groin.

An undescended testicle is only serious if left untreated as it will not be capable of normal sperm production and can cause infertility, and there is also a risk that an undescended testicle may develop testicular cancer later in life.

Treatment involves an orchidopexy operation to lower the testicle into the scrotum.

Surgery is carried out within the first few years of life to give the testicle the best chance of normal development. If your pediatrician is aware of your condition all that is required is that you are currently monitored so you can have surgery at the appropriate time.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

They should drop by the time you're five or six years old. The testicles need to be outside the body (in the scrotum) so that they can produce sperm normally. Also, the incidence of cancer in undescended testicles is much higher than in those in the scrotum.

Sometimes in small boys the testicles will go up inside the body at times (when it's cold), but also come down into the scrotum when it's warm (like during a warm bath). That's normal, but by age 5 or 6 they should stay down in the scrotum.

There is a very simple surgery to correct undescended testicles. The surgery is done by a doctor called a urologist.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

"balls dropping" is more of a term of growing up than anything. I had low-hangers since I was a kid. To say someone's balls haven't dropped yet, is a way of saying that the person is immature.

Answer 5

Men's balls do not drop. They tend to sag in old age because of the mileage (women playing with them too much). I would be more worried if they retract just as it usually happens among super hunks - all muscles, no balls. their penis also get smaller and shorter because blood flows everywhere else in their muscles and lil' ol' penis has to suffer.

Answer 6

At a very young age who tf asked this😂😂😂😂

Answer 7

Testicle Drop

Answer 8

Your Balls dropped when u were born, "balls drop" is a term for when ur not acting like a kid and ur growing up

Answer 9

You are born that way. They do not have to "drop." If you happen to have your testes inside your body, that situation would have been spotted at birth and attempts made to correct it. If you currently have your testes in your body and one in your scrotum, you got lots of problems not and in the future. Testes need a cooler environment to be productive. Inside the body is too warm for sperm production and potentially bad for any sperm development. If that is any guys' case, they should seek medical attention.

Answer 10

When you're ready. The events in puberty take place at different times. There's no set age. If there are no signs of puberty happening at all when you turn 16 (and I mean no signs whatsoever), then see a doctor. Other than that, it all happens in its own good time.