Doctor issues warning for what happens when you stop masturbating forever as reality star reveals 10-year abstinence

Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn has underlined why you should never take an anti-masturbation stance in life.

Believe it or not, but 'bashing the bishop' (or 'shaking hands with the milkman') is an incredibly healthy exercise for one's body to go through, not just some sleazy act to be associated with boredom or singledom.

Reality TV personality Madison Prewett, who appeared in the 2020 series of the The Bachelor, recently revealed she'd abstained from 'sexual sin' for the last decade, but that's not something to be shouting about from the hills because the health implications are really quite dreadful.

Opening up on her decision on the Stay True podcast, the mum-of-one reflected on how a rekindled faith empowered her to switch off from watching adult content and pleasuring herself.

Masturbation is an important component of a healthy lifestyle (Getty Stock Images)

"This has been a struggle," she declared to her listeners. "This has been a huge part of my testimony, something I’ve struggled with since middle school.

"And thankfully, by the grace of God, and by the power of the Godly community and people around me, I have been free from porn and masturbation for... I don’t even know, 10 years?"

Sex and relationship expert Suwinyattichaiporn has analysed exactly what happens inside the human body during a dry though, and Prewett might want to take notice.

A 2021 study at the UCLA discovered 38 percent of 18 to 30-year-old Californians had no sexual partners in the year prior, up from 22 percent in 2011. Dr Suwinyattichaiporn told The Daily Mail that abstaining from sex and masturbation can lead to extreme symptoms arising in the body, as well as mental health impacts.

Guys in particular might want to consider the very real phenomenon of penile atrophy - where the tissue of the penis becomes less elastic, causing it to shrink by up to two centimetres.

The chances of prostate cancer increase if you don't relief yourself (Getty Stock Images)

Tobias Kohler, assistant professor of urology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, revealed to WebMD: "If [men] don't do anything to maintain normal erections, they will get shortening of the penis."

However, the science linking not having sex to penile atrophy hasn't reached a conclusion on how long it takes for the condition to develop.

Suwinyattichaiporn claimed it would likely take upwards of five years of no sex to occur.

For women, vaginal atrophy can affect those who have penetrative sex less often. It's when the vaginal walls become drier and thinner and can result in burning, itching, or pain during intimacy.

Even more frighteningly, blokes' chances of being diagnosed with prostate cancer increase if they don't have sex for long periods of time.

The correlation lies in the sperm, as researchers believe that carcinogens build up in the prostate over time, which increases the risk of cancer, but studies have found that ejaculating regularly may prevent cancer because it flushes out the harmful chemicals in the semen (via Urology Care Foundation).

As previously mentioned, there's a mental health dimension to the warnings as well, with Suwinyattichaiporn observing that those who don't masturbate or engage in sexual activities on the regular can experience exacerbated stress levels due to sexual frustration, anxiety, depression and anger issues.

Let's be real for a second: why would you even deprive yourself in the first place?