Having Only One Testicle

Just wanted to chime in on the support for any guys here. I was 13 when I had to get one removed... the first week back at school. Needless to say I never told anyone the true reason for the operation but I very quickly got over any anxiety as it really doesn't make a difference at all. One works perfectly fine.

I'm 20 now and have never been with any girls that have had any issues with it, some straight up didn't care that the other one isn't there. Sometimes I even throw a few "give my right nut for" jokes in with friends even though they don't know about it.

So basically... if anyone is worried and reads this. There is nothing strange or awkward or bad about having one testicle. Just be glad you don't have three and enjoy a healthy life. Guaranteed any woman worth a damn and even your male friends just won't care in the slightest.

hey all good day i discovered that i had only one testicle last year i think.. at first i got paranoid.. knowing to myself that i was the only one in the world that had this kind of abnormality... i want to cry.. and at first i was scared to tell anyone about my condition.. then i suddenly felt that i need to tell it.. so i told my mother.. then she told the story to her guy friend then she told me that her guy friends nephew had also the condition as iam.. then i begun research about my condition.. the condition i have is called undescended testis something like that.. as i research... my worries subtle.. then i stumbled upon this thread and read all other stories that you shared.. i now know that iam not alone.. thanks guys for sharing... myname is michael and im from philippines

read this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball

you see... even hitler had one testis

Wow, what a great group of folks that I can relate to in so may unique ways. I wish I had this forum when I was in middle or high school, just to ease my anxieties about say..... Hopping in the sack with the ignorant female poster at the beginning of the original thread. SHE was my fear, to end up being judged and looked at as a freakish "half-man"

I'm given so much comfort here with all the diversity of ages and experiences that have been had.

I am 28 with one testicle, and it was removed after birth. Do any of you have experience with hgh replacement or hgc. I am sexually active with a beautiful person, inside and out who doesn't care about an issue that doesn't exist between us and the rest of the world for that matter.

I began a cardio regimen 6 mo. ago and I lost all the flab and excess baby fat that I'd accumulated from unhealthy diet,

My one main conundrum is my virtual inability to add any muscle mass now that I'm at my target weight. I hear wonderful things about hormone/testosterone therapies that can help to accomplish this goal.

At my age, will doctors be willing to test this hormone therapy and it's effectiveness or lack thereof?

My one testicle is definitely pulling the weight of two, and its nice and healthy (pretty large too, as my partner has come to enjoy for a couple fun reasons ;-)'what a great caring person she is and she sides with me on looking to medicine for my energy and muscle fitness. Coupled with underlying anxiety, I have read many of the hormone replacement papers, and I think this could turn out to serve multipurpose s. Off-label uses for these seem to encourage me in the likelihood of a Dr. standing beside me on this.

Anyone used any of these replacement therapies, specifically as they pertain to one testicle, with the other being long removed?

I would love to hear some "testi-monials" (I'm a cheese ball, I know, that why she keeps me around!)

Thanks all you beautiful and caring people for keeping the young ones' "heads up" (ok that one was unintentional) in their hostile rumor-laden environments. More commonly known as high school.

I seriously doubt having one testicle is keeping you from putting on muscle. In fact, your progress in losing 'flab' through cardiovascular exercise proves that you're producing a lot of testosterone, because androgens are necessary to burn and redistribute fat (hence, men find it easier to keep weight off than women, generally speaking).

It could be that you're doing too MUCH cardiovascular exercise. Cardio (like jogging, swimming) can, over time, reduce your testosterone levels by causing overtraining fatigue. You might want to consider toning down the cardio regimen and spend more time resting. Then, to put on muscle, you're going to have to go to the gym and lift weights and combine it with a calorie-rich diet. I recommend that you hire a personal trainer (they're always available) so that you know what you're doing. If you tell him that you're looking to get bigger, he'll give you the right workout for that.

Best of luck.

I am 30 and have had one since i was about 6. I recently had blood work done which showed a high testosterone level. Also my teen years and early 20's i was highly sought after by the most attractive females and i always had what they called "a great body".. I did work out a lot and played a lot of sports, i was the best baseball player in my high school and always had a ton of friends.. Having one really only effects you mentally. Physically it should have no impact what so ever.

I too was always shy, especially around females about it.. Unlike others here, i am not "above average" in size haha, but i really don't think that matters that much either. It's all about how you present yourself. I always had a lot of confidence and was blessed with a good smile and body i guess.. Good luck to all my unibro's.

I just wanted to say thank you to all of the guys who posted here, I am fifteen and have alw

I thought I'd add to this because I admire everyone that has told their stories and want to add to the discussion.  I was born with one.  I didn't really notice until puberty when I figured it out.  Then it bothered me a lot.  I became sexually active at 18, I don't think it affected my sex drive at all.  In fact I would say I have an extremely large sex-drive, more than that of my friends.  I've had dozens (if we count everything it's up on 70 or so) of partners.  Though I have always been very conscious of it and hate telling people about it or having to answer questions about it.  I'm very active and maintain a pretty good fitness regime, though I have always had a lean and slim build, have never really 'bulked', even though in some cases I lift heavier weights than some of my athletic/muscle friends and when I don't work out I shed muscle weight pretty quickly.  I'm not sure if this is due to having the one or not.  I have always been conscious of it and decided to look into getting a prosthesis.  The urologist I saw was very quick to examine me and said it would be a very simple procedure and said he would be happy to arrange it if I wanted it.  So I decided to go for it and I am scheduled for surgery in 2 weeks.  I am a bit worried about it, that's how I came across the thread.  Has anyone else who was born with one testicle had this procedure?  And if so, how did it look/feel afterwards?  What was your recovery time like?  How long before I can get back to my fitness regime?  What I am most concerned about is the fact that I have always had only one, and so might not have enough room for 2 in my sack or that it will be an extremely tight fit.  Can anyone else fill me in?

Namaste... Hello.. I'm an 18 yr old boy from india and was born with one testicle.. At first when i discovered it, i was extremely scared... But reading this thread i found quite a lot of people also suffer from cryptorchidism or as a few of u hilariously call uniball... Now what i observed interestingly is that most 'uniball' guys are the tallest and strongest in the family.. Actually, i am also the tallest in the family at 6ft 1inches.. And my dad who is nearest to me at height is 5'7''.. And funnier still is the fact that i'm the leanest and strongest of the family.. Maybe one testis really does over compensate the lack of the other.. I don't think i am infertile nor do i think i am sexually incapable.. I get sexually aroused 5-6 times a day.. And i think my penis size is more than enough.. So thanks again to this thread to help me regain the little self-respect i lost.. My only worry is testicular cancer.. But who cares.. Life is short anyway.. So ciao.. God bless..

ive had one testicle all my life (im seventeen now). my parents never told me why it had to be removed. ive always been open with my life. ive told people about my experiences with drugs, my home life and having one testicle and the group of people im around accept me for me. they dont care about some tiny detail and i can even joke about having one testicle. they dont treat me any diffrently. i have a girlfriend who is amazing and me having one testicle does not bother her one bit. thats because we are not defined by how many testicles we have. there are a lot more qualities to everyone of us. you might be smart, funny, friendly, honest or just a really good person. (YOU ARE NOT ALONE :D )

I was born with one testacle and thought it was normal . No girl noticed in my teens like 14 to 18. When i. Was 18 i met a hot polish girl and bedded her she was the first to notice at first she laughed but then she cudnt stop touching it and she said she didnt mind if we met again but we didnt. Now im 21 and i want to get a fake one just because i do feel a little bit embarrassed but dont mind but if i had 2 then i prob wudnt think Twice (lol) about certain things.

I jusT turned 13. A while ago I just hit puberty and I was concerned about having only being born with 1 testical.I thought that I would star gaining wait and no growing any facial ,armpit,nor pubic hair and I just got into middle school that people would make fun of me in the showers . Because when I was 8 I got surgery to see if my testical was in my pelvis or abdominal area. I as not at school for awhile and one of my friends called me and asked why I was not at school for along time,,so I told him and he told his sister and she told everyone at school.now every one knows I have one. No one thinks im a freak or any thing I have all my friends and you hit puberty like anyone else......but I did get some funny nicknames. ..........one nut wonder. And. " nut" thanael instead of nathanael

hey man... my name is angel... my son has one testicle... he had a torsion the next day he was born and had to get one of them removed hes only 4 years old and healthy... but i have some questions.. id be really happy to talk to you about this issue and hopefully you can also respond to some of my questions and how you think i could address this issue with him when its the time... this is very important for me and i would appreciate your help...i would like him to be happy with his body and i dont think anyone is better suited to give advice for that other than someone that has lived with it the rest of their life...i hope i can hear back from you,

Interesting thread.  I thought I would comment a bit.  I was born with two normal looking testicles.  For whatever reason the left one never developed any larger (about the size of an cashew).  Sometime during puberty I developed a hydrocele on that side.  It kept getting larger and eventually was so large and painful, that I decided to have the entire testicle and hydrocele removed.  I've never had a problem sexually, and none of my sex partners have been put off by my having one nut.  I never considered a prosthetic and have not had any psychological problems having only one.  In fact, until reding this thread, I never gave it much thought at all... 

Having only 1 testicle since birth hasn't been as embarrassing as explaining the lower abdomen scar from the exploratory surgery looking for the other. Now that I'm 30 I can reflect on how the few embarrassments of girls talking behind my back of "oh, poor him". I became sexually active at 13 and thru my teens I used drugs heavily but I don't think the one testicle had any bearing on that. Almost all my sexual partners were outside of my social circle of friends, then I slipped up and slept with a girl in my social circle and then all the girls knew as it wad a non issue after that. I spent my early 20s not pursuing tail but being persued (something about being at a bar and not looking to get laid will always get you laid). It seems now I'm questioning  to get my testosterone levels tested due to my low libedo. It is possible that having one testicle has kept my T levels balanced enough to get me thru young adulthood without much anger and making more thought-out decisions (somehow I became somewhat successful where most of my friends are strung out or in jail or are still partying). When I turned 18 I considered an implant but now looking back I probably would be more embarrassed explaining to my wife of a prosthetic testicle than all the times explaining the one testicle to the girls I met along the way.

when I was born only one descended properly. my family never told me. my mom mentioned once or twice that i was "born with a hernia" - I'm mid 30s now but have not regulary communicated with most of my family since i was 15 or so - and who knows... maybe I have issues with them
regarding their indifference and negligence. but it hasnt really affected any other part of my life. I do think about it time to time and yeah I've even felt insecure "down there" occasionally. but like alot on here I'm 6" 200lbs hairy broad shoulders fertile viral etc. and again I must echo others and add no girls have noticed. i told my HS girlfriend once after fooling around and she was unfazed. nobody noticed in the showers after football games. doctors doing the "turn and cough" test physical for football never noticed. my current general phys doctor was also unfazed.

recently I have had some discomfort in my abdomin on the right side where i think the undescended one still resides. my left one - the regular one - does seem large but not huge and produces plenty of regular looking and functioning fluid. for now just keeping an eye on everything.

I just have to say it does suck growing up like this. it causes alot of anxiety and uneasyness in certain situations. common situations that for everybody else should just be "part of growing up" - like skinny dipping, playing sports, dating etc. even going to the doctor which isn't a healthy way to grow up. ultimately your own health and happiness suffer. all because " your different" or worse "defective." but later you will learn we are all defective in some ways and your situation is actually a non issue for the most part.

what I know now that I wish I coulda told myself at 13/14yo is "nobody is perfect" - everyone has that thing, perhaps if only in their mind, that makes them feel less than perfect and insecure. especially in the body imgage and nudity/genital department. and think about it: many have it much worse with horrible acne, obesity, flat chested, micro-penis etc. and yeah even the opposite end of the spectrum feels it too having similar issues from being too skinny or having too big gentials/breast. and if you were perfect you'd be picked on or singled out for that. basically kids are crule and growin up sucks for everyone. but bottom line: get comfortable with yourself.

and lastly if you are a "uniballer" like myself I don't think a prosthetic testi is the answer espiclly in light of what alot have said on here "doesnt feel right" not natural, no one even notices nor cares etc. so why bother?