u/Automatic-Rub6720

Been extending for about 2 months and taking my time to slowly figure out and work in pumping, after my most recent session I got a bit nervous reading about hard flaccid. I'm not experiencing any pain/ tingling/ numbness or any of the telltale negative signs, it's really just that the "core" of my penis feels particularly firm the last 3 days or so since that last session. But I know hard flaccid is characterized by a tightness in the groin area that I'm not experiencing. If this isn't the early sign of hard flaccid is it just a normal result of a good pumping session? or an over pumping session? Appreciate any knowledge people have on this! I've been enjoying PE so far but you know it's injury prevention over everything, for obvious reasons.

I've been extending about 1.5 months and generally found a routine in setting up, extending for about 5 minutes with the sleeve fully on, then rolling it up to expose more shaft length to extension. I felt like this gave a better stretch and showed more temporary length after extending which as I understand it is a good indicator of long term growth. Now for the first month I was just single taping with micropore tape. I'd get slight edema below the head on the underside of my shaft but it would clear up within a few minutes so I wasn't worried.

Seeing people saying that double taping was safer I started doing that, but I think it compromises the seal on my setup. Now whenever I roll the sleeve up even slightly I instantly start slipping out of the cup. Double taping has reduced the edema I've experienced from extending, but that wasn't really a problem to begin with, and not being able to expose a maximal amount of shaft to extension will hamper my long term growth, or that's the worry. Any ideas on what the issue could be here, and what I could do to prevent it? Maybe trying a toe shield over the tip would help tighten that seal?