You may have heard the saying ‘have your balls dropped yet?’ This is commonly used to describe the process of a boy going through puberty. ‘His balls are dropping.’
What it means is your hairy Santa sack is about to get bigger as your body makes room for your testicles to produce sperm. The male half of making a baby. At the same time, they produce a chemical called testosterone.
This is the main hormone which kick-starts all the changes in your body. Sperm like things to be a bit cooler so your nut sack drops and may enlarge as you go through puberty. Your body temperature is around 37 degrees but for your nuts to produce little swimmers the temperature needs to be 35 degrees. So that is why your gonads hang away from your body to give the little guys some cool air in which to develop.
Sleep in loose-fitting cotton boxers at night because the boys have been cooped up all day in your briefs overheating, give them some time to cool down. If you don’t have boxers, sleep in the nude – just be careful of family members barging in.
One ball hangs slightly lower than the other. This is normal, so don’t panic. It’s a genetic design so you don’t crush the boys as you walk, play sport or sit down.
Testicles are fantastic creations, and they can take care of themselves by retracting into your body when it’s cold and dangling like a pair of earrings when it’s warm. Sumo wrestlers have been known to be able to retract their testicles at will to protect them during wrestling bouts. What a skill!