Involuntary erections can happen in the unlikeliest of settings.

But just because the random erection is part of being male doesn’t mean it’s something you want everyone to know about. Virtually all men have experienced involuntary erections, and they may occur in situations that are entirely nonsexual in nature. This type of erection is not under the conscious control of the person having it. Fortunately, unwanted erections tend to become less common with age.

Teenage boys going through puberty are dealing with major hormonal shifts and awareness of new stimuli, and boys this age can get unexpected erections at totally random times, such as around the dinner table or while taking a history test. As boys get older and become men, they generally experience far fewer random erections, but they may still occur, occasionally at inappropriate times.

Causes of Unwanted Erections

Involuntary erections can occur at any time of the day, but it’s quite common for men to wake up with an erection regardless of whether he was dreaming about anything sexually exciting, because testosterone levels are highest in the early morning hours. Likewise, men often have erections during the night while experiencing REM sleep due to neurological reflexes that occur during REM sleep phases.

Sometimes erectile tissues, for unknown reasons, relax and allow increased blood flow that causes erections, and it may be impossible to determine why it happened. This type of inexplicable random erection happens less frequently once men reach adulthood and middle age.

How Men Cope With Them

Guys learn how to cope with unwanted erections early on due to the prevalence of the phenomenon in settings like school, where it’s the last thing a boy wants to draw attention to. In general, boys and men either try to hide the problem until it resolves on its own, or try to actively make it go away, which may or may not work. Here are some of the more common ways men cope with unplanned erections:

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• Wearing trousers with pleats, which conform to the body less closely than non-pleated styles
  
• Placing something (book, backpack, jacket, etc.) in front of the erection to block it from view
  
• Wearing jeans made from thick denim, which are better at hiding erections than trousers in other types of fabrics
  
• Wearing long t-shirts or button-up shirts with long shirttails that are not tucked in
  
• Wearing briefs instead of boxers for better containment of the area in question
  
• Sitting down or remaining seated, which makes erections less visually obvious
  
• Finding a reason to bend over (to tie shoelaces, for example) for the same reason
  

While some men say there are ways to make unwanted erections go away, others say these techniques mostly just give you something to do while waiting for an erection to go away by itself. Some erection-killing techniques include:

Thinking extremely non-sexual thoughts

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• Trying to mentally solve difficult math problems
  
• Taking a walk in an effort to redirect blood flow away from the penis to the legs and arms
  
• Deliberately worrying: about an overdue bill, a car problem, or the federal deficit
  
• Reading a decidedly nonsexual book, such as one about economics or estate law
  

A New Product to Keep Unwanted Erections Hidden

Men who have hoped for a sartorial solution (other than pleated trousers) to the problem of poorly-timed spontaneous erections may soon have the option of purchasing special underwear designed to disguise them. “Hiders,†commissioned by a Russian company called RIA Panda are briefs made with a built-in pocket and poly urethane foam pad that “expands and contracts depending on the level of excitement, thus concealing any variance in size.†In other words, whatever’s going on underneath a pair of Hiders is not noticeable to the outside world. The briefs themselves are made from “milk protein and fabric†(Warning: NSFW auto-play video in Russian) and also feature air pockets for ventilation.

Now a company has designed special undergarments to keep involuntary erections from being noticeable.

Hiders are a high tech solution to a problem that affects most men at one time or another. The question is, how necessary are they? For the average guy, they’re probably not essential. Standard coping techniques are probably going to work for most men in most situations, and most men are bothered less by involuntary, inappropriately timed erections with each passing year. So why might this company have engineered a product so meticulously designed to disguise the ill-timed erection?

The Same Company Makes a Product for Erectile Dysfunction

Hiders were designed for a company out of St. Petersburg, Russia called RIA Panda, which makes a product called Ali Caps, an “herbal†product designed to combat erectile dysfunction (ED). According to the translated Russian website, the product “stimulates the production of sex hormones and increases the erection and production of seminal fluid.†Moreover, the company claims the product “increases the number of sperm†and does not contain harmful chemicals so it can be combined with alcohol.

Hiders, of course, are the perfect product to use to hide all those erections that would allegedly result from taking Ali Caps. In other words, not only will this herbal product produce massive erections, you’ll need special underwear to contain them. It’s actually a very clever psychological marketing tactic.

Herbal Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction

Buying so-called herbal treatments for ED is extremely risky. Though specific clinical data for Ali Caps is not available, other herbal products pitched in the US as treatments for ED have been found to have undisclosed, potentially dangerous ingredients. Moreover, there are several FDA-approved medications with lengthy track records for successfully treating ED. Treating ED medically with drugs like Viagra lets you be confident that you’re taking a standardized product that has been extensively tested and safely used by millions of men for over a decade.

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