Ogling too much internet pornography can make you impotent, according to a study by Italian scientists.

Too much internet porn can ruin your sex life, say boffins (Reuters)

However, they stress that the effects on the ability to get an erection are only temporary.

The revelation comes from the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, which surveyed 28,000 men on their porn-surfing habits.

Researchers explained that many of them were being turned off sex over time by looking at explicit internet images.


Many had become addicted to blue movies by the age of 14 and showed signs of ‘sexual anorexia’ by their mid-20s, or as the study says – ‘anorsexia’.

The head of the team, Carlo Foresta, said: ‘It starts with lower reactions to porn sites, then there is a general drop in libido and in the end it becomes impossible to get an erection.’

But he stresses that the effect is entirely reversible. ‘With proper assistance recovery is possible within a few months,’ Foresta said.