As has been written the smaller implant at revision is most always from an infection where the implant has to be removed and nothing else placed for a long time. 6 + months. With regular revisions 5 + years many times a larger implant is used. So there are things we can do to prevent infection. One...

Actually the Coffin effect is from being partially inflated after surgery for extended amounts of time without cycling. Then there is a Pseudo-capsule that forms a coffin around the cylinders that is very difficult or impossible to change to restore lost size. This is why early activation (cycling) ...

The old rule of thumb was that infrapubic was better for reservoir placement and penoscrotal was better for pump placement. But with a really good doctor neither of those apply. So it depends on the doctor. The less skilled doctor the more issues that come into play. Scarring and tubbing visible and...

Has anyone ever not been or had trouble deflating their implant. What did you do? If the implant is partially inflated is there any harm in this? My doctor said if I can’t deflate the implant I’ll have to come to the office so they can. Or an emergency room. I’m wondering if a partial inflation mig...

I have a question about the use of rear tip extenders(RTEs). I understand that they are used in order to adjust the size of the implants in 0.5 cm increments and that of course that they are not inflatable like the actual implant. But what are the positives and negatives of the RTEs? Should the sur...

Hello, and welcome to the site. This has been discussed many times and you can do a search to find a lot of information. Short answer is things very a lot. And cash price is way different from insurance charged or paid price. There was a thread a member made that listed self-pay amounts for differen...

First of all you need to understand size loss. Some can be regained, and some cannot. Then the size loss before surgery and the size loss during and after surgery. Lots of good publications on this in the General Discussion section of this board in the Documents worth reading thread pinned to the to...

As previously noted on this forum, I have complete ED as of late 2019 due to uncontrolled diabetes. I got the diabetes under control but did nothing for the ED because my wife was diagnosed with cancer around the same time (ultimately passing away from CV-19 in 8/21 as she was immunocompromised) an...

I have read some information I think you might find useful. A well-known NYC implant doctor published this on his web site: Diabetics are prone to infection and/or long healing process. Is this condition troubling in the prosthesis procedure? In our hands diabetic men have fewer infections than non-...

OMG, I see one post says that the doctor told him TO INFLATE before VED and the post right after that one, the guys says DO NOT INFLATE. Well? which one is it? Sorry if I sound crass, but after going through Prostate Cancer Prostate removed and then radiation and then ED for 3 years. I do not want ...