Implant diary

[Ljammmm]

Liam which was your doctor?

Hi jimakos, it was Dr Ralph, based out of king edwards in London, what makes you ask this?

[Irish Lad 34]

Hey bro. Best of luck on your journey. Hope its all going well for you. We are pretty similar in that I was also implanted in London just a few weeks ago. I was implanted by Rowland Rees at The Seymour Clinic.

Just like yourself mine did not look great when I took the bandage off after 2 days. It looked a bit like a ET's finger; definitely shorter than my natural erection, mega stiff, felt kind of artificial like metal or plastic and the upper half was mega skinny. I came to realise that I was left almost entirely deflated.

I had the drain removed on day 3 and on day 8 had a follow up. Dr Rees inflated about 90% of the water in it but we had to stop before 100% because it got sore near the top where it's skinny so I've been left deflated since day 8 and I was told I could go home to Dublin on day 8. So now I'm on day 16 and the only external damage remaining seems to be a bit of scabbing clumped at the base of the penis where the incision was made and a tiny bit of light bruising where the pump is. I'd love to start cycling now but Dr Rees told me not to touch it until I see him again next Thursday. He said I will probably be good to start cycling Thursday. By that stage I will be 22 days deflated following surgery.

I'm down appx 2cm in length but I get about 0.8cm when the glans engorges so really the length of my shaft is down about 1cm. I'm desperately hoping that I get some or all of that back along with the girth that I've lost in the upper half.

I kind of got flustered poking at it and feeling around and poking the tubing a good bit. One thing I noticed is that the tubing was very palpable for me at 4 o clock and 8 clock. On day 8 when I came home I started measuring the underside of my penis with a plastic ruler and I pushed the ruler quite hard against the tubing to measure myself and I think I noticed the corner of the ruler which can feel a bit sharp was pushing against the tube. I'm just desperately hoping that I didn't damage the tubing by doing that.

Hi Irish lad,

Thanks for the support.

I bet flying right after was a real struggle.wasnt it? I struggled enough with a car trip back to Birmingham!

I'm curious was it skinnier at the top prior to surgery? Or is this new?

I'm itching to start cycling to or at least see what it looks like fully inflated, the suspense is starting to get to me now hahaha!

I bet you will be ok with your ruler, if you didn't cut your skin you should of been able to cut anything underneath i wouldn't have thought?

Anyway wishing you all the best in your recovery look forward to hearing how well it goes!

Hey man you're welcome

Yeah flying afterwards was a nightmare. The whole last day in London was terrible I had to leave my Airbnb in Brixton wearing the scruffy shitty baggy tracksuit bottoms while carrying a duffel bag full of shit. Then make my way to the consultation rooms near Harley Street miles away lol. Then linger around the train station, train to airport, then float around the airport with the bag full of shit for a few hours. Then get into the middle seat of a cheap Ryainair flight and departure was delayed for an hour. It was proper salty lol.

I had to drive from Dublin to Belfast 2 days ago and it was really sore.

I've never been to Birmingham btw but I really want to visit some time. My friend told me there is a club there called Popworld and he has heard it could be a good place if you are single with a functional penis lol!

- It was definitely not so skinny at the top prior to surgery, not quite like it is now, also the left side of it feels skinnier than the right side in the upper half so it is just generally strange and not identical to the shape I had before surgery.

- I'm also totally eager to start cycling too. I'm on day 19 now. I visit Rees again in 3 days and really hoping he will clear me to cycle then. It is hard not to touch it for such a long time.

- I hope you're right about the ruler thing. Would be devastating if this thing wasn't working.

From reading your post and looking at your pics it seems me and you are in a very similar boat in terms of size and size loss etc although you had more girth than me.

Just like yourself I have also had sharp bits of the implant jutting out in different parts of the shaft. I think they might be early signs of the dog eat phenomenon. I have noticed my implant seems to have softened up a bit because when I hold it firm enough some of the sharp edgy bits on the shaft seem to remould into a more natural format, but like yourself it's all been a somewhat odd visual and physical experience for me.

It seems you were 5.75 inches before and now your 5 inches long. I'm somewhat similar, perhaps slightly longer pre and post op but not by much, and I too have lost an almost identical amount of length - about 0.75 inches! If my penis is bent a little it seems shorter but when I gently straighten it out as straight as it can go and then measure it, it's down almost exactly 0.75 inches. My glans engorges a bit in the morning and gets longer so it seems to me the shaft alone is exactly 0.5 inches shorter. I'm super excited to see if cycling will somehow regain that length but I can't see how it will because the cylinders are apparently a fixed length. Will be interesting to see how we both progress.

Did Ralph tell you when you can start cycling?

Did Ralph tell you that cycling might regain some of that length? I wonder what his response will be like if you tell him the shaft is shorter.

[Ljammmm]

Hey man you're welcome

Yeah flying afterwards was a nightmare. The whole last day in London was terrible I had to leave my Airbnb in Brixton wearing the scruffy shitty baggy tracksuit bottoms while carrying a duffel bag full of shit. Then make my way to the consultation rooms near Harley Street miles away lol. Then linger around the train station, train to airport, then float around the airport with the bag full of shit for a few hours. Then get into the middle seat of a cheap Ryainair flight and departure was delayed for an hour. It was proper salty lol.

I had to drive from Dublin to Belfast 2 days ago and it was really sore.

I've never been to Birmingham btw but I really want to visit some time. My friend told me there is a club there called Popworld and he has heard it could be a good place if you are single with a functional penis lol!

- It was definitely not so skinny at the top prior to surgery, not quite like it is now, also the left side of it feels skinnier than the right side in the upper half so it is just generally strange and not identical to the shape I had before surgery.

- I'm also totally eager to start cycling too. I'm on day 19 now. I visit Rees again in 3 days and really hoping he will clear me to cycle then. It is hard not to touch it for such a long time.

- I hope you're right about the ruler thing. Would be devastating if this thing wasn't working.

From reading your post and looking at your pics it seems me and you are in a very similar boat in terms of size and size loss etc although you had more girth than me.

Just like yourself I have also had sharp bits of the implant jutting out in different parts of the shaft. I think they might be early signs of the dog eat phenomenon. I have noticed my implant seems to have softened up a bit because when I hold it firm enough some of the sharp edgy bits on the shaft seem to remould into a more natural format, but like yourself it's all been a somewhat odd visual and physical experience for me.

It seems you were 5.75 inches before and now your 5 inches long. I'm somewhat similar, perhaps slightly longer pre and post op but not by much, and I too have lost an almost identical amount of length - about 0.75 inches! If my penis is bent a little it seems shorter but when I gently straighten it out as straight as it can go and then measure it, it's down almost exactly 0.75 inches. My glans engorges a bit in the morning and gets longer so it seems to me the shaft alone is exactly 0.5 inches shorter. I'm super excited to see if cycling will somehow regain that length but I can't see how it will because the cylinders are apparently a fixed length. Will be interesting to see how we both progress.

Did Ralph tell you when you can start cycling?

Did Ralph tell you that cycling might regain some of that length? I wonder what his response will be like if you tell him the shaft is shorter.

Not the middle seat hahahahaha that's some shitty luck. I get out to Portadown a fair bit with work, hope they didn't have you on one of them propeller planes bouncing up and down, bad enough after a few airport pints never mind an opuration!

Didn't expect to see a popworld shout on here thay gave me a good laugh, had some drunken night in there. Get over here with your accent mate you'll have to pump it up to 100% to use as a wepeon fight then off with.

I really hope your onto something there and it's a crease can feel rather than the tip sitting short but I am very skeptical on this, Ralph is meant to be very well respected so would lile to think he wouldn't fuck it up. Can you feel the tip on the underside of one or both of your glans?

It terms on the length, I'm only 30% inflated, I would arguably closer to 6" if I didn't develop a bend and it was flattened out, and it's not been inflated any more than that at any point, so i still have no idea how much I've lost yet. Maybe we will both be blown away once we get these bad boys inflated the full amount! But looking at other posts people have recovered more than us so I don't think we have anything to be concerned about.

He didn't tell me no, I have a post op with a nurse tomorrow, not sure when I'm seeing him next, he is on holiday until the 16th now and then Christmas but that seems a very long time to wait. Perhaps I can figure it out on my own if the only thing stopping it is holidays.

[Irish Lad 34]

Not the middle seat hahahahaha that's some shitty luck. I get out to Portadown a fair bit with work, hope they didn't have you on one of them propeller planes bouncing up and down, bad enough after a few airport pints never mind an opuration!

Didn't expect to see a popworld shout on here thay gave me a good laugh, had some drunken night in there. Get over here with your accent mate you'll have to pump it up to 100% to use as a wepeon fight then off with.

I really hope your onto something there and it's a crease can feel rather than the tip sitting short but I am very skeptical on this, Ralph is meant to be very well respected so would lile to think he wouldn't fuck it up. Can you feel the tip on the underside of one or both of your glans?

It terms on the length, I'm only 30% inflated, I would arguably closer to 6" if I didn't develop a bend and it was flattened out, and it's not been inflated any more than that at any point, so i still have no idea how much I've lost yet. Maybe we will both be blown away once we get these bad boys inflated the full amount! But looking at other posts people have recovered more than us so I don't think we have anything to be concerned about.

He didn't tell me no, I have a post op with a nurse tomorrow, not sure when I'm seeing him next, he is on holiday until the 16th now and then Christmas but that seems a very long time to wait. Perhaps I can figure it out on my own if the only thing stopping it is holidays.

Yeah man I got stitched with the middle seat was so uncomfortable with my flimsy erection pointing upwards in my pants. Plane was full as well.

I've never actually been to Portadown. Thankfully it was a normal airplane. I think it's only Aer Lingus that use the propellor planes and they only use them to go between Northern Ireland and Britain.

What is Popworld like lol? I'm not an overly confident fellow but I do like the idea of going out and meeting some fun new lady friends lol. Also I always find English people are sound and sociable so I figure the girls are probably cool :p

You're 30% I think I am now practically 0%.

It would be awesome if we were both blown away. I'm honestly not expecting an inflation to add much if any length at all to my shaft. I have seen people claim they have regained length but I do wonder how much of that is due to glans engorgement rather than the shaft lengthening. Most people's glans adds 0.5cm - 1cm when it's engorged and I think most people fail to take that into account when they measure themselves post-op VS 1 year post-op. I could be wrong but that's just my theory. I'd be very pleasantly surprised if the shaft gets any longer for me. If that happens the cylinders will no longer sit in the glans any more.

Awesome. Let me know how the session goes with the nurse. I'm eager to inflate myself. I can't see what could possibly go wrong if I start cycling now as opposed to waiting another 3 days. My concern is that the longer I remain deflated the lesser chance I have of expanding and regaining shape, length or girth. I have found a few articles online that suggest you are better off inflating sooner rather than later, and some stuff that suggests there may be compromised results if you wait too long to cycle, or don't cycle frequently enough in the first few months.

[Kodixx]

Irish Lad 34, I'm one of those guys who posted about gains in length/girth. Its in my sig line. The pre-op, post-op, and 10+ month measurements were without glans engorgement. I was forced to wait until almost 8 weeks post-op to start cycling due to a rough recovery. For many months cycling involved some pain, until I reached the measurements in the sig line. My theory (however some qualified forum members disagree with this), is that once the implant reached its max length and girth it stopped putting painful levels of pressure on the tunica and other tissue when cycling. So :
1) I believe length/girth can increase exclusive of glans engorgement.
2) The increase in length/girth occurred as the cylinders pushed to their max size, and the tunica's (and other tissue) former size.
3) As a result, the cylinder tips remained in the same position in the glans. The implant and tissue expanded together.
4) I don't believe waiting almost 8 weeks to cycle affected my length/girth as opposed to starting at 4 or 6 weeks.

All that's just IMHO, what I believe happened with me. YMMV. Only your Dr knows your specific physiology up close -- I would defer to his/her guidance vs other generalized information.

- Chuck

I have seen people claim they have regained length but I do wonder how much of that is due to glans engorgement rather than the shaft lengthening. If that happens the cylinders will no longer sit in the glans any more. My concern is that the longer I remain deflated the lesser chance I have of expanding and regaining shape, length or girth. I have found a few articles online that suggest you are better off inflating sooner rather than later, and some stuff that suggests there may be compromised results if you wait too long to cycle, or don't cycle frequently enough in the first few months.

[Irish Lad 34]

Irish Lad 34, I'm one of those guys who posted about gains in length/girth. Its in my sig line. The pre-op, post-op, and 10+ month measurements were without glans engorgement. I was forced to wait until almost 8 weeks post-op to start cycling due to a rough recovery. For many months cycling involved some pain, until I reached the measurements in the sig line. My theory (however some qualified forum members disagree with this), is that once the implant reached its max length and girth it stopped putting painful levels of pressure on the tunica and other tissue when cycling. So :
1) I believe length/girth can increase exclusive of glans engorgement.
2) The increase in length/girth occurred as the cylinders pushed to their max size, and the tunica's (and other tissue) former size.
3) As a result, the cylinder tips remained in the same position in the glans. The implant and tissue expanded together.
4) I don't believe waiting almost 8 weeks to cycle affected my length/girth as opposed to starting at 4 or 6 weeks.

All that's just IMHO, what I believe happened with me. YMMV. Only your Dr knows your specific physiology up close -- I would defer to his/her guidance vs other generalized information.

- Chuck

I have seen people claim they have regained length but I do wonder how much of that is due to glans engorgement rather than the shaft lengthening. If that happens the cylinders will no longer sit in the glans any more. My concern is that the longer I remain deflated the lesser chance I have of expanding and regaining shape, length or girth. I have found a few articles online that suggest you are better off inflating sooner rather than later, and some stuff that suggests there may be compromised results if you wait too long to cycle, or don't cycle frequently enough in the first few months.

I see. I should be able to pump to 100% within a few days. I made it to about 90% when he pumped me on day 8. Hopefully, if gains are possible, I will get them quick, because I won't need to wait 8 months to reach 100% inflation.