Does anyone here regret getting an implant?

[LetoMan]

This is interesting. Is this good news for guys like me who are 40 and considering it within the next few years?

I would not let concerns about future revisions inform your decisionmaking. Just ask yourself whether you need an implant now. Yes, implant tech is getting better. But we are on the cusp of a number of breakthroughs in medicine, and the pace of those breakthroughs will only accelerate as we increase our AI-assisted analysis.

In particular, we are headed towards tissue regeneration, possibly commercially available within the expected lifespan of an implant: https://www.sciencedirect.com:5037/scie ... 9924003163

[Never_Enough]

This is interesting. Is this good news for guys like me who are 40 and considering it within the next few years?

I would not let concerns about future revisions inform your decisionmaking. Just ask yourself whether you need an implant now. Yes, implant tech is getting better. But we are on the cusp of a number of breakthroughs in medicine, and the pace of those breakthroughs will only accelerate as we increase our AI-assisted analysis.

In particular, we are headed towards tissue regeneration, possibly commercially available within the expected lifespan of an implant: https://www.sciencedirect.com:5037/scie ... 9924003163

I think it depends what causes the ED.

For me I have muscle/nerve problems caused by pelvic floor issues less a vascular problem. This is why pills are hit and miss.

I dont technically need the implant right now, but I tend to think about it when things get stressful.

Are you saying that they may be able to reverse the damage from an implant or am I completely misreading you there

[Mark1974]

This is interesting. Is this good news for guys like me who are 40 and considering it within the next few years?

Are you saying that they may be able to reverse the damage from an implant or am I completely misreading you there

Don't think that reversing the damage from an implant is around the corner. They would have to be able to give you healthy, new cavernosal tissue and regenerative medicine doesn't appear to be anywhere close to solving this issue.

The operation to remove the scar tissue is also very complex. This part is already achievable, but only a few superspecialists can do this and still infection rates are very high

[splitpeach]

I regret not trying other methods for longer, for examlpe having higher dose pills or even trying injections.

If you have nothing to lose already (your penis absolutely does not work), then do it. But if your penis still works 50%, i recommend you to try everything before the implant.

Injections still work fairly well for me. Ive used them for nearly 7 years and sick of it. Now I can get just one erection a night. Im tired of running to the bathroom for 10 minutes before sex. Tired of making sure I've got them on me. Tired of bouncers asking me what they are.

Fuck it. Im old enough to go all or nothing. Get that bicycle pump in my slug now.

Interested in following your story. Ive just turned 40 from Essex and too have seen Dr Ralph, who advised me to carry on using pills and possibly injections as they work somewhat. I think ultimately I will need an implant though in the long term. Have you been given the go ahead by David?

Well I've not been implanted yet but my logic is if you're not that bothered using pills or injections dont implant. You always have to consider if some magical cure is discovered five years from now.

I'm not happy with injections anymore and so I now feel prepared and old enough to commit to this permanent solution. I have had the go ahead by Ralph as I've tried practically everything there is and I'm at peace with the decision either way. Injections don't cut it for me any more.

[LetoMan]

Are you saying that they may be able to reverse the damage from an implant or am I completely misreading you there

If by “damage” from an implant you mean that you can no longer get hard without one, yes, that is what I mean. There are significant efforts under way to essentially be able to regenerate tissue and create new body parts.

My point is that the calculus some guys do is: if I’m 40, and I live til I’m 80, and I average 10 years per implant, that means one implant procedure and three revisions, etc.

But what that ignores is the accelerating pace of innovation. Penile implants are only about 45 years old, and they have gotten dramatically better in that time. But medical advances are accelerating, particularly as we are developing computer-assisted testing. Research that used to take years or decades is now happening within weeks. There is a very good chance that implants become obsolete in the decades to come.

Nobody is developing tissue regeneration to regrow penises, they are doing it for hearts and lungs and other critical body parts. But once the tech exists, it will be used for everything.