Nick74 wrote: Reading your experience helps calm my mind and set realistic expectations.If you don’t mind me asking one last question: did you experience any loss in size or girth after the implant?
Thanks again for sharing your journey and being so open. It really helps guys like me who are about to take this step.
Hey Nick, thanks for the appreciation. Yeah, I’m a 74, too.
We’ve all been where you are, and understand the apprehension. That’s why guys stick around here and give advice way after getting implanted… we appreciate that this forum exists and we want to pay it forward. It’s also one of the few places we have to talk about our experience since it is all so hush hush out in the real world.
As for your question on whether I lost size: yes and no. The fundamental answer is that I didn’t; today I am roughly the same size (a bit over 6 inches) that I was in my teens. But immediately following surgery and for several months after I was about 4.75 inches. It took about a year before I realized I was back above 6 inches. Girth is the same, about 6 inches. I’m more than satisfied… I never thought that would be possible. I was happy with 4.75, so growing to 6 was pretty incredible, even though it doesn’t really affect my pleasure at all.
Pretty much everyone gets their size back eventually. My feeling is that if you don’t, it’s because you can’t actually get that length anymore. It’s not the implant that takes away size, at least long term. It’s just atrophy from ED. But you can reverse a lot of that by regularly using a VED prior to surgery (follow your doc’s advice on this and stop when he tells you to stop).
But it takes time. You will almost undoubtedly be shorter when you come out of surgery. But you’ll get it back.
For a guy like me that had ED his whole life, and didn’t have pills until I was in my twenties, I can say this with total certainty: my implanted dick is the best dick I had. It’s sooooo much better than anything before. That’s why I’m grateful every day for this cure, and want to help other guys find that contentment too.
Be well, Leto
50. Implanted 5/21/2024 at Kaiser SSF. AMS 700 CX 21cm, 3cm RTE. Penoscrotal. Venous leak my whole life. Pills helped, but hated the side effects; worked less as I aged. Skipped injections. Grateful to bionic brotherhood that helped me make this decision.