Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
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Archetype
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Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
Few weeks ago I had the malleable implant and since the operation I have noticed significant decrease in length compared to my pre-op stretched length. Is this reversible with time as you go through the healing stages? From what I can read online you don't lose much length, if at all, from having an implant and if you lose it is minimal with much of it coming back with time. Anyone with experience can chip in here as I am concerned that they undersized despite being told that I had no fibrosis with good rods placement.
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edjohn
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Re: Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
You got a malleable so most of what you read here is going to be irrelevant to your situation.
An IPP requires a long process to normalize again but yours doesn’t change. It has to be shorter so it isn’t straining against your glans 24/7. That can cause erosion easily.
An IPP requires a long process to normalize again but yours doesn’t change. It has to be shorter so it isn’t straining against your glans 24/7. That can cause erosion easily.
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Ykapoor741
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Re: Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
In your earlier post u are saying u got ipp now here u say u have mpp
What do u have??
What do u have??
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JohnnyBorg
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Re: Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
edjohn wrote:You got a malleable so most of what you read here is going to be irrelevant to your situation.
An IPP requires a long process to normalize again but yours doesn’t change. It has to be shorter so it isn’t straining against your glans 24/7. That can cause erosion easily.
^^^ this is it. Many surgeons will undersize to mitigate erosion risks as much as possible. Making up lost size is something that IPPs can do with cycling and that’s one of their many big advantages. With malleables your size will be the fixed placed length.
What was your size loss, out of curiosity? I do think surgeon has a lot to do with this. Hakky chose to undersize me about 5mm. Other surgeons do more: 1-2 cm. Some guys have reported they didn’t observe a size loss at all. It all depends on the patient.
33 yrs old. ED since high school. Pills always hit or miss, mostly ineffective. Finally diagnosed with venous leak in early September 2025.
Rigi10 MPP 11mm rods 20 cm with 0.5 RTE.
Implanted w/ Dr Hakky on January 20, 2026. Recovering.
Rigi10 MPP 11mm rods 20 cm with 0.5 RTE.
Implanted w/ Dr Hakky on January 20, 2026. Recovering.
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Archetype
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Re: Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
Ykapoor741 wrote:In your earlier post u are saying u got ipp now here u say u have mpp
What do u have??
You must have confused me with someone else. I never said I have ipp.
JohnnyBorg wrote:edjohn wrote:You got a malleable so most of what you read here is going to be irrelevant to your situation.
An IPP requires a long process to normalize again but yours doesn’t change. It has to be shorter so it isn’t straining against your glans 24/7. That can cause erosion easily.
^^^ this is it. Many surgeons will undersize to mitigate erosion risks as much as possible. Making up lost size is something that IPPs can do with cycling and that’s one of their many big advantages. With malleables your size will be the fixed placed length.
What was your size loss, out of curiosity? I do think surgeon has a lot to do with this. Hakky chose to undersize me about 5mm. Other surgeons do more: 1-2 cm. Some guys have reported they didn’t observe a size loss at all. It all depends on the patient.
I am aware that they undersize you somewhat to avoid erosion but this under sizing is a few mm's not centimetres. Like you I was also implanted on the 20th of Jan. Did you lose any size when comparing to pre op length? I see some guys who say that due to swelling etc. initially you will lose some size but it mostly comes back after a few months. What is your experience so far?
I first lost size due to prostatectomy but my surgeon told me that you don't lose size from having the malleable implant. I was not ready to consider injections so I opted and received the Genesis 11mm 20cm with the knowledge that if I can't stand it I can switch the inflatable down the line. Post prostatectomy my pre-op non bon pressed stretched length was 11.5m or 14.5cm BPSL (I am overweight so quite a bit of pubic fat). After the operation I dropped another 2cm. I was ok with dropping a few mm but not 2cm. Some guys in a malleable group tell me that most of it will come back in a few months time and its too early to judge now. I wonder if this is true?
Right now I don't recognize my dick. I literally got wiped out size wise. I am at a point where every cm of gain matters.
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JohnnyBorg
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Re: Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
Archetype wrote:Ykapoor741 wrote:In your earlier post u are saying u got ipp now here u say u have mpp
What do u have??
You must have confused me with someone else. I never said I have ipp.JohnnyBorg wrote:edjohn wrote:You got a malleable so most of what you read here is going to be irrelevant to your situation.
An IPP requires a long process to normalize again but yours doesn’t change. It has to be shorter so it isn’t straining against your glans 24/7. That can cause erosion easily.
^^^ this is it. Many surgeons will undersize to mitigate erosion risks as much as possible. Making up lost size is something that IPPs can do with cycling and that’s one of their many big advantages. With malleables your size will be the fixed placed length.
What was your size loss, out of curiosity? I do think surgeon has a lot to do with this. Hakky chose to undersize me about 5mm. Other surgeons do more: 1-2 cm. Some guys have reported they didn’t observe a size loss at all. It all depends on the patient.
I am aware that they undersize you somewhat to avoid erosion but this under sizing is a few mm's not centimetres. Like you I was also implanted on the 20th of Jan. Did you lose any size when comparing to pre op length? I see some guys who say that due to swelling etc. initially you will lose some size but it mostly comes back after a few months. What is your experience so far?
I first lost size due to prostatectomy but my surgeon told me that you don't lose size from having the malleable implant. I was not ready to consider injections so I opted and received the Genesis 11mm 20cm with the knowledge that if I can't stand it I can switch the inflatable down the line. Post prostatectomy my pre-op non bon pressed stretched length was 11.5m or 14.5cm BPSL (I am overweight so quite a bit of pubic fat). After the operation I dropped another 2cm. I was ok with dropping a few mm but not 2cm. Some guys in a malleable group tell me that most of it will come back in a few months time and its too early to judge now. I wonder if this is true?
Right now I don't recognize my dick. I literally got wiped out size wise. I am at a point where every cm of gain matters.
Are you still very swollen? Some guys who are very swollen sometimes present as shorter will the tissue is compressed.
Am I right in understanding that your visible length is presenting as 9.5 cm now? Or your bone pressed length is now 12.5 cm?
I’m in a similar boat in that my bone pressed length (which id been measuring incorrectly and need to correct) is ~13.3 cm (~5.25 inches), but my visible length is just a tad over ~11.5 cm (~4.5 inches).
I think you could expect a few things:
1) maybe some length as swelling resolves.
2) depending on your weight, losing weight could help reveal a bit more length towards your bone pressed measurement.
3) I haven’t measured with any engorgement in glans or urethral area yet - I believe that could lend itself to a little size during sex. This seems very patient dependent. Some malleable guys indicate that they actually do get some decent gains during sex.
33 yrs old. ED since high school. Pills always hit or miss, mostly ineffective. Finally diagnosed with venous leak in early September 2025.
Rigi10 MPP 11mm rods 20 cm with 0.5 RTE.
Implanted w/ Dr Hakky on January 20, 2026. Recovering.
Rigi10 MPP 11mm rods 20 cm with 0.5 RTE.
Implanted w/ Dr Hakky on January 20, 2026. Recovering.
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Archetype
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Re: Lost length after being implanted. Is this normal?
I am not sure if am still swollen because there is also internal swealing.
You are basically where I was before I lost length from the implant. Now visible length is 9.5 cm and bone pressed length is 12.5 cm.
Did you also lose length from the operation?
You are basically where I was before I lost length from the implant. Now visible length is 9.5 cm and bone pressed length is 12.5 cm.
Did you also lose length from the operation?
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