What happens with permanent removal

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Cnidium
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What happens with permanent removal

Postby Cnidium » Thu Mar 12, 2026 4:01 pm

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any concrete evidence on what happens if you have an implant permanently removed?

I'm not concerned about shrinkage or never being able to get another implant installed inthe future, but rather things like in ability to urinate or some weird functional problem that I can't think of.

I've seen what appears to be a lot of speculation on the topic within threads that were addressing other main topics, but nothing that seemed like hard evidence.

I'm sure there are guys who got the thing removed permanently due 1 reason or another (infection, discomfort, ect), but I'm not sure there is any real reason for them to visit the forum any longer.

What I'm considering is, after I hit an age where I'm not sexually active anymore, I'd like to have the implant removed just so I can live without a foreign object in my body and enjoy activities and a range of motion that is currently restricted.

If the only "bad" thing is shrinkage, then that doesnt seem bad at all.
Titan OTR. Dr. Hakky - successful surgery and very happy with outcome.
My advice: choose a world-class surgeon and make yourself the healthiest you can.

staphylococcusecoli
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Re: What happens with permanent removal

Postby staphylococcusecoli » Thu Mar 12, 2026 4:22 pm

To me, implants are the best thing since sliced bread. I'm not sure I'd even consider removing them.

TooYoung, is that you?

edjohn
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Re: What happens with permanent removal

Postby edjohn » Thu Mar 12, 2026 4:48 pm

There is no such thing unless you are an idiot and never attempt to restore yourself with a new implant.

Once you get one, you will need one... at least with the state of current medicine. If you remove it and never do anything further you are impotent for life so that's on you.
Oct 7, 2025 - Coloplast Titan XL - Touch pump - 26cm - 0.5cm RTE with Jonathan Clavell. Still sorting out TRT; plan to try a "modified natty" approach without injections.

wolfpacker
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Re: What happens with permanent removal

Postby wolfpacker » Thu Mar 12, 2026 5:08 pm

Reports from guys who have removed permanently are very rare. There's a guy on reddit who had his removed for several months (maybe permanently?) and seemed to be ok, other than no erections obviously. He is the commenter named Regular-Bat-4449 on this thread. Looks like he still posts around reddit as recently as today so maybe you could message him.

https://www.reddit.com/r/penileimplants ... t_removal/
Early 30s with ED from jelqing. Implant by Dr Eid on 24 June 2021 with a Titan 24cm with +1cm RTE on one side and -1cm cut off on the other side

Aug 2024 revision to AMS CX 24cm + 2rte

My journal: viewtopic.php?t=17202

toronto83
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Re: What happens with permanent removal

Postby toronto83 » Thu Mar 12, 2026 5:25 pm

wolfpacker wrote:Reports from guys who have removed permanently are very rare. There's a guy on reddit who had his removed for several months (maybe permanently?) and seemed to be ok, other than no erections obviously. He is the commenter named Regular-Bat-4449 on this thread. Looks like he still posts around reddit as recently as today so maybe you could message him.

https://www.reddit.com/r/penileimplants ... t_removal/


He got a titan 2 years ago after two failed attempts. First AMS failure, second infection and third one he visit Clavell and got a Titan
42 years. Coloplast Titan 20+1 RTE
Implanted on 2/20/2026

lenders
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Re: What happens with permanent removal

Postby lenders » Thu Mar 12, 2026 5:56 pm

staphylococcusecoli wrote:To me, implants are the best thing since sliced bread. I'm not sure I'd even consider removing them.

TooYoung, is that you?

Your experience isn't necessarily his.
He's been on the forum longer than you, and his experience has been shared here, even with pictures. He is not TooYoung

But I wonder, Cnidium, if you don't mind using it anymore, why not leave it unexplanted when it fails? Or how would the implant affect your daily life even if it didn't work?
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lenders
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Re: What happens with permanent removal

Postby lenders » Thu Mar 12, 2026 6:13 pm

edjohn wrote:There is no such thing unless you are an idiot and never attempt to restore yourself with a new implant.

Once you get one, you will need one... at least with the state of current medicine. If you remove it and never do anything further you are impotent for life so that's on you.

Of course such a thing exists, you can ask surgeons, they offer it, and of course you will be impotent he is assuming that, he said and I quote: "considering it, after I hit an age where I'm not sexually active anymore" Another thing is that few people do it, I don't have that data
BTW, why are you trying to insult him for a simple question? Is everything alright with you?

wilsonmill
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Re: What happens with permanent removal

Postby wilsonmill » Thu Mar 12, 2026 7:11 pm

I can answer as I had a failed Titan and lived with it for almost 3 months waiting on the next surgery. Other than mental for me, you can still urinate, you can still masturbate though it will be like pulling a slinky, it will work other than getting an erection. Have you spoken with a doctor about the removal, they may not remove the reservoir. When I am finished with my earthly life and the Lord calls me home, when they pull out my ashes there will be plenty of parts to discard. And I guess the ones that see it will say I guess he lived life..
Age 65, type 1 diabetic, Married 21+ years, Titan implant 23 cm 27Feb2019, Duke Medical Hospital, Dr Lentz, failed March of 2024, revision 25Jun24 AMS700 LGX 18cm 5rte's Dr Andrew Chang associated urology Raleigh NC, Rex Hospital


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