What happens with permanent removal

[torless50]

ASIA syndrome?

[Kodixx]

Cnidium, the only forum member I know of who made this choice is Mark1974 -- but for different reasons than what you described. Below is a link to one of his recent posts. He may have more perspective for you.
https://www.franktalk.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27953&p=269969#p269969

However, like others who posted above, I would encourage you to very carefully consider all of the ramifications of this. For example, why expose yourself to the risk of infection and/or other complications with a surgery that is not necessary ? Especially if you are at an advanced age when it is harder to fight off infections and other problems ?

- Chuck

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

[LGXDownunder]

I had sudden onset ED caused by my prostatectomy. The outcome was very quick penile atrophy due to zero erectile function.
So I lost size fast and started having problems urinating. It took me ages to eventually recover the lost size by using a vacuum pump daily.
In the OP's scenario I'm wondering if it could be practical to install a malleable device, maybe slightly undersized for comfort reasons, and the agility desired? That could possibly prevent any atrophy and consequent problems, and no extra bits like the pump to worry about.
But if it was me I would probably just leave the failed (or no longer needed) device in place.

[Cnidium]

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/

Thanks, man. I'll message him.

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?

I'll respond to this in a different message in this thread.

I've met one individual who became unimplantable due to heavy corporal fibrosis after a total explant following an infection with purulent discharge. One complaint he has is that he has to sit down to pee. Other than this one lifestyle adjustment, he sounded fine when I communicated with him.

I'd be ok with that lifestyle adjustment.

ASIA syndrome?

No, nothing like this from what I'm aware of.

I had sudden onset ED caused by my prostatectomy. The outcome was very quick penile atrophy due to zero erectile function.
So I lost size fast and started having problems urinating. It took me ages to eventually recover the lost size by using a vacuum pump daily.
In the OP's scenario I'm wondering if it could be practical to install a malleable device, maybe slightly undersized for comfort reasons, and the agility desired? That could possibly prevent any atrophy and consequent problems, and no extra bits like the pump to worry about.
But if it was me I would probably just leave the failed (or no longer needed) device in place.

The fact that you were able to use a VED to recoer size is actually encouraging. I'm not worried about size for the sake of size, but rather a secondary indicator that maintaining some size means the issue is staying somewhat healthy. My plan would be to use VED for a few minutes every day or every other day just to keep the blood flowing so to speak. Do you mind sharing what your VED routine was? Also how much would you think you would need to use it just to prevent too much atrophy?



Apologies if I didnt respoind to everyone, got a lot more responses that I initially thought.

[Cnidium]

Ok so fair question from people asking why I'm asking this.

Basically I've developed sporadic pain in my scrotum where there is a very sharp bending in the tubing. This didnt occur until 1+ year after the revision surgery. The cause is from certain types of athletic activity. I wasn't engaging in this activity prior to and for the first year after the revision, but upon resuming it the pain arrived.

The pain is not at a level where I want to remove it now or need to act immediately. The pain doesn't always show up either doing said atheltic activity, its very unpredictable. I suspect there are many other types of activities/movements that would trigger the pain.

So I can forsee a time in the future where having the option to have sex just doesnt really matter, and I'd rather enjoy having unimpaired motion and a painfree life instead. I've always been an extremely active person and being chained down by the implant isn't something I was expecting.

I also have not been sexaully active the last few years in anyway. To clarify that, I haven't had sex or masturbated at all since early 2024 despite having a healthy sex drive. I've been very happy with a celibate lifestyle and its given me the mental space to explore many other areas of life. Since I've essentially practiced strict celibacy for 2+ years now in my early/mid 30s, I suspect it will be just as easy or easier when I'm older (hence the idea of removing the implant then).

I understand a lot of this can be hard for a guy to wrap their mind around, so I don't mind if people blurt out in this thread. But I really appreciate input folks have in anyway regarding theirs or others' experience with permanent removal.

[Mark1974]

So far mine has been removed since July of 2025.

I had to sit to urinate for a while but now I urinate completely normally.

Of course penetrative sex is out of the question, but I can masturbate to climax with an Osbone cock ring. It's not as satisfying as it used to be of course. The penis doesn't get completely hard, but the head swells like it used to.

I find it's best to give long periods of rest between masturbation, since the penis has been injured and there is only residual erectile tissue.

I really wish I had given up on the idea of penetrative sex and explored cock rings before getting an implant. I could have had a satisfying sex life just with masturbation and annual oral sex with an escort....but I wanted to be young again.

I don't regret at all not putting another one in. My glans is never cold and I'm sure my flaccid penis is far more comfortable than it would be with implant.

You have some advantages and some disadvantages by comparison to me.

The disadvantage is you have had the implant in much longer than I did. I had mine two months, two days and six hours. My understanding is having an implant in longer can create more irreversible tissue damage.

The advantage is that you have an IPP and I had an MPP. So the corporotomies were bigger to install my implant and I was in constant state of tension for two months, so that had to do a lot of damage.

I also had two surgeries where I recieved subcoronal inscisions and so I have much more nerve damage than you I am sure

[Cnidium]

So far mine has been removed since July of 2025.

I had to sit to urinate for a while but now I urinate completely normally.

Of course penetrative sex is out of the question, but I can masturbate to climax with an Osbone cock ring. It's not as satisfying as it used to be of course. The penis doesn't get completely hard, but the head swells like it used to.

I find it's best to give long periods of rest between masturbation, since the penis has been injured and there is only residual erectile tissue.

I really wish I had given up on the idea of penetrative sex and explored cock rings before getting an implant. I could have had a satisfying sex life just with masturbation and annual oral sex with an escort....but I wanted to be young again.

I don't regret at all not putting another one in. My glans is never cold and I'm sure my flaccid penis is far more comfortable than it would be with implant.

You have some advantages and some disadvantages by comparison to me.

The disadvantage is you have had the implant in much longer than I did. I had mine two months, two days and six hours. My understanding is having an implant in longer can create more irreversible tissue damage.

The advantage is that you have an IPP and I had an MPP. So the corporotomies were bigger to install my implant and I was in constant state of tension for two months, so that had to do a lot of damage.

I also had two surgeries where I recieved subcoronal inscisions and so I have much more nerve damage than you I am sure

Wow man thanks for coming in and replying. I was actually about to message you based on other peoples recommendations.

Glad that you can urinate normally now. That actually sounds like explantation means an automatic change in a man's urination technique.

I understand wanting to be young again. Even though I got the implant while I was still young, I just wanted to have my old functions back.

Its encouraging to hear that you dont regret putting another one in.

Ya who knows what the state of my natural corporal bodies are. I'd expect their f'd, but also get strong natural engorgement still. While it doesn't sound like you have to use VED to keep things from contracting too much, I'm planning on doing it here and there to keep things flowing.

I'll still send you a pm if you are up for a chat sometime.