For the growers

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splitpeach
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For the growers

Postby splitpeach » Sat Mar 28, 2026 9:51 pm

I'm very much a grow-er not a show-er. I more than double in size from flaccid to erect. My glans is tiny compared to when erect and I'm concerned about it looking distorted on the end of my erect size penis when not aroused.

How has other growers found this?

If not aroused when flaccid does it look totally disproportionate? And same when inflated when not aroused?

What medicine do you use to engorge the glans if at all?
Mid 30s. UK. ED since mid teens. Done the pills, injections, P Shot, Gainswave, ESWT shockwave.

Now preparing to take the plunge under care of Professor Ralph at UCLH. Planning on a Rigicon Infla10 AX with Pulse pump.

LGXDownunder
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Re: For the growers

Postby LGXDownunder » Sun Mar 29, 2026 2:48 am

splitpeach wrote:I'm very much a grow-er not a show-er. I more than double in size from flaccid to erect. My glans is tiny compared to when erect and I'm concerned about it looking distorted on the end of my erect size penis when not aroused.

How has other growers found this?

If not aroused when flaccid does it look totally disproportionate? And same when inflated when not aroused?

What medicine do you use to engorge the glans if at all?


It's likely that you'll look much the same as now, just that your glans will probably be on the end of a longer dick. Similarly I was always a grower, which has completely flipped the other way post implant. Also grew around double from flaccid to erect. Now it's only maybe 1.5 inches difference between them. Flaccid size has nearly doubled, hence the "shower" tag that most seem to find. I'm fortunate that I have a fairly large glans even when soft, possibly helps that I'm circumcised. I do get cold glans which isn't helpful, but seems to be slowly improving. In my case I don't think anything looks abnormal and my dick looks pretty much as it always has when flaccid, just bigger.

One thing to remember about engorgement is that the glans has its own blood flow, separate from the cavernosal tissue where your implant cylinders will be. Early in my recovery I was worried that I'd never get any glans engorgement when erect. Eventually after a lot of cycling I started to get some swelling but not much. I have tried Sildanefil/Viagra during PIV sex. It helps to some extent but I've found over time that I don't really need it. I find that when I'm aroused during sex the glans engorges naturally, most intensely during the final build up to orgasm.

Also, when erect my cylinder tips are more than 3/4 into the glans, giving support and a degree of firmness. Externally it remains soft until any natural engorgement arrives, but not floppy or unstable.
71, married, Sydney Oz. PC/nerve sparing RRP Mar 22 then profound ED. Tried pills, Trimix inj, focal shockwave, VED.
Implanted Mar 6 2025 AMS 700 LGX 21cm x 12mm, no RTEs, MS pump, Penoscrotal. Back to 6.5" BPEL @ 9m.
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NorCol
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Re: For the growers

Postby NorCol » Sun Mar 29, 2026 8:57 am

I am fortunate, in that my glans is well defined and hardens significantly especially with use of VED. Sensitivity is slightly reduced but orgasm and release is mind blowing!

1sfman
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Re: For the growers

Postby 1sfman » Sun Mar 29, 2026 9:00 am

My doctor prescribed 100 mg Cialis for cold glans. I take it an hour or more before sex and I immediately noticed that it helped a bit with engorgement as well as the cold glans, so a nice side effect.

I don't know if a lower dose would have the same effect. That 100 mg might not work for guys who hit the sack multiple times a week. At my age, there are several days between sex, so not a problem of accumulating too much Cialis in my bloodstream.
75 YO (1951). Happily married since 1972 (A couple since 1968). ED since age 60. Viagra, then Cialis, Trimix/Quadmix and VED. AMS 700 21cm + 1cm RTE left side, MS pump & 100cc reservoir. Implanted using Infrapubic procedure Jan 21, 2026.

splitpeach
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Re: For the growers

Postby splitpeach » Sun Mar 29, 2026 10:27 am

LGXDownunder wrote:
splitpeach wrote:I'm very much a grow-er not a show-er. I more than double in size from flaccid to erect. My glans is tiny compared to when erect and I'm concerned about it looking distorted on the end of my erect size penis when not aroused.

How has other growers found this?

If not aroused when flaccid does it look totally disproportionate? And same when inflated when not aroused?

What medicine do you use to engorge the glans if at all?


It's likely that you'll look much the same as now, just that your glans will probably be on the end of a longer dick. Similarly I was always a grower, which has completely flipped the other way post implant. Also grew around double from flaccid to erect. Now it's only maybe 1.5 inches difference between them. Flaccid size has nearly doubled, hence the "shower" tag that most seem to find. I'm fortunate that I have a fairly large glans even when soft, possibly helps that I'm circumcised. I do get cold glans which isn't helpful, but seems to be slowly improving. In my case I don't think anything looks abnormal and my dick looks pretty much as it always has when flaccid, just bigger.

One thing to remember about engorgement is that the glans has its own blood flow, separate from the cavernosal tissue where your implant cylinders will be. Early in my recovery I was worried that I'd never get any glans engorgement when erect. Eventually after a lot of cycling I started to get some swelling but not much. I have tried Sildanefil/Viagra during PIV sex. It helps to some extent but I've found over time that I don't really need it. I find that when I'm aroused during sex the glans engorges naturally, most intensely during the final build up to orgasm.

Also, when erect my cylinder tips are more than 3/4 into the glans, giving support and a degree of firmness. Externally it remains soft until any natural engorgement arrives, but not floppy or unstable.


Hmm, you see you mention you already had a sizeable glans, I don't, mine is quite small. You're now one of two guys to respond here that says they had the cold glans issue too.

The point of an implant for me is to no longer rely on having to take any medication at all, so this would definitely be consideration for that.
Mid 30s. UK. ED since mid teens. Done the pills, injections, P Shot, Gainswave, ESWT shockwave.

Now preparing to take the plunge under care of Professor Ralph at UCLH. Planning on a Rigicon Infla10 AX with Pulse pump.

splitpeach
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Re: For the growers

Postby splitpeach » Sun Mar 29, 2026 10:29 am

1sfman wrote:My doctor prescribed 100 mg Cialis for cold glans. I take it an hour or more before sex and I immediately noticed that it helped a bit with engorgement as well as the cold glans, so a nice side effect.

I don't know if a lower dose would have the same effect. That 100 mg might not work for guys who hit the sack multiple times a week. At my age, there are several days between sex, so not a problem of accumulating too much Cialis in my bloodstream.


Yeah, you see, I want to get away from having to take any medication... Injections work for me somewhat but if I'm meeting a girl I have to sneak round the corner in an alley or a pub toilet to inject right before to use it before it wears off.

That's my main drive towards getting an implant!
Mid 30s. UK. ED since mid teens. Done the pills, injections, P Shot, Gainswave, ESWT shockwave.

Now preparing to take the plunge under care of Professor Ralph at UCLH. Planning on a Rigicon Infla10 AX with Pulse pump.

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Re: For the growers

Postby duke_cicero » Sun Mar 29, 2026 10:54 am

As a former grower with a malleable implant, my penis "expanded" to fit the demands of the implant and everything looks proportional.
Born 1990. ED since age 20 after a bicycle accident. Coloplast Genesis malleable implanted December 2024 by the great Dr. Laurence Levine in Chicago.

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Re: For the growers

Postby edjohn » Sun Mar 29, 2026 10:57 am

1sfman wrote:My doctor prescribed 100 mg Cialis for cold glans. I take it an hour or more before sex and I immediately noticed that it helped a bit with engorgement as well as the cold glans, so a nice side effect.


What kind of doctor prescribed you 5 times the 24 hour maximum...
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.


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