For the growers

[cscout10]

I was a big grower myself, but after my implant, I lost more than 2 inches. I wish I had never gotten an implant. Be very careful because most growers get implants that are your size before flasid size. You don't end up with your erection size because the cant enlarge what is there; only blood flow can do that.

[splitpeach]

I was a big grower myself, but after my implant, I lost more than 2 inches. I wish I had never gotten an implant. Be very careful because most growers get implants that are your size before flasid size. You don't end up with your erection size because the cant enlarge what is there; only blood flow can do that.

Yikes... Sorry to hear that. Can you offer some more background? Your age, what device, surgeon, date of surgery.

Basically.... What happened?

Ive not heard it commonly before that growers are essentially "doomed"!

[AussieGuy81]

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...

He must mean Viagra

[Kodixx]

cscout10 & splitpeach, I don't believe that is generally true. I'm not saying its never happened, but its not just because of being a grower vs non-grower. I'd been a grower all my life. Post-op I lost about 1/2", but after 9 or 10 months of cycling gained that back. After reading 2 years of Journals on FT that has been a very common outcome.

- Chuck

I was a big grower myself, but after my implant, I lost more than 2 inches. I wish I had never gotten an implant. Be very careful because most growers get implants that are your size before flasid size. You don't end up with your erection size because the cant enlarge what is there; only blood flow can do that.

I've not heard it commonly before that growers are essentially "doomed"!

[LGXDownunder]

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.

Yeah, cold glans seems relatively common. I've asked my surgeon about it and he said it will eventually resolve but couldn't give a specific timeframe. For sex it isn't a problem. Once underway with PIV it quickly warms up. More noticeable when I'm exercising outdoors in really cold weather.

So what's the current situation? You'll pump up before sex but your glans will be cold and not engorged initially? Does the look of it appear strange or just the cold sensation?

Yes it's only the cold sensation, appearance is not affected at all in my experience.
It really only bothers me to a degree when I'm exercising, and seems to be slowly improving.
Otherwise I can generally ignore it. Will see how it goes as we're starting to head into cooler weather here.
Also while it is a fairly common side effect many guys don't have it, so may not be an issue.

[splitpeach]

Yeah, cold glans seems relatively common. I've asked my surgeon about it and he said it will eventually resolve but couldn't give a specific timeframe. For sex it isn't a problem. Once underway with PIV it quickly warms up. More noticeable when I'm exercising outdoors in really cold weather.

So what's the current situation? You'll pump up before sex but your glans will be cold and not engorged initially? Does the look of it appear strange or just the cold sensation?

Yes it's only the cold sensation, appearance is not affected at all in my experience.
It really only bothers me to a degree when I'm exercising, and seems to be slowly improving.
Otherwise I can generally ignore it. Will see how it goes as we're starting to head into cooler weather here.
Also while it is a fairly common side effect many guys don't have it, so may not be an issue.

So that tells me the theory of the glans being entirely served by a separate blood supply to the cavernosum isn't entirely true. As I take it the cold glans only presented following your implant?

[edjohn]

So that tells me the theory of the glans being entirely served by a separate blood supply to the cavernosum isn't entirely true. As I take it the cold glans only presented following your implant?

It is not a theory it is physiology. Getting too erect too fast can actually pinch off the supply since it runs between the CC. If I inflate as hard as I can with both hands it is more difficult to get CS expansion. It can help to build up arousal and inflate gradually.

[LGXDownunder]

So what's the current situation? You'll pump up before sex but your glans will be cold and not engorged initially? Does the look of it appear strange or just the cold sensation?

Yes it's only the cold sensation, appearance is not affected at all in my experience.
It really only bothers me to a degree when I'm exercising, and seems to be slowly improving.
Otherwise I can generally ignore it. Will see how it goes as we're starting to head into cooler weather here.
Also while it is a fairly common side effect many guys don't have it, so may not be an issue.

So that tells me the theory of the glans being entirely served by a separate blood supply to the cavernosum isn't entirely true. As I take it the cold glans only presented following your implant?

I think you'll find that the separate blood flow is a medical fact, something my surgeon confirmed.
What causes cold glans in some guys I have no idea. Yes I don't recall having it pre surgery but it may have been less obvious with my severity of ED.
I'm inclined to think it may be mild pressure from the implant cylinders slightly impeding the blood flow to the glans. But that's just me speculating.
If something of real concern it's a question for your own surgeon.