materix wrote:Can you expect that the measured distal length + gland length, will become your approx penis size after implant?
E.g. distal length is 10 cm and gland length is 3 cm, then you get a visible penis after implant of 13 cm?
No, for a whole bunch of reasons. The measurements are made from wherever the surgeon makes an incision on your scrotum/base of your shaft. That is not where the “bone pressed” measurement is made from, so if it is 10 cm distal in the surgical notes your BPEL will likely be a few cm’s longer than that. How many cms more will vary based on where the surgeon makes the incision, as well as the size of your scrotum. Also the tips usually go into the glans, so you wouldn’t just add it on top, and there is variance among guys on how far it goes into the glans.
Basically, those distal and proximal numbers are useless except for what those two measurements were made for: figuring out the total length of your corpora, and fitting an implant to it. They are included in the surgical notes simply as a record of what was measured.
That said, the total size of your corpora - which should correspond exactly with the size of the implant plus RTEs that you receive - does tell you something about how long your dick is expected to be: most guys have a bone pressed length that is 2/3 to 3/4 of the size of their corpora/implant (after some time and cycling).
But an even better indicator is simply how long you were with an injection-induced erection just prior to implantation.
Born 1974. Implanted 5/21/2024. AMS 700 CX 21cm, 3cm RTE. Penoscrotal. Venous leak my whole life. Pills helped, but hated the side effects; worked less as I aged. Skipped injections. Grateful to bionic brotherhood that helped me make this decision.
. It's an interesting theory. I tried it for myself, not quite equal to my BPEL but it's fairly close.