Depressed with results

[BobDobbs]

Just venting. No one in real life wants to hear about this so here I am.
I had a reaction to medication for insomnia. Went to ER day 2 but they couldn't get it down. Had shunts 4 days later at another ER.
6 weeks later, I got an IPP.
I lost about 3 inches in length and over an inch in girth. It's the same size inflated as not, it just gets harder. I've now got a micropenis, yay! I got the implant after doctors told me it would allow me to have a normal relationship with my wife. Thats not how it worked out. This is not "normal" My wife won't admit it, but I have a feeling an inflatable micropenis isn't a huge turn on for her. I don't even want to use this thing.
Thanks for reading my rant

Hi BobDobbs, Sorry to hear of your priapism episode and recent experience, and I hope things get better for you.
It looks like you are only 4 or 5 weeks post op which is quite early on, and hopefully you will see improvement over time.
It's common to be shorter initially post op but as others have said your implant results seem unusual.
Can you share any more details that might help us understand the problem better?
Looking at the stats in your signature of 21cm +2cm RTEs, which isn't small, I'm struggling to understand how micropenis could be an outcome.
I searched for a definition of micropenis and got "In adults, a stretched penile length of 3.67 inches (9.32 cm) or less"
Is that what you currently have? We all have different anatomies but most will generally fall somewhere around the average.
Do you know your pre-op length and girth, and the proximal (internal) and distal (external) measurements from your implant procedure?
Mine were proximal 10 cm and distal 11 cm resulting in a 21 cm implant, which is 2 cm less than what you have.
Initially I was a bit disappointed and didn't measure length but estimate that I was between 4.5 and 5 inches erect.
After cycling for 10 weeks I'm currently just over 6 inches erect length, which is close to what I've always been.

Thanks for the response. I was about 6.25x5", (not bone pressed) before the priapism and surgery. Bone pressed, I'm 5 inches now. Not pressing in the fat, it's 4 inches, so I lost about 2.5" I asked my surgeon if it will expand over time and he said no, not the CX model I have. The LGX like you have does expand. Mine is always the same size, just gets hard like concrete when inflated, but not any bigger. Sucks walking around with a 100-percent size, semi hard erection 24/7. Pumping it up makes me super depressed.

[BobDobbs]

Agreed, this is way too early to judge size. Granted, a 3-inch loss in length is a lot to recover, but you should be able to recover at least some if not most of your pre-op length after at least 6, if not 12 months or more of twice-daily cycling. I gained an inch or so from post-op to the one-year mark, where I am now, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. This bionic dick is amazing.

I hope you can relax and let it heal, then begin cycling when your doctor gives you the OK.

I see you have the CX model too? I have been told that the CX does not get larger over time with cycling.
That's great that yours did.

[Bigdog4all]

Hang in there BD. It takes time with Pumping and stretching. Some people think that because you got an Implant, you got a dick transplant. Well you didn't, you just got an Implant. My wife, on week 1, ask me a simple question, "Now what are you gonna do with that thing?" I even ask myself.....What the hell happened? I never lost any confidence, just surgery shrinkage. I have always been able to lay good pipe. So like any training EXERCISE.....Pump, Stretch, Pull, Squeeze, any damn think I could think of. Even scheduled several meetings with the manufacture Support people. As days, weeks, and months passed....."Little Mr. Winkie, became an adult" again. Wifie, is damn happy again. As they say, Good things come to those who wait. So keep up the Cycling & Exercise. If you had a good surgeon, and was sized properly.....Things will get better for you.

[fucked0ne]

You just got it this month. Your signature says 23cm total; that’s the same as mine. You need to cycle for about 8 months to a year to get your length back.

I know it sucks, but in the interim your wife is just going to have to understand.

You have the LGX, which expands. I have the CX which does not. My surgeon told me to accept it will not get larger over time.
Thanks for the input, though.

I know guys on here have experienced gains with a CX. The other option is that you were undersized. Who did your surgery?

Last question: how’s your baseline health? You said you had a priapism from medication; so, were you dependent on the medication? Any fibrosis?

[ready2go]

Agreed, this is way too early to judge size. Granted, a 3-inch loss in length is a lot to recover, but you should be able to recover at least some if not most of your pre-op length after at least 6, if not 12 months or more of twice-daily cycling. I gained an inch or so from post-op to the one-year mark, where I am now, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. This bionic dick is amazing.

I hope you can relax and let it heal, then begin cycling when your doctor gives you the OK.

I see you have the CX model too? I have been told that the CX does not get larger over time with cycling.
That's great that yours did.

BUT ...23 cm is inches , so i assume it gets hard because its pushing against its confinement , it might not expand past its cylinder size , but that size isn't 3 inches. that can not be right with 23 cm installed . i have 21.5 cm malleable and have 6.25 length.
It must be over double that . When your tissue stretches , the cylinders will fill in to meet the stretch . right ?