Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

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robertm
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Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby robertm » Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:38 pm

I'm pre-implant and doing my research. There have been a few posts lately about discomfort during intercourse due to the hard tips of the cylinders. Don't know if that's limited to one brand or both. Some comments about glans engorgement.

For the implanted guys, has this ever been a problem, either temporarily (at first) or permanently? Is one brand worse than the other (AMS vs. Titan)? I thought I saw a photo of one cylinder that had a rounder, softer tip? Any reason most of the tips are "pointed" rather than rounded?
60 yrs old. Gradually worsening ED for 10 years. Pills and trimix not working well anymore. Will need an implant in the near future.

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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby DougAnd » Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:38 pm

I can't speak for everyone. I'm pretty sure that all tips are rock hard. Mine are for sure like 2 diamonds in my glans. As for being painful during sex, that depends on you. If your glans swells now it will after implant and that cushions the tips. If not then you might need to soften your thrust. To be sure there is a period of recovery where your glans may not engorge like normal different for each person.
LGX 18cm+3cmRTE 8 / 8/18 by Docs Saracino , Prody of FL Disfigured by Implant. Married 31 years, Functionally impotent 2+ years. 4" day of surgery now 7" inflated after VED 6.5" without. Pump moved 12/4/18 by Dr Kata

Vagabond127
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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby Vagabond127 » Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:49 pm

How far do tips go into glans and when does that happen/how long does it take?
Implanted with Titan 1/15/19 with Dr. Eid.
6-length 4.5-girth.

Lost Sheep
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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby Lost Sheep » Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:51 pm

robertm wrote:I'm pre-implant and doing my research. There have been a few posts lately about discomfort during intercourse due to the hard tips of the cylinders. Don't know if that's limited to one brand or both. Some comments about glans engorgement.

For the implanted guys, has this ever been a problem, either temporarily (at first) or permanently? Is one brand worse than the other (AMS vs. Titan)? I thought I saw a photo of one cylinder that had a rounder, softer tip? Any reason most of the tips are "pointed" rather than rounded?

Kudos to you for doing your research.

My situation is very similar to yours except it too 30+ years for me to reach the "I need an implant" stage. And I skipped the injectables.

My research did not tell me anything about tips and how they feel to me or my partner except that they MUST extend far enough into the glans to prevent "floppy head" syndrome (also known as "SST Syndrome"). So, what follows is mostly supposition.

If the tips do not extend into the glans enough to support it in line with your shaft, it may not be optimal for penetrative sex.

If the tips extend too far into the glans, they may be so evident to touch (hand, vagina, what have you) that it is distracting or even uncomforable, either for you or your partner.

How far is too far? If erosion is a danger. How far is not far enough? Most implantees seem to say 1/2 to 2/3 the way into the glans is desirable. DEFINITELY ask your surgeon to tell you everything he can about his opinion on the subject.

If your glans engorges, that will provide some "cover" for the hard tips and make for a more "cushioned" experience.

Less than maximum inflation (which several implantees use, for comfort of their partners) allows more comfortable sex. I always assumed it was the stiffness factor they were making more comfortable, but it could be the tips. I should have asked anyone who makes that comment exactly what it is their partner finds uncomfortable. As it is, my partner likes me to be fully inflated 100% in preference to 80% or 90%. That last 10% does not seem to me to be any different in rigidity, but does give a tiny bit more size in both length and girth. But only a little.

Most of the foregoing is supposition, so keep up with the research. And please let us know what you find.

(Note: I composed this before the other two posts were made, so there is some duplication. I prefer to think of it as ratification.)
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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby Larry10625 » Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:58 pm

robertm wrote:I'm pre-implant and doing my research. There have been a few posts lately about discomfort during intercourse due to the hard tips of the cylinders. Don't know if that's limited to one brand or both. Some comments about glans engorgement.

For the implanted guys, has this ever been a problem, either temporarily (at first) or permanently? Is one brand worse than the other (AMS vs. Titan)? I thought I saw a photo of one cylinder that had a rounder, softer tip? Any reason most of the tips are "pointed" rather than rounded?



I have not had any complaints about it from my wife. :)

Larry

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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby LeRoastBeef » Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:08 pm

The pain can be due to the glans not engorging. It thusly doesn't provide a cushion.
The glans can be helped to engorge by wearing a ring. Or at least that is the case in the event of ED due to venous leakage.
Some men have reported that drugs can increase glans size. This is presumably appropriate when inflow is the problem leading to ED. Although increasing inflow may be enough to offset, that is compensate, for outflow which is too high.

Some men have preserved glans function, they are lucky.

The titan has rounder tips. I don't know if this is influential in reducing the problem.

As someone who suffers from venous leak, has very limited glans engorgement without a ring, this is something I am concerned about.
When I wear a ring I can acquire a full glans. I really hope to be able to wear a ring with the implant. A glans lacking in fullness is also a bit uncomfortable to owner too!
Implanted with AMS 700 lgx, 2021.
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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby Vagabond127 » Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:29 pm

I am going to my dr 4 weeks. Am I supposed to be doing something on my own regarding tips? How about Cialis daily? Anybody take?
Implanted with Titan 1/15/19 with Dr. Eid.
6-length 4.5-girth.

Lost Sheep
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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby Lost Sheep » Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:45 pm

Remember, guys. Robertm is PRE-implant. Post-op tactics are useful to know, but PRE-op preparation (and especially discussions to have with his medical/surgical team), I think, would be MOST helpful.

Anyone have any in-depth discussions with their surgeon before surgery (or after) whose content would be particularly helpful to a pre-op man?

My own discussion with my surgeon were not heavily focused on what sensations my partner or I would expect from the implant tips. It was just something I did not think about in advance. I should have. Happily, it has not been an issue for us. Not so, for a portion of the population, though.
Lost Sheep
AMS LGX 18+3 Nov 6, 2017
Prostate Cancer 2023
READ OLD THREADS-ask better questions -better understand answers
Be part of your medical team
Document pre-op size-photos and written records
Pre-op VED therapy helps. Post-op is another matter

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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby ocitgo » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:57 am

My tips don't reach the end of the glands. They come close if pumped up hard.
ocitgo (Bob F), Bremerton, WA
Implanted 11/13/2017 AMS 700LGX 15 cm, leak, 3 cm rear tip
Implanted 06/17/2019 AMS 700LGX 18 cm, 1.5 cm rear tip

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Re: Hard Tips - Uncomfortable Sex

Postby LeRoastBeef » Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:53 am

I wonder if anyone who has had both the AMS and the Titan in their time can tell us if there is any difference between the two with regard to comfort, feel, consequences for sex and so on.
Implanted with AMS 700 lgx, 2021.
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