How long do they last??

[oldbeek]

Watching a video by Dr Mulhall ,MSC penile rehab specialist. He states that of all patients treated at MSC, 85% still have their original implants after 10 years. That statistic is more encouraging than all the posts on this site about failures.

[David_R]

Mine lasted 12 years, and then it was replaced (this was 5 years ago).

[TANGERINE]

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TANGERINE states:
As shown in the above graph, the mechanical survival rate of implants is roughly 75% at 10 years. In other words, if you take 100 frank talk brothers, 75 of them still have a working implant at ten years. That is why some surgeons (for example, Dr Eid) provide a ten year guarantee with regards to their surgical fee. If you are lucky, you might get twenty years. Another paper cites that the failure rate is “3% per year”, so, after ten years, expect that 30% of the implants have failed. When I pressed Dr Eid about what I can do to maximize the implant lifespan, his reply was “when you pump, try not to torque and bounce the ball too much since that can maybe lead to tube fatigue. " Also, he does not think that daily inflation just to stretch things out is a great idea since “the more cycles, the sooner you will wear it out” THOUGH, he quickly points put that “the entire point of the implant is to use it, so definitely use it for love making” Personally, I do think that
activities which lead to pump bouncing (for example horseback riding or motorcycle are maybe not a good idea; but I do not know)

the above post was sent to franktalk by me in response to a really useful thread which was titled: "the ultimate implant questionaire" you can locate that thread at:
https://www.franktalk.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9152&hilit=expect+lifespan

[Greg1956]

It seems to be human nature to voice complaints more than compliments so you see a fair number of men talking about revisions and replacements here in this forum. And, that is what the forum is for...to help men with their questions and problems.

I have even read comments about men still having the same implant after 15 and 20 years. There are lemons in every product category. We just all have to hope and pray we don’t get one of them, but as the saying goes, “Shit happens.”