Implant inflated

[Jamie123]

Hi all I recently had an AMS700 LGX implanted but can’t seem to fully inflate it to get a totally erect penis. Had anyone else had similar difficulties.

[Lost Sheep]

Welcome to the forum, Jamie 123.

How recently were you implanted? What degree of inflation were you immediately post-op? Are you still at that inflation?

Help us help you. We need more information to provide answers and the more information we have, the more accurate and helpful the answers will likely be.

[Jamie123]

Thanks implanted 4 weeks ago I believe I’m at about 70 per cent inflation when I first was implanted and the same now I’m not getting a fully erect penis I’m due a consultation with the surgeon next week.

[Lost Sheep]

Hi all I recently had an AMS700 LGX implanted but can’t seem to fully inflate it to get a totally erect penis. Had anyone else had similar difficulties.

Thanks implanted 4 weeks ago I believe I’m at about 70 per cent inflation when I first was implanted and the same now I’m not getting a fully erect penis I’m due a consultation with the surgeon next week.

First of all, it is not a good idea to inflate without first making sure you can deflate. 1) Find the deflate button. 2 Deflate just a little bit by depressing the button a small amount. Only then press the inflation bulb to inflate. It would be problematic to inflate above a comfortable level and then discover that you could not bring the inflation level down.

Of course, at 70% you are not fully stiff. Probably and close to your full size, but you will likely get a bit more length and girth at 100%.

You are right on track, in my opinion.

[Jamie123]

Many thanks so in your view I should be able to inflate to 100 % in time .

[Lost Sheep]

Many thanks so in your view I should be able to inflate to 100 % in time .

Typically, a surgeon measures the inside of your penis' corpus cavernosum and picks the size implant to fill that space.

If he left you 100% inflated, two things would happen. You would be uncomfortable and the reservoir would be deflated such that a capsule of scar tissue would begin formeing around it which would limit the ability of the reservoir to inflate. Reservoir inflation is absolutely necessary to allow implant deflation to a viable flaccid state. Since there is no practical way to forcibly inflate the reservoir and there is a way to forcibly inflate the implant, many surgeons leave their patients inflated less than your did (and mine).

Tradeoff is that stretching the scar tissue "pseudo-capsule" (that is the term) around the penile implant is painful but doable. Stretching the pseudo-capsule around the reservoir is not so painful and apparantly easier to accomplish (maybe because the abdomen is more pliant than the penis?)

Ask you surgeon to be more descriptive about the inner plumbing of the implant and its parts if he has the time. Also ask the manufacturer's Patient Liaison. The P.L. is free to you and provided to fill in the knowledge gaps surgeons are too expensive to fill or less educated about the operation of the devices they are expert at implanting.

[Jamie123]

Many thanks .

[Lost Sheep]

Many thanks so in your view I should be able to inflate to 100 % in time .

I realized that I did not explicitly answer your question.

Yes.

The first few months of having an implant will involve "cycling" (is the term) your implant between fully erect and fully flaccid. This is done to avoid scar tissue forming around either device that would impede fully inflating or fully deflating the implant.

The stretching to 100% of your size (length and girth) will be pleasantly painful is the best way I can describe how it was for me. Many men experience months or even more than a year of stretching their corpora to full capacity, so see their penis grow by small increments over time.

The first time you inflate yourself for sex, you may not be able to inflate to 100% of your ultimate capacity, but you will be able to inflate to full stiffness. That is, even if you are only 90-95% of the implant's capacity, it will be 100% of your corpora's capacity, thus a fully erect penis.

It's a lot of work. Hopefully fully rewarding for you and for your parnter.