"Dog ears"

[Fourtytwo00]

Ok, maybe my question will sound naif but what's the so calleg "Dog ears" effect and how it can be prevented / avoided / reduced? I can see it's often mentioned here without further explanation.

[gjmjoe017]

It’s when the cylinders are completely deflated and you bend your dick down or up the flat cylinder has a pointed spot from the bend.By adding a little fluid back in it goes away.No big deal for me!

[cbinspok]

4200
Think about an empty garden hose and how it gets a "kink" in it, where the kink is in the hose thats a folded spot and the edge is sort of sticking out. Our cylinders when collapsing can get like a buckle in them. I have an annoying one on my left cylinder. I'm worried that when my implant fails -that dog ear will be the leak point.

[navy6587]

Fourtytwo00...agree with the description of my two previous collogues. The bent hose analogy is my favorite 'go-to' explanation. Now...to your other questions of how they can be prevented / avoided / reduced... IMHO, I achieve the totality of your three questions by never completely deflating myself. When I do deflate for whatever reason, I always immediately pump up at least 5 to 7 pumps. That way, my Titan doesn't bend too much at any one place for any length of time. At almost 75, with over 3 years post-op experience, that's the best response I can give.

Edd

[Pamen116]

I’ve found it’s inevitable. I’ve had 3 implants all in which had some sort of dog ears. My current CX doesn’t as much as the Titan did I will say that. On a more helpful note you could inflate a few pumps maybe 3-5 so that there is less of a bend. Also if you’re work from home and have the ability to it’s good just to let your thing hang freely with a few pumps. The dog ears come from the device bending in our clothing.

[JP1977]

Do the dog ears hurt or cause pain? At over 4 weeks I still feel like I’m hard all the time even after I make sure I deflate fully and give the one squeeze “pop” to make sure my valve is in deflate. I feel like 5-7 pumps would make it harder. But reducing full ache might be a good thing. I’m keeping it delflate now since I’m healing, other than cycling or use of course.