Starting to change my mind

[Luckyes]

I have had a bad experience so far - 2 weeks post op but there's always hope of a revision if needed. Just find a high volume surgeon. So much to life, I'm just trying to improve one element of my life but we all have so many other parts of our life to fall back on. If you are that dependent on your dick you need to enrich your other elements in your life. It will all be ok in the end.

[drayan123]

It’s insanely irresponsible and downright bizarre the number of people in this thread telling this young man NOT to get the implant. I’ve had venous leak my entire life and an implant at age 20 would’ve positively altered the entire trajectory of my life.

OP, if you have confirmed venous leak and can afford a good surgeon to implant you, BY ALL MEANS GET THE IMPLANT ASAP. Sometimes I’m baffled by some of the guys on this site. Makes no goddamn sense.

How old are u now ? How was ur experience with ur implant

[Anonymous FT Member]

It’s insanely irresponsible and downright bizarre the number of people in this thread telling this young man NOT to get the implant. I’ve had venous leak my entire life and an implant at age 20 would’ve positively altered the entire trajectory of my life.

OP, if you have confirmed venous leak and can afford a good surgeon to implant you, BY ALL MEANS GET THE IMPLANT ASAP. Sometimes I’m baffled by some of the guys on this site. Makes no goddamn sense.

There are many insane things. We are living on a planetary asylum in many ways. What I find insane is the fact that so many young men barely out of their teens think they need a penile implant. Something is clearly wrong with that picture and I find it bizarre that so many people don't notice the problem. Have you ever noticed the ages of the majority of men on here that are implanted? They tend to be elderly men many of whom had radical prostatectomy. That's a big difference and some big differences in the reasons for needing an implant.

[Gt1956]

It’s insanely irresponsible and downright bizarre the number of people in this thread telling this young man NOT to get the implant. I’ve had venous leak my entire life and an implant at age 20 would’ve positively altered the entire trajectory of my life.
OP, if you have confirmed venous leak and can afford a good surgeon to implant you, BY ALL MEANS GET THE IMPLANT ASAP. Sometimes I’m baffled by some of the guys on this site. Makes no goddamn sense.

There are many insane things. We are living on a planetary asylum in many ways. What I find insane is the fact that so many young men barely out of their teens think they need a penile implant. Something is clearly wrong with that picture and I find it bizarre that so many people don't notice the problem. Have you ever noticed the ages of the majority of men on here that are implanted? They tend to be elderly men many of whom had radical prostatectomy. That's a big difference and some big differences in the reasons for needing an implant.

I've noticed the increase in young people asking about implants. While it does look like a sudden flood, it might not be. There is lots of data points missing. I doubt that anybody will be able to gather them all together inorder to make anykind of rational conclusion.
Lets speculate on a few of the potential reasons for increases of ED in younger men.
1: Is it truly an increase or has the social norms been changed to allow them to vent? Could better access to info be part of it? Now that FT has matured, implants have gotten some press. Did that fuel the info flow to younger men?
2: Has the proliferation of penile health harming drugs finally reached a tipping point? Look at all the things that men are reporting about? Propecia, SSRI's. I remember running into an antihistamine that killed my erection. Fortunately it was temporary. I can't name all the drugs that I've read of. Even many of the drugs for high blood pressure & cholesterol can affect ED. Are men getting these treatments at a younger age?

[aslanglobal]

You have a few years of trying different methods. A doppler/sonogram to check things out is crucial. If it ever came to it, I think you'll find most of the higher volume surgeons have great rates of success. There's always a risk, but the ones doing multiple guys successfully each week have typically got this down. I had complications with mine and my surgeon didn't bat an eye, nor did the other eye volume guy I talked to. But get your dick checked first.

I’ve been seeing many post and after reading some people who had nightmares with their implant journey making me change my decision to get a implant . Failure , infection , abdominal pain and etc. at this point idk what to do it’s killing me mentally I’m only 20 idk what’s going to happen in the future

[bionicbrother]

My perspective to this is implant is not the first choice for anyone whether young or old. We have to try exhausting all possible options before jumping into implant as its life changing decision. Its not wrong to get the implant however young you are. I wish I did 15-20 years back. I lost 20 years of my life with no penetrative sex. It does have a permanent impression on your mental well being and you just cannot focus on anything productive and can destroy the life of young people when the hormones are at peak, libido on peak but yet you cannot do anything because of non working dick. BUT everyone need to check all possible options first ( unless implant is the only way out due to individual situations)

Now I have my implant at 40 a dick that works but my libido is getting lower due to low T. I am trying to work out getting more in shape and increase my libido through other means( even though I have my prescription for T medication as I am hoping to get another child in near future)..

[Lost Sheep]

It’s insanely irresponsible and downright bizarre the number of people in this thread telling this young man NOT to get the implant. I’ve had venous leak my entire life and an implant at age 20 would’ve positively altered the entire trajectory of my life.

OP, if you have confirmed venous leak and can afford a good surgeon to implant you, BY ALL MEANS GET THE IMPLANT ASAP. Sometimes I’m baffled by some of the guys on this site. Makes no goddamn sense.

Implant irreversibly renders a man completely impotent and entirely dependent on the implant for an erection. I will grant that an implant erection is a pretty good substitute for a natural erection but there are drawbacks and tradeoffs that CANNOT BE UNDONE.

Caution is neither irresponsible nor bizarre.

[Anonymous FT Member]

I've noticed the increase in young people asking about implants. While it does look like a sudden flood, it might not be. There is lots of data points missing. I doubt that anybody will be able to gather them all together inorder to make anykind of rational conclusion.
Lets speculate on a few of the potential reasons for increases of ED in younger men.
1: Is it truly an increase or has the social norms been changed to allow them to vent? Could better access to info be part of it? Now that FT has matured, implants have gotten some press. Did that fuel the info flow to younger men?
2: Has the proliferation of penile health harming drugs finally reached a tipping point? Look at all the things that men are reporting about? Propecia, SSRI's. I remember running into an antihistamine that killed my erection. Fortunately it was temporary. I can't name all the drugs that I've read of. Even many of the drugs for high blood pressure & cholesterol can affect ED. Are men getting these treatments at a younger age?

I draw a distinction between mild and moderate ED and severe zero function. I suspect many younger men have grown up with exposure to ED pill commercials, our sexual culture, and internet access and porn. I think young guys get curious to see if there is an easy little pill that will make them better in bed. So in my opinion it starts out kind of like experimentally and then they get used to having the "enhancement". You even see that term in the media "male enhancement". Even though young men didn't really need it, they suddenly and unknowingly find themselves using ed meds for who knows how long. I think there is a vast majority of men especially the younger ones that have psychogenic causes for their perceived ED. They might not even have it at all, but society has helped shaped their ideas that they have it. That might be what you're talking about. Since society talks about it more, it becomes a thing and suddenly everybody thinks they might have it. Who benefits? Big pharma! Big pharma created all those alopecias, propecias, and ssri, and now many men have to go get something to fix the problems caused by those drugs. I'm 39 and not on any cholesterol, or blood pressure meds. Whenever my cholesterol is checked, it comes back slightly high, but my doctors say it is okay. BP goes up when I'm mad, but if I'm settled it is good. I think it is quite possible that some penile health harming drugs have reached the tipping point. I know there's quite a bit of hair loss meds being advertised on Keeps and Roman, on TV in magazines etc. Sad but true many of us guys lose our hair. My doctor has thin hair and mostly buzzed off, so I kind of hate to talk to him about hair loss because I figure if he can't fix it for himself how's he gonna know how to do it for me? My hair is rapidly falling out and it comes as a bit of a shock to the system. I have no idea how to stop it, but I'm sure not going to use propecia a drug used for transitioning from MTF. I don't need any hormone problems!