SAD, finally did post op measurements

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Old Guy
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SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby Old Guy » Mon May 11, 2020 3:42 pm

Well I knew I had lost some length after my implant. I know in my prime (last time I measured) I was right at 7".
Today I inflated as full as I could, waited a few minutes then a couple more pumps. I could feel the tips of the cylinders poking in my penis head. Tape measure from the base of my shaft to the tip of my head, just over 5". :(
Girth is something I've never measured, but today it's at 5" on the mark.

I know there was a hunk of skin under my shaft/top of my sack that would move up as my erection grew, and that seems to be gone now, it's tighter there. That was right where the incision was, and it's still sore if I touch it too hard.

Anyone else lose significant length after an implant? Am I correct cycling won't help increase length?
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NJ Fred
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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby NJ Fred » Mon May 11, 2020 4:25 pm

Pre I was about 5.5 erect. Post - just under 4".

To say I am heartbroken and pissed is an understatement.

Fred
72 y/o, married 36 yrs to a lady with the patience of a Saint. Diabetic, high blood pressure - I'm a wreck! AMS 700 via Dr. Edward Becker, Palm Beach Urology, Wellington ,FL on 1/29/20.

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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby Waynetho » Mon May 11, 2020 4:32 pm

Old Guy wrote:Well I knew I had lost some length after my implant. I know in my prime (last time I measured) I was right at 7".
Today I inflated as full as I could, waited a few minutes then a couple more pumps. I could feel the tips of the cylinders poking in my penis head. Tape measure from the base of my shaft to the tip of my head, just over 5". :(
Girth is something I've never measured, but today it's at 5" on the mark.

I know there was a hunk of skin under my shaft/top of my sack that would move up as my erection grew, and that seems to be gone now, it's tighter there. That was right where the incision was, and it's still sore if I touch it too hard.

Anyone else lose significant length after an implant? Am I correct cycling won't help increase length?


That's not too far from my story. I was probably close to 7 in 1995, although I never measured. I base this on estimates from still image grabs from a home video I made in 1995 of me while masturbating. Based on hand width, and how much of my penis was extended beyond my thumb and index grip when pushing against my groin, I was around 6.8-7.0".

Now my casual length is between 5.0-5.5" and if I push hard against the pubic bone while VERY aroused I get between 5.8-6.0" to the tip. My girth is right at 5.0" now although based on finger-to-thumb grip in the video, I would say I used to be about 5.5".

I had PD that took a serious toll on my size for 25 years and then the last 3-4 years of it I was a floppy noodle so very little erection to keep things stretched out.
64yo, married 43 yrs. Urolift (x4) 8/12/19. AMS 700CX 15cm (no RTE) penoscrotal 10/28/19, Frisco, TX. PD 1995/ED 2011. Cialis helped but hinged. (1995)L:6/G:5.5+, (2019)Pre-op L:5/G:4.5, (2/2020)L:6.0/G:5.0

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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby gene308 » Mon May 11, 2020 4:45 pm

Current research indicates that lack of frequent erections (especially nightly erections) deprives the erectile tissue of oxygen and causes loss of size among other difficulties. It would be interesting to know how much time elapsed between your lack of erections and your implant?
Gene308 married 43 years AMS 700 CX 21cm+2cm Implanted 10/04/2018 Dr James Hotaling (surgeon) and Mariah McCafferty, (Surgical Nurse and AMS rep) , University of Utah

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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby Lost Sheep » Mon May 11, 2020 8:49 pm

gene308 wrote:Current research indicates that lack of frequent erections (especially nightly erections) deprives the erectile tissue of oxygen and causes loss of size among other difficulties. It would be interesting to know how much time elapsed between your lack of erections and your implant?

Yes. Measurments taken IMMEDIATELY before the implant operation (along with measurements taken at the man's sexual prime) would be MOST informative, indeed. But without being able to compare along that time line, we are left with a shortage of information.
Lost Sheep
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Old Guy
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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby Old Guy » Mon May 11, 2020 9:12 pm

gene308 wrote:Current research indicates that lack of frequent erections (especially nightly erections) deprives the erectile tissue of oxygen and causes loss of size among other difficulties. It would be interesting to know how much time elapsed between your lack of erections and your implant?


I was still getting night time erections maybe once a week right up to my implant. Soon as I woke up and tried to do anything with it, immediately went floppy. I was using Quadmix up to about 6 months prior, but with mixed results. When Quadmix would work, I know I was a good 6 1/2 ".
At least it gets hard now. And I do not want a re-do unless this thing fails.
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gene308
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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby gene308 » Mon May 11, 2020 9:51 pm

Typically fibrosis and lack of stretching cause the loss of size Wow what the hell caused your loss of size?
Maybe you had a venous leak so severe you had erections but there wasn't time for proper oxygenation?

I hope we get an answer it is important for men to know
Gene308 married 43 years AMS 700 CX 21cm+2cm Implanted 10/04/2018 Dr James Hotaling (surgeon) and Mariah McCafferty, (Surgical Nurse and AMS rep) , University of Utah

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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby gene308 » Mon May 11, 2020 9:57 pm

I just re-read your post maybe a nightly erection once a week is not enough.

Before my implant I was using trimix 1-2 times a week with no nightly erections. I found I was loosing size. I used a VED and marked my length with a marker. I lost 2 CM before I got serious about daily use of the VED. This was a wake up call to get serious about the implant
Gene308 married 43 years AMS 700 CX 21cm+2cm Implanted 10/04/2018 Dr James Hotaling (surgeon) and Mariah McCafferty, (Surgical Nurse and AMS rep) , University of Utah

young_and_impotent
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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby young_and_impotent » Tue May 12, 2020 2:36 am

Welcome to the club. :(
28 year old with severe lifelong ED.
Implanted in New Delhi on 26/12/19 with AMS CX (15x12) + 4cm RTE
Post op length 4.5 inches from ~ (5.5 to 6) inches. Disappointed!
Wish to have a revision to LGX some day.

vajim1
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Re: SAD, finally did post op measurements

Postby vajim1 » Tue May 12, 2020 7:58 am

You did not post your implant size but I gained about an inch from cycling after 5 months from about 6.55" to 7.5" pubic bone pressed, which is as long as I ever was.
76 year old fart. Prostate removed Oct. 9, 2017,Psa 30 days after .15 next Psa .2. 37 Radiation treatments for recurrent cancer, 1 year out Psa .033 ZERO ERECTIONS, implanted Sept 5 2019 Dr. Lentz Duke Raleigh N.C. Titan 22cm.


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