doubts about lgx

[Luisdido]

Hello everyone, I have erectile dysfunction due to venous leakage. I have already tried pills, injections and venous ligation. The only thing that worked for me was the injection, but it is very expensive in the long term. My doctor recommends that I use an ams700 LGX, but I have several questions.

They have told me that with the lgx you do not lose size but they also told me that the glans is flaccid so how would you not lose size if the glans does not swell

another circumference I have around 13 cm with the lgx it would remain the same or lose size

I'm 25 years old and what I'm really afraid of is an infection. Is there something I can do to reduce the infection rate? I don't know about food or antibiotics or something like that?

I am using a translator, sorry if it is not understood well

[KeithC]

I used trimix for 11 years and had pretty good results. When I first started using it I went to one of those mens clinics that advertise on the radio. Those places are a rip off and it literally costs around 5 times more there than it does when you get a prescription from a urologist.

You're only 25! I would avoid the implant if I were you. I just got one but I am 66 years old (AMS 700CX 24CM). I only stopped the injections because I was getting scar tissue built up. I could perform like a porn star doing those shots. Medicare paid for almost all of my implant so that's a factor for you unless you have really good insurance.

You can buy a LOT of trimix for what an implant costs. I would stick with the injections until you're much older and try to find a cheaper source for medication. Use that until it doesn't work anymore.

You're absolutely right to have second thoughts about an implant. An implant comes with its own set of issues and at your age you will for sure need to replace it some day unless you become celibate or die early.

BTW My glans still swells with my implant.

[2435tjklAS]

It is true that you should not lose size, and it is also true about the glans not getting hard thing. But tbh, personally, I might be an idiot but I don't really remember what my head felt like before this. So I don't care much about the glans thing but I should acknowledge it could be a fairly big deal, just not a thing on my radar (really? Do girls notice it? I need to hook up with a dude soon and find out).

You didn't say your length but the AMS 700 LGX advertises as being about to expand in length up to 25%, and they cite studies that did find 3cm length and 2cm increases in girth. There's a plethora of other authoritative medical sources and my own experience showing similar size increases with proper exercises before and after, so you losing size is not a concern. Start using a VED several months before you get an implant to rebuild and recover any losses your dick and its tissues has experienced as a result of aging/erectile dysfunction problems. That'll allow the surgeon to size you with an implant that matches your real, original dick like it was back in the good ole days. Keep exercising it after surgery, and you'll end up with a cure for ED and maybe a dick that's a bit bigger too.

[Jage64]

Your glans has it's own separate blood supply, separate from the shaft of your penis. Unless the surgeon cuts something he shouldn't, the blood supply to the glans will remain intact. For many, the glans still engorges when stimulated, but it seems that for most it doesn't really matter that much. If it's a concern for you, you can still take a small dose of the erection pills even after you're implanted, which should help blood flow to the glans.

[newbie443]

Hello everyone, I have erectile dysfunction due to venous leakage. I have already tried pills, injections and venous ligation. The only thing that worked for me was the injection, but it is very expensive in the long term. My doctor recommends that I use an ams700 LGX, but I have several questions.

They have told me that with the lgx you do not lose size but they also told me that the glans is flaccid so how would you not lose size if the glans does not swell

another circumference I have around 13 cm with the lgx it would remain the same or lose size

I'm 25 years old and what I'm really afraid of is an infection. Is there something I can do to reduce the infection rate? I don't know about food or antibiotics or something like that?

I am using a translator, sorry if it is not understood well

Welcome to the site. If your translator will work with documents I would advise you to go to the General Discussion section of this site and read in the documents worth reading thread. As far as the LGX goes this link has some information on the expansion of the device. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5654325/ Table 1 shows the expansion of the LGX. They only published 2 sizes for the LGX and the Titan. For girth both LGX and the 22 Titan were about the same. The 18 Titan was a lot bigger in girth however. Wish they had more sizes for comparison. Many men retain glans engorgement after surgery if they had it before. Some men will use oral ed meds after surgery to get glans engorgement. A trimix gel is also used and placed in the urethra.

ED causes size loss. You can read about that in the general section in documents worth reading. You can use a ved for exercise to slow down and recover some size loss. And size loss can happen during surgery depending on the doctor. And size loss has been shown to be related with long waits for activation. All that you can read about.

As far as infection this can also vary depending on the doctor. So doctor selection is important for retaining size and preventing infection. However all doctors have infection rates. You can reduce infection rate but not doctor has a zero rate. Being as healthy as you can prior to surgery and managing any health issues is important. Many doctors will have you wash with Hibiclens 3 or more days prior to surgery. And to not shave or used VED for a week or 5 days so there is no risk of injury and infection going in. I used alcohol wipes. I showered with dial. Then again with Hibiclens from the chest down. Then I wiped down my penis and scrotum and surrounding area with an alcohol wipe. I had a towel and clothes I washed in bleach and put them in sealed baggies fromt the dryer. All this is to reduce the bacteria in our skin. Some men even used a cup of bleach in a bathtube and soaked for 1/2 an hour 3 days before the surgery. All that get you to the or table as clean and germ free as possible. It has been published that most infection case had the man bring the germ in to the or in his skin. After surgery be very strick with wound care. Follow your doctors instructions and you should be fine.

Good luck.

[Lost Sheep]

Hello everyone, I have erectile dysfunction due to venous leakage. I have already tried pills, injections and venous ligation. The only thing that worked for me was the injection, but it is very expensive in the long term. My doctor recommends that I use an ams700 LGX, but I have several questions.

They have told me that with the lgx you do not lose size but they also told me that the glans is flaccid so how would you not lose size if the glans does not swell

another circumference I have around 13 cm with the lgx it would remain the same or lose size

I'm 25 years old and what I'm really afraid of is an infection. Is there something I can do to reduce the infection rate? I don't know about food or antibiotics or something like that?

I am using a translator, sorry if it is not understood well

Welcome to the forum, Luisdido.

What is your native language? I will respond with a suggestion to mitigate the translation troubles.

Reduce infection fears by interviewing candidate surgeons and choose carefully.

Lost Sheep

[Leebert]

My cx was coated with a antibiotic so no fear of infection and i believe so does the lgx, listen to the doc you shouldn't have any issues.

[Rider1400]

Since they use antibiotics impregnated or saturated by the implants the infection rate is less than 2% with most surgeries. Find a Dr that does a moderate to high volume of implants and you would be fine.

[newbie443]

https://www.garber-online.com/pdf/Highe ... ctions.pdf This is a very good paper on the relationship of case volume and reoperation rates. Infection is split off from the other causes. It also shows a longer life span of devices with a higher case load doctor. You can still have a good result with a lower case load doctor it is just that your chances are better with a higher case load doctor.

As far as the coatings on the devices are concerned, they are both about the same. The AMS coating is very good. Coloplast permits the doctor to choose the coating at the time of the surgery. The first recommended coating had a higher infection rate than the AMS coating. That was changed and the current recommended coating is just as good or maybe a very small fraction better than the AMS. So small is the difference that it is called equal.