Doctor Recommention

[Jmarty777]

I had an implant in June, unfortunately it did not go well. I do not want to go back the original doctor. Does anyone have a recommendation of a doctor that will take their time and explain my options moving forward. I'm in the San Diego area.

Questions that I would like to discuss.

1. Lost almost 2 inches
2. AMX 700 CX - currently
3. Would like to consider moving to AMX 700 LGX
4. Cylinders do not seem long enough as the tip is droopy.
5. Cylinders are lumpy, as if not fully extended.

[BearsWin]

This sounds like a crappy result.

If you’re willing to drive a bit north I’d see Dr Yafi at UC Irvine.

There are a number of other LA high volume implant specialists that could help if Yafi isn’t a fit for you.

All the best.

[oldbeek]

I sent a PM to you. Dr Yafi is who I was thinking of at UC Ervine. USC/Keck with DR Boyd is only 40 minutes more north of UC Ervine

[CHIEF3]

Is Dr Boyd retired now or in private practice?

[Hillywilly]

I had an implant in June, unfortunately it did not go well. I do not want to go back the original doctor. Does anyone have a recommendation of a doctor that will take their time and explain my options moving forward. I'm in the San Diego area.

Questions that I would like to discuss.

1. Lost almost 2 inches
2. AMX 700 CX - currently
3. Would like to consider moving to AMX 700 LGX
4. Cylinders do not seem long enough as the tip is droopy.
5. Cylinders are lumpy, as if not fully extended.

Hi Jmarty, choosing your surgeon is the most important aspect of implant surgery. I would recommend EID, Hakky, or Clavell all are high volume and have lots of reviews on the forum. However, if you do not wish to travel here are some considerations when interviewing surgeons to place your trust in:

1. documents your penis length before surgery and promises you a minimum length after surgery.
2. Get a surgeon who does not need or want a company rep (for the product he is installing) in the operating room with him.
3. does over 100 implants a year.
4. implants both AMS and Coloplast Titan (and recommends Titan for correction of significant deformity)
5. takes several implants in the OR with him (to assure he fits an implant to you and not try to fit you to an implant).
6. Has actually removed an implant from a patient during surgery because he thought he could get better results with another implant.
7. Tries to avoid the use of Rear Tip Extenders (and does NOT STACK RTE's) This means rather than making an implant fit by adding more than one set of uninflatable RTE.s he uses a longer implant.
8. Can tell you HIS infection rates (not industry average)
9. Is very accessible to you for questions as you are healing
10. Inquire if he uses a scrotal or infra pubic approach
11. I prefer a scrotal to a retro-pubic approach. It hides the tubes from the reservoir to the cylinders better, hides the scar, and greatly reduces the chance of nerve damage.
12. if scrotal, is it a vertical incision on the raphe?(Verticle incisions TOTALLY hide the scar) (this is only a slight cosmetic issue.)

[str84wd]

I had an implant in June, unfortunately it did not go well. I do not want to go back the original doctor. Does anyone have a recommendation of a doctor that will take their time and explain my options moving forward. I'm in the San Diego area.

Questions that I would like to discuss.

1. Lost almost 2 inches
2. AMX 700 CX - currently
3. Would like to consider moving to AMX 700 LGX
4. Cylinders do not seem long enough as the tip is droopy.
5. Cylinders are lumpy, as if not fully extended.

Hi Jmarty, choosing your surgeon is the most important aspect of implant surgery. I would recommend EID, Hakky, or Clavell all are high volume and have lots of reviews on the forum. However, if you do not wish to travel here are some considerations when interviewing surgeons to place your trust in:

1. documents your penis length before surgery and promises you a minimum length after surgery.
2. Get a surgeon who does not need or want a company rep (for the product he is installing) in the operating room with him.
May I know why? My surgeon was accompanied by Coloplast rep.
3. does over 100 implants a year.
4. implants both AMS and Coloplast Titan (and recommends Titan for correction of significant deformity)
5. takes several implants in the OR with him (to assure he fits an implant to you and not try to fit you to an implant).
6. Has actually removed an implant from a patient during surgery because he thought he could get better results with another implant.
7. Tries to avoid the use of Rear Tip Extenders (and does NOT STACK RTE's) This means rather than making an implant fit by adding more than one set of uninflatable RTE.s he uses a longer implant.
8. Can tell you HIS infection rates (not industry average)
9. Is very accessible to you for questions as you are healing
10. Inquire if he uses a scrotal or infra pubic approach
11. I prefer a scrotal to a retro-pubic approach. It hides the tubes from the reservoir to the cylinders better, hides the scar, and greatly reduces the chance of nerve damage.
12. if scrotal, is it a vertical incision on the raphe?(Verticle incisions TOTALLY hide the scar) (this is only a slight cosmetic issue.)

[Ronn1708]

Dr Hakky !!! It will be well worth your trip. He is a great person and surgeon! I’ve used others but after finding him I would never consider anyone else.

[oldbeek]

Is Dr Boyd retired now or in private practice?

Dr Boyd is not listed as staff anymore. He loves the work to mucho retire. Just last week he was assisting Dr Lo Doyle with a revision operation that was done somewhere else. They came to USC/ Keck to get the best.

[oldbeek]

Notice! the original post was in Oct 2022

[farhananwar]

I had an implant in June, unfortunately it did not go well. I do not want to go back the original doctor. Does anyone have a recommendation of a doctor that will take their time and explain my options moving forward. I'm in the San Diego area.

Questions that I would like to discuss.

1. Lost almost 2 inches
2. AMX 700 CX - currently
3. Would like to consider moving to AMX 700 LGX
4. Cylinders do not seem long enough as the tip is droopy.
5. Cylinders are lumpy, as if not fully extended.

which doctor did your first implant?