How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

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TheDongDangler
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How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby TheDongDangler » Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:38 am

Because the ruler can’t go into the pubic fat pad during a stretch test or immediately after surgery
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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby easymoney » Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:00 am

Fat pad matters .. I too have a Rigicon 13mm x 20cm .. if I lay on my back it presents nicely . if I stand much is ate up with the fat pad .. if I pull the fat pad up I gain much of the length back ..

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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby TheDongDangler » Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:14 am

easymoney wrote:Fat pad matters .. I too have a Rigicon 13mm x 20cm .. if I lay on my back it presents nicely . if I stand much is ate up with the fat pad .. if I pull the fat pad up I gain much of the length back ..


Yeah agreed. I have a similarly large fat pad. Mine goes from 7.9 to 4 when I stand up. Looks so much better lying down.
Rigicon MALLEABLE
20 cm + 0.5cm RTE
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Pre-Op penile length: 7.9 inches length, 4.75 inches girth
Post-Op penile length: 7.5 inches length, 4.5 inches girth
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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby TheDongDangler » Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:23 am

easymoney wrote:Fat pad matters .. I too have a Rigicon 13mm x 20cm .. if I lay on my back it presents nicely . if I stand much is ate up with the fat pad .. if I pull the fat pad up I gain much of the length back ..


Also I get you on the undersizing. I hope I haven’t been undersized too. That’ll require another surgery.
Rigicon MALLEABLE
20 cm + 0.5cm RTE
11 mm diameter rods
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Pre-Op penile length: 7.9 inches length, 4.75 inches girth
Post-Op penile length: 7.5 inches length, 4.5 inches girth
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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby bp1111 » Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:29 am

With regard to sizing for the implant it won't matter since that is done during the operation by inserting a device into the corpora measuring both proximally and distally from the point of the incision. This gives the doctor the measurements they need to size you. The amount of fat you have impacts the visual size and possibly the insertable length, but it won't impact the doctors internal measurements.
Implanted 2/14/24 at age 50 w/ a 22cm Titan, no RTE's, classic pump by Dr. Clavell after 9+ years of worsening ED. I tried everything from pills to injections. Venous leak confirmed 2/2/24. Healthy, fit and active.

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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby Txagq8 » Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:35 am

To be completely honest, I think the stretch test is primarily for show and to give the doctor a rough idea of what he needs to have the supplier bring to OR. In my case it was the AMS rep and they were told to bring a 18 cm LGX, a 18 cm CX, and a 21 cm CX.

Typically how he deals with fat pad is to mash ruler into it against pubic bone while pulling (my doctor wasn’t pulling too hard) in the flaccid dick.

None of that matters once they get you open. I had 17.4 cm erect before surgery. “My” stretch test said 16.5 cm. The doctor said 16. They ended up putting 23 cm of implant in me and now I have 17.3 cm erect after surgery.

It doesn’t matter what the test does. What matters is use a doctor who knows what he’s doing and, once you’re cut open, proceeds to do it.
Age 68. Physically fit educated red neck in Texas. Very married. 23 cm (18+5) of LGX installed by Dr. Bryan Kansas 12/31/2019. I fought the ED and my wife & I won. I’m either full of shit or sound advice. You decide which.

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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby tomas1 » Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:43 am

As others have said, the stretch test isn't for sizing, or if it is, you have the wrong doctor.
I have no idea if my doctor was high volume, but he neither did a stretch test nor wanted to know what I thought my size was. Evidently, he knew what he was doing, and probably had a complete assortment of units to choose from.
He nailed my size perfectly.
86 years
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Scrotal, hor. incision just over 1"
18cm AMS 700 CX, 3.5cm RTE 100cc res
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Update: On my last biopsies the cancer wasn't found.

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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby Taggart423 » Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:49 am

I had my pre op with Dr. Clavell last week and for the stretch test all he did was stretch it, while placing his other hand on the skin above the base of my penis. I am guessing like others have said it was just for a rough idea on size.
61 years old,T2 since 2008, ED since 2010. Pills have stopped working and not interested in shots. Implanted 11/20/2024 by Dr. Calvell with AMS 700 CX 21cm with 1cm RTE

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Re: How does the doctor account for your pubic fat pad when doing a stretched penis test?

Postby jwdetails » Thu Sep 19, 2024 3:43 pm

The stretch test I think is a way for us to determine what to expect post-surgery. there seem to be studies looking that stretch test is close to length post-surgery and natural erection

The surgeons will measure inside the corpora with there measuring instruments to get the most accurate sizing (based on what I've seen in surgery videos)s.
62 year old, ED+PD, Coloplast Titan 22 cm no RTE in 2019 with Dr. Irwin Goldstein => failure, now with plaque excision/tunical expansion to Coloplast Titan 26 no RTE in 2022 by Dr. Darshan Patel, now with classic pump 2024 :D


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