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I really wonder what Dr Eid meant by "weak tunica", did he elaborate at all on what that means? And what could be the consequence of having a weak tunica, if anything at all?

I don't remember exactly what Dr. Eid said about the weak tunica, but my impression is this: a healthy tunica should not grow larger or looser over time; it should retain its shape and size, enclosing the corpora, so that you get hard when the corpora fill with blood. A weak tunica, on the other hand, will slowly stretch out as the years pass, giving you larger and larger girth, but weaker and weaker erections, since it won't squeeze the corpora as tightly.

I remember that Dr. Eid told me that it's important that I keep my implant deflated when I'm not using it, so as not to stretch out the tunica. And I do keep the implant deflated when I go about my daily life. But on occasion, I enjoy rather long sex sessions, during which I may pump it up and deflate it several times. Also, on occasion, on nude beaches, or in gay bars, I pump it up just partly and keep it like that for a long time. Call me vain, but I love the attention.

Hey man,

Glad to hear you're happy with the implant overall. I was wondering - when you're lying down on your bed, can you see a bulge (the tubing) coming out from the cylinders on the underside of your penis? Or if you lightly press that area at the base of your penis (the scrotum right under the penis), do you feel the tubing right under there? I ask because it seems like some doctors tend to hide this better than others, and I wonder how Eid performed with you.

If you do feel it, do you feel like it limits your length, or how deep you can penetrate? Have any sexual partners noticed it?

Thanks!

[Craigohbig]

I really wonder what Dr Eid meant by "weak tunica", did he elaborate at all on what that means? And what could be the consequence of having a weak tunica, if anything at all?

I don't remember exactly what Dr. Eid said about the weak tunica, but my impression is this: a healthy tunica should not grow larger or looser over time; it should retain its shape and size, enclosing the corpora, so that you get hard when the corpora fill with blood. A weak tunica, on the other hand, will slowly stretch out as the years pass, giving you larger and larger girth, but weaker and weaker erections, since it won't squeeze the corpora as tightly.

I remember that Dr. Eid told me that it's important that I keep my implant deflated when I'm not using it, so as not to stretch out the tunica. And I do keep the implant deflated when I go about my daily life. But on occasion, I enjoy rather long sex sessions, during which I may pump it up and deflate it several times. Also, on occasion, on nude beaches, or in gay bars, I pump it up just partly and keep it like that for a long time. Call me vain, but I love the attention.

Hey man,

Glad to hear you're happy with the implant overall. I was wondering - when you're lying down on your bed, can you see a bulge (the tubing) coming out from the cylinders on the underside of your penis? Or if you lightly press that area at the base of your penis (the scrotum right under the penis), do you feel the tubing right under there? I ask because it seems like some doctors tend to hide this better than others, and I wonder how Eid performed with you.

If you do feel it, do you feel like it limits your length, or how deep you can penetrate? Have any sexual partners noticed it?

You see and feel everything

Thanks!

[NYCGay]

Hey man,

Glad to hear you're happy with the implant overall. I was wondering - when you're lying down on your bed, can you see a bulge (the tubing) coming out from the cylinders on the underside of your penis? Or if you lightly press that area at the base of your penis (the scrotum right under the penis), do you feel the tubing right under there? I ask because it seems like some doctors tend to hide this better than others, and I wonder how Eid performed with you.

If you do feel it, do you feel like it limits your length, or how deep you can penetrate? Have any sexual partners noticed it?

Thanks!

I see that craigohbig has answered "You see and feel everything." I don't dispute his experience, but mine is very different. The tubing doesn't bother me at all. When deliberately searching for it with my fingers, I can feel it on the sides of the shaft, at the very base. It doesn't protrude, and I've never even thought about the tubing when I'm penetrating someone. I've also never thought about whether it's visible in some specific position (which should tell you how little of an issue it's been for me). To find out, I lay down on the bed just now, put my flaccid dick pointing upward, and took a picture. I don't see anything, certainly not in the thicket of pubes, but I don't think I would have seen anything even if I shaved. See picture below.

I recently had a Show & Tell with a guy here from FrankTalk. (Feel free to comment on this post, if you want to identify yourself and verify your impressions). We talked about what parts of the implant might lead an unknowing sex partner to wonder what it is you have inside your body: It's mainly the bulb of the pump, which feels distinctly man-made, with the sharp corners around the release valve. If you don't want someone to know about your implant, then you have to keep their fingers (and probably also their lips) away from your ballsack.

Secondly, there is the shaft, which, due to the rigidity of the Titan cylinders, feels like you're just slightly engorged, even when you're fully deflated. For me, that is never a problem; if someone fondles your dick, no matter what the situation, then they won't mind that you have a hint of an erection.

Thirdly, there are cylinder tips on the glans. They are hard and alien-feeling, but only if you really search them out with your fingers. Whereas I have had guys ask me about the bulb of the pump, no one has ever seemed to react the to cylinder tips, whether they were stroking me or blowing me.

Finally, there is the tubing, which, if anything, is even less noticeable than the cylinder tips. The guy I did the Show & Tell with said specifically that he could feel the tubes, but only because he knew where to search for them.

It would be interesting to hear more about craigohbig's experience, but based on mine, the tubing is nothing you have to worry about at all.

[NYCGay]

Yes I would love to hear more about how things have been going and more pics of what your implant looks like nowadays, both inflated and deflated

I'll post a fuller account and some pics soon.