Revision from Genesis to Tactra Malleable

[fucked0ne]

My length is 6.5" and my girth is 4.25"

Very nice. Is that the bone pressed length?

What did you measure before the malleable?

[duke_cicero]

Did you lose any size after your procedure or was it more or less the same size?

Didn't lose any size, or if I did, I can't really tell or I don't care. I'd rather have a sailboat that takes me around the world than a Titanic that sinks on its maiden voyage.

Very nice. Is that the bone pressed length?

What did you measure before the malleable?

Bone pressed is a little bit longer but it aches a little bit to press down really hard, so I don't. I can't remember exactly what I measured before the malleable but if I was fully aroused and VED pumped I was significantly bigger. Never really measured, though. But you don't get VED pump numbers with IPPs, either. It's too dangerous and impractical.

[fucked0ne]

It’s encouraging that you don’t notice any difference between pre and post-op.

[LastHope]

... I'd rather have a sailboat that takes me around the world than a Titanic that sinks on its maiden voyage.

That’s a profound wisdom I’ve come across in a while, Duke. Thank you for this. I hope to remember this in every life decision.

[Mark1974]

I realize that the satisfaction rates with females is lower according to studies...

Inflatables have a higher partner satisfaction rate because they maintain greater girth by bypassing the unpredictability of residual engorgement, on top of the rods, which is subjective to an individual’s residual vascular flow.

That's assuming that the partner dissatisfaction comes from thin girth, but do we know that?

I remember seeing some study ( I think it was from Italy) and it broke down reasons for dissatisfaction with malleables and lack of girth was maybe the number three reason, but I remember that "unnaturalness" was the number one reason,

From a male perspective it seems that IPP's are more unnatural, but people take the opposite position many times and I understand how the IPP mimics the hydraulics of a natural erection

[duke_cicero]

... I'd rather have a sailboat that takes me around the world than a Titanic that sinks on its maiden voyage.

That’s a profound wisdom I’ve come across in a while, Duke. Thank you for this. I hope to remember this in every life decision.

I can't quite tell if this is sarcastic, but I appreciate it

[LastHope]

I realize that the satisfaction rates with females is lower according to studies...

Inflatables have a higher partner satisfaction rate because they maintain greater girth by bypassing the unpredictability of residual engorgement, on top of the rods, which is subjective to an individual’s residual vascular flow.

That's assuming that the partner dissatisfaction comes from thin girth, but do we know that?

I remember seeing some study ( I think it was from Italy) and it broke down reasons for dissatisfaction with malleables and lack of girth was maybe the number three reason, but I remember that "unnaturalness" was the number one reason,

From a male perspective it seems that IPP's are more unnatural, but people take the opposite position many times and I understand how the IPP mimics the hydraulics of a natural erection

Good point, Mark. I tried my best to squeeze out a reasoning, but my left-brained conditioning lacks the nuance and emotional IQ to tackle this topic.

Partner satisfaction is a complicated, swirling cauldron, and researching papers based on shallow questionnaire studies feels futile to me.

On this topic, my favorite chapter is by FT user Tangerine. He describes it in the context of IPPs. Maybe there’s a HUGE difference between gradually pumping the prosthesis during foreplay sessions in a long-term romantic relationship, something women might love as it can effectively mimic validation of their desiredness versus an always-ready, less physiologic malleable dick. I don’t know the answer. I maybe wrong. Just speculating.

Anyway, back to Tangerine’s chapter. I’ll attach his masterpiece.

The Road to Becoming A Bionic Male - Part 1
Chapter 13:
Will young women be judgmental of an implanted man?

There will be as many different responses as there are women. So, it is hard to generalize here. However, I tend to believe that most women will "put up with the implant" if they like the man. But I must acknowledge that there are women who feel a "pride of authorship" in being able to excite their man enough to see a tangible, visible erection. Being able to get her man "erect and hard" proves to a woman that she is sexy, and that she is attractive to her mate. If that proof is gone, then some women, especially the neurotic and sexually insecure ones, will be bothered by the notion that the bionic man's erection is "fake." This has been discussed by an expert, Virginia Sadock, MD in New York who discusses the fake nature of a viagra induced erection (something some women also find disturbing) and here is Dr Sadock's opinion:

Dr Virginia Sadock states:
"....Some women think ED drugs make men amorous and that their presence isn’t required." “What a lot of women need to be turned on is the feeling that they’re desired,” adds Virginia A. Sadock, M.D., director of the program in human sexuality at New York University Langone Medical Center. “So with Viagra, they think, Oh, it’s not me he wants; it’s the Viagra talking. In my practice, I spend a lot of time reassuring them that this isn’t the case — and I tell men they must reassure the women too.”

My wife is significantly bothered by the fact that she is not able to make me hard; however, I do know that her orgasms are far better now that I have been implanted.

This was not a new complaint from her. In the past when I was on quadmix, she hated the idea that I needed to inject myself so that we could have sex. She could "never wrap her head around" the fact that I needed to inject before having sex; and she viewed my erectile dysfunction as a sign that she is not "sexy enough to turn me on." This female perspective is common. I become aware of this during my investigations about viagra and injections. Apparently, some women are really disturbed that their man needs something more than "her natural sex appeal" to get an erection. For some women, it is a "validation of their sex appeal" when they have the capability to get a man excited enough to be erect. With the implant, my rock-hard erection no longer has anything to do with whether I am being seduced and overwhelmed by her sex appeal. She views that as a major loss.

Whether this is an issue in your relationship will depend on your mate's opinion on whether she needs the visual validation of "authoring" a great erection in her man. Recognizing that this authorship issue can sometimes cause troubles, my surgeon was quite clear about giving advice on the motives to get the implant. Most importantly, a man should NOT get an implant because he thinks his "partner will like it or because he thinks it will save a relationship."

All things considered; I do believe that my wife now has some strong orgasms that are way better than what she had even during our honeymoon years ago. So, I think that, from her perspective, having an implanted bionic husband was probably a worthwhile trade.

Of course, the point is that facing sex with the problem of a "limp, erectile dysfunctional, penis" is 100 times worse then having to deal with the whining of an insecure and/or neurotic woman who wishes to have visual validation that she is able to author a great erection in her bed partner.

Moral of this story:
"Own your situation and Act with Confidence." In other words, if you are bald--own it; if you are bionic and need to pump up--own it. None of us are perfect, and we need to try to feel confident in our own skin

For women, they have sex with the man, not the penis per se. If she likes you enough to give you sex, then she likes you, and she will put up with your imperfections. Women have numerous body issues and body insecurities themselves. Women feel great sadness and insecurity if their man fails to get hard in bed; a woman will wonder, “is it because I am not sexy enough”. The implant guarantees that you will be hard as you want regardless of whether you drank too much, regardless if you are nervous, regardless of your feelings towards your partner, the implant will deliver an awesome erection every time; you will walk in to the bedroom with a relaxed bionic-level confidence.
-End of Quote-

[LastHope]

... I'd rather have a sailboat that takes me around the world than a Titanic that sinks on its maiden voyage.

That’s a profound wisdom I’ve come across in a while, Duke. Thank you for this. I hope to remember this in every life decision.

I can't quite tell if this is sarcastic, but I appreciate it

Not sarcastic my friend
It made my day for a multitude of reasons that are beyond the scope of this forum.

[jwitten567]

would you recommend tactra over an inflatable implant (700 series)?

i got infection 2 months ago and now with genesis. Am offered surgery date in 3 weeks to go back to a inflatable implant, but contemplating options.

[LastHope]

would you recommend tactra over an inflatable implant (700 series)?

i got infection 2 months ago and now with genesis. Am offered surgery date in 3 weeks to go back to a inflatable implant, but contemplating options.

Hi, jwitten567, sorry to hear this. Hope everything works out soon. Just for context, may I ask what you don’t like about your Genesis? Is it the rigidity aspect, or was it a conservative sizing choice by your surgeon to let your infection heal with less corporal pressure?