ED: the silent shrinker

[DougAnd]

In my late teens rare, painful long lasting erections curved me upward to just below my navel. Thankfully by my early twenties my erections became softer and although I didn't really notice it they also became shorter. By my mid thirties I was getting really soft and I knew that I was shorter but assumed that a good erection would fix that. Years passed I became softer and shorter. Still I thought that a hard erection is all it would take to restore my length. Finally the day came when my glans no longer peeked out of my shorts at night and manual stimulation produced nothing more than useless c hubbies. For two plus years I was functionally impotent. So I had no idea how really short I was becoming. My AHA moment occurred when I began vacuum therapy. After years of limpness it felt good to have a firm erection again. Yet after I measured the tube I discovered that A. I had lost more than 1 5/8th inches (about 5/8 in just the last 2 years ) and B. that a firm erection did NOT bring it back. Later I learned that this loss is permanent and that only a Penile implant can stop it.
If your natural erections have stopped you need to seriously consider just how short you want to be. Keep in mind that you may lose up to an inch more from your implant. Like me, using vacuum therapy you may gain back some of your loss before implant. But I wouldn't count on it before you try it.

[Lost Sheep]

In my late teens rare, painful long lasting erections curved me upward to just below my navel. Thankfully by my early twenties my erections became softer and although I didn't really notice it they also became shorter. By my mid thirties I was getting really soft and I knew that I was shorter but assumed that a good erection would fix that. Years passed I became softer and shorter. Still I thought that a hard erection is all it would take to restore my length. Finally the day came when my glans no longer peeked out of my shorts at night and manual stimulation produced nothing more than useless c hubbies. For two plus years I was functionally impotent. So I had no idea how really short I was becoming. My AHA moment occurred when I began vacuum therapy. After years of limpness it felt good to have a firm erection again. Yet after I measured the tube I discovered that A. I had lost more than 1 5/8th inches (about 5/8 in just the last 2 years ) and B. that a firm erection did NOT bring it back. Later I learned that this loss is permanent and that only a Penile implant can stop it.
If your natural erections have stopped you need to seriously consider just how short you want to be. Keep in mind that you may lose up to an inch more from your implant. Like me, using vacuum therapy you may gain back some of your loss before implant. But I wouldn't count on it before you try it.

While one MAY lose substantial length upon getting an implant, this is not the norm. Absent complicating factors or surgical error, length and girth loss should be minimal. Talk to your surgeon at length (no pun intended) about this. If he won't talk about it, consider your choice of surgeons. You may want to go ahead with that one or find another. Your choice. Note: Length GAIN upon implantation is also rare.

[Smetro]

Agree entirely with Lost.
Immediately post op I was marginally concerned that my length was slightly diminished. However, over time, and having listened carefully to my surgeon, I adhered to his suggested program of twice daily cycling.
Over the following months my original length returned. I have no science to explain why it’s the case but I am thankful it did.
Girth is another matter altogether. I can’t say I am bigger than when I was 20 because I never measured myself(why would you?) but the Titan has certainly given me greater circumference than I had when struggling with ED 4 years ago.
In my opinion I think I was fortunate to have decided on getting an implant relatively early.....before too much atrophy occurred........ so my suggestion is that waiting unnecessarily may have a cost with regards to final implanted size.

[DougAnd]

I totally agree that the right dr will preserve your length. Some guys are locked into losers by their insurance. Plenty guys have posted a loss. The longer you wait the greater your chances of being shorter.

[Larry10625]

In my late teens rare, painful long lasting erections curved me upward to just below my navel. Thankfully by my early twenties my erections became softer and although I didn't really notice it they also became shorter. By my mid thirties I was getting really soft and I knew that I was shorter but assumed that a good erection would fix that. Years passed I became softer and shorter. Still I thought that a hard erection is all it would take to restore my length. Finally the day came when my glans no longer peeked out of my shorts at night and manual stimulation produced nothing more than useless c hubbies. For two plus years I was functionally impotent. So I had no idea how really short I was becoming. My AHA moment occurred when I began vacuum therapy. After years of limpness it felt good to have a firm erection again. Yet after I measured the tube I discovered that A. I had lost more than 1 5/8th inches (about 5/8 in just the last 2 years ) and B. that a firm erection did NOT bring it back. Later I learned that this loss is permanent and that only a Penile implant can stop it.
If your natural erections have stopped you need to seriously consider just how short you want to be. Keep in mind that you may lose up to an inch more from your implant. Like me, using vacuum therapy you may gain back some of your loss before implant. But I wouldn't count on it before you try it.

When I asked doctor Brock about losing length and girth during the implant he told me that it was his opinion that most guys had not been keeping track of their size and due to ED, they lost length and girth every month leading up to the implant. The good news, especially if you get the LGX, you will probably recover all if not most of your original length and girth hope this helps.

Larry

[DougAnd]

Larry,
I totally agree with that. Had I not used VED I would have gotten an implant completely unaware that I had permanently lost length and would have been VERY disappointed with my outcome.
Guys need to understand that if their nocturnal erections have stopped their diseased penis is slowly dying from a lack of oxygen and proper nutrients and it is shrinking.
You guys need to keep in mind that my first guy showed me he would shrink me about and inch and the second 2 inches. So Had I gone with the first one without VED I would be about 4 3/8" right now and with the second one about 3 3/8". That is a HUGE difference from my current but it would have become my reality.

[Larry10625]

Larry,
I totally agree with that. Had I not used VED I would have gotten an implant completely unaware that I had permanently lost length and would have been VERY disappointed with my outcome.
Guys need to understand that if their nocturnal erections have stopped their diseased penis is slowly dying from a lack of oxygen and proper nutrients and it is shrinking.
You guys need to keep in mind that my first guy showed me he would shrink me about and inch and the second 2 inches. So Had I gone with the first one without VED I would be about 4 3/8" right now and with the second one about 3 3/8". That is a HUGE difference from my current but it would have become my reality.

Yup, he is very smart and despite his older looking appearance, he is very aware of how all of us horn dogs think. Basically he says when we were 18 and screwing anything that moved, we were all concerned/curious about our penis size. Once we get older and busier or get married or in a long relationship, we no longer care or think about it... that's the time when we start slowly shrinking if we are having ED. Healthy penis's go to the gym every night... we call it nocturnal erections. This is where it delivers lots of oxygenated blood to the tissue and stretches and gets bigger or protects our size. When we get ED, all that stops.

Larry

[robertm]

"When I asked doctor Brock about losing length and girth during the implant he told me that it was his opinion that most guys had not been keeping track of their size and due to ED, they lost length and girth every month leading up to the implant. The good news, especially if you get the LGX, you will probably recover all if not most of your original length and girth hope this helps."

Larry, do you mean you can regain length and girth lost due to atrophy since ED began? I'm pre-implant and have lost a little of both since I stopped getting erections, and I'm concerned.

[DougAnd]

I lost 1 5/8 inches and gained back 1 1/8 inches before implant and another 1/4 inch so far after implant.

[prbear01]

Larry & Doug,

I'm doing research to decide on the procedure and brand. I have also lost some length and girth.
On the previous message Larry stated that he re-gain length prior to the procedure, how?
Thanks for any information given.