So why do only we inject at base?

[RogueRN]

Heys guys,
Gonna put this question in the "we need your questions" post as well. So why are we only supposed to inject on the bottom half or bottom third of penis? Im sorry if this has been covered already, i just cant find an answer anywhere else. To me it would make more sense from a scar tissue build perspective to rotate not only from left to right side but also up and down the lentgh of shaft on both sides. Does injecting higher than the base put you at higher risk for peyronie's? Just wanted to know, thanks

[slipnslider]

My very experienced urologist told me you can inject anywhere as long as you penetrate the tunica.

But from personal experience, I've had MANY misfires when trying to inject the top half. I think I get it in the right spot, but then I get no reaction.

That almost never happens if I inject in the bottom half.

[BrokenPiston]

I was told the middle third...

[bldoink]

I agree with the middle third and sometimes a bit higher. I don't think most of the doctors recommending near the base have actually done much self injecting.

[SteveSW]

When I was injecting, because of the large Peyronie's plaque mass I could the middle third on one side, and the front third on the other. I had so much scaring and plaque anyway, I have no idea if the injections made it worse or not.

[SteveSW]

When I was injecting, because of the large Peyronie's plaque mass I could only use the middle third on one side, and the front third on the other. I had so much scaring and plaque anyway, I have no idea if the injections made it worse or not.

[TwoStep]

When I was injecting, because of the large Peyronie's plaque mass I could the middle third on one side, and the front third on the other. I had so much scaring and plaque anyway, I have no idea if the injections made it worse or not.

Did you have plaques before you started injecting?

Edit: ok I now see that you didn’t start injecting until recent years.

[TwoStep]

Heys guys,
So why are we only supposed to inject on the bottom half or bottom third of penis? Im sorry if this has been covered already, i just cant find an answer anywhere else.

I’ve wondered about this as well. I’m not sure that it’s based on any evidence. Maybe if scarring and narrowing develops at the injection site it’s more bothersome to have that narrowing distally?

I’d imagine that injection at the base helps the inflow more and further out helps expansion and venous occlusion more, so what’s more effective may depend on our individual cause of ED.

Personally I’d like to keep injecting further out because I have normal function at the base but the distal shaft won’t expand, and it expands nicely once I inject there.

[Martin6469]

I haven't heard "inject bottom half." I've always injected along my entire length with no unusual problems. I do use two needle lengths: 8mm and 12.7mm - I use the short one generally in the bottom half, and the long one in the top half. My corpora in the top half fall deeper beneath the skin. (Maybe this is slipnslider's physiology.)

[happycamper59]

I'll second that, or third that.....I've always been instructed to do the middle portion.