How likely is an implant failure?

[JH1982]

Hi guys I’m heavily considering an implant as, while I might try Trimix I’m not a candidate for pills.

I’m quite scared but the failure of the implant.

I red horror stories about people needing multiple surgeries.

Apart from the nightmare of having to keep going under th knife the cost would just be unberable

And even if the implant was still guaranteed you’d still have to pay
- surgeon
- anaesthesia
- facility

So for me (being 40) the implant might be a very risky move considering my life expectation.

I know that is impossible to predict how many failures and new implants you’ll have but can you give me some details from your research, studies and personal experiences?

[Hillywilly]

Look at the data. The opinions you’ll get here are not empirical evidence and thus are not very useful in making a decision.

The new titan will be on the market on 4 years hoping mine lasts at least that long.

[Hillywilly]

& give injections a try first. I could have stuck with those but I noticed over time I had to increase my dose which to me made pretty good sense that I was doing more damage to my dick and I didn’t like it. That said some of the best sex ever was on injections. I have yet to be cleared for sex with the IPP 5 weeks out

[JohnHC]

Try the injections first, an implant is the last resort. I was on injections but had to keep upping the dose and moving to a stronger compound over the years. Finally was on the strongest compound taking a huge dose and it wouldn't last longer than a hour and would sometimes not take so implant was last resort. Had mine implanted 3 weeks ago but I've got a defective implant or a line has become disconnected so I have to have revision surgery to either fix or replace the whole thing. Not fun, but it rarely happens that you'd have a issue with a implant, it's just the way my luck has always run that it happened to me, lol ....

[Lost Sheep]

Hi guys I’m heavily considering an implant as, while I might try Trimix I’m not a candidate for pills.

I’m quite scared but the failure of the implant.

I red horror stories about people needing multiple surgeries.

Apart from the nightmare of having to keep going under th knife the cost would just be unberable

And even if the implant was still guaranteed you’d still have to pay
- surgeon
- anaesthesia
- facility

So for me (being 40) the implant might be a very risky move considering my life expectation.

I know that is impossible to predict how many failures and new implants you’ll have but can you give me some details from your research, studies and personal experiences?

Before answering your question, I will address Hillywilly's post. Yes, the data you get here is definitely anecdotal and self-selected (filtered because the men here are participating voluntarily because of ongoing issues - some because they want to help, but many because they are experienceing troubles with their implants). Self-selection/filtering skews the data you will gather. But it has to be noted that all statistics are composed of anecdotes. To be classified as valid statistics, the data has to be unbiased, unskewed and not otherwise slanted. That is, randomized. So, read the medical literature in peer-reviewed legitimate journals. It can be hard to slog through the technical terminology, but worth it.

Then consider this, which I think you should add to your decision making criteria.

If an implant were a guaranteed one-shot deal. Once you have one, it is the only one your will ever have. If that were the case, would you like to have sex starting from the age of 40 years or have sex from the age of 60? Consider also that you could be hit by a bus at the age of 42. Answering that question might make your initial question about revisions irrelevant.