If implant is too small, is it possible to add RTEs without changing the whole implant?

[19cmbonepressed]

anyone in contact with their docs that could ask this question?
seems undersizing has happened to a few members.

[Rider1400]

Need a lot more info. How long ago did you get implant?what type implant?who did the implant? How far do the tips go into your glands when flaccid ?Unless your a year or more since surgery it’s difficult to really say if your undersized unless your grossly undersized.Adding RTE will require a new incision and pulling at least the back end of cylinder out. Then reclosing. I would doubt any Dr would do that except the one who put it in originally. My guess is for safety and to keep infection down they would remove and start over. I saw on one of the big name Drs video that basically all bacteria is introduced during a surgery so that’s why I would assume they would pull the whole thing out and redo all the antibacterial coating stuff they use. There’s also the fact that if it needs more than 2 cm added you could go up to the next size cylinders.not only are RTEs used to extend a cylinder but also used to get the place where the tubing comes out of the cylinder to line up with the incision.

[tomas1]

I agree with what Rider said.

[ED2013]

Do your homework and find a competent surgeon. The lions share of ppl are sized properly. To answer your question, no.

[19cmbonepressed]

[quote="Rider1400"]Need a lot more info. How long ago did you get implant?what type implant?who did the implant? How far do the tips go into your glands when flaccid ?Unless your a year or more since surgery it’s difficult to really say if your undersized unless your grossly undersized.Adding RTE will require a new incision and pulling at least the back end of cylinder out. Then reclosing. I would doubt any Dr would do that except the one who put it in originally. My guess is for safety and to keep infection down they would remove and start over. I saw on one of the big name Drs video that basically all bacteria is introduced during a surgery so that’s why I would assume they would pull the whole thing out and redo all the antibacterial coating stuff they use. There’s also the fact that if it needs more than 2 cm added you could go up to the next size cylinders.not only are RTEs used to extend a cylinder but also used to get the place where the tubing comes out of the cylinder to line up with the incision.[/quote]

just asking theoretically. The tissues would be fully healed and reached maximum length possible, so 1 year+. The assumption is the same surgeon would add the new RTEs.

[CigareVolant]

Perhaps it's possible in theory, but I've never heard of anyone having that done. So I suspect that in practice the answer is "no" no matter what they theory says.

[Rider1400]

I agree with Cigare. Never in all my years of reading FT have I heard of a Dr doing this. Still a lot of unanswered questions about your situation.

[jwdetails]

not recommended (based on a prior discussion with surgeon) - risk of infection is the biggest problem since they have to close the corpora shut. Easier to switch out the cylinders completely and maybe the whole thing.

Surgeon needs to cut into the capsule and core out the space where the implant needs to go to fit the extra size so it makes its pretty complicated.