Tissues thinning over time

[frwmw1]

I do wonder if:

- Trimix gel would help: bloodflow could reduce atrophy

- Testosterone gel could help: low testosterone causes atrophy

- an IPP like the LGX that shrinks when deflating could help.

[sambalamba]

So only 2 people actually noticing their tissue thinning over time? This is such a strange phenomenon and i deeply feel for the ones who experience it. Once you get an implant you’ve been through enough.

I feel like this issue should be inevstigated further if Eid says its an issue. Maybe they could make the tips out of soft silicone instead of hard for example. And i still have the theory that the titan is worse for this type of issue. Maybe the lgx that shrinks a whole lot during flaccid is much kinder on the tissues. Just guesswork though.

Why do think Titan is worse for this? Larger diameter? Harder material?

[SwedishDave]

Softer material and more relaxed/shorter when flaccid. 25% of titan users complain about the flaccid state and i think this might correlate with this tissue erosion. Seems like a semi erection in many cases and i think that type of pressure might be what Eid is talking about. Another reason to pick AMS when im ready for an implant.

[sambalamba]

Only LGX is significantly shorter when flaccid. CX is just shorter by a few millimeters. Length wise I don't know how either CX or Titan would make a difference. Also fully deflated only additional pressure point in a Titan would be where the fold happens for the dog ears. Seems to me primary contributor to tissue thinning would happen from residual blood flow to the corporal tissue. Eid installs 99 percent Titan. I don't understand why he would continue to install mostly Titan if he thought it was particularly prone to tissue erosion.

[jwdetails]

I think it does thin out the corpora and tunica over time - Titan here. But I don't think it increases the risk of complications - device popping through the skin or into some other area of the body. The body creates it own capsule over all the implant components as well so you have another layer of protection. I think any implant will do this thinning but titan maybe more because its stiffer material and its just more obvious.

[Donkeykong]

I got my first implant in 2021, almost 4 years ago, and the tissues in my shaft and glans seem to have thinned out drastically in that time. I feel way more implant material and much less penis tissue in the shaft than in the first year, and in the glans when flacid I touch and feel almost only the hard implant tips. Really don't feel much glans tissue when flacid. Has anyone else experienced this atrophy over several years?

Have you noticed any change in erection angle and stability at the base?

[wolfpacker]

I got my first implant in 2021, almost 4 years ago, and the tissues in my shaft and glans seem to have thinned out drastically in that time. I feel way more implant material and much less penis tissue in the shaft than in the first year, and in the glans when flacid I touch and feel almost only the hard implant tips. Really don't feel much glans tissue when flacid. Has anyone else experienced this atrophy over several years?

Have you noticed any change in erection angle and stability at the base?

Both have definitely reduced since the beginning, though that could be also due to having an AMS CX now instead of my original Titan

[LastHope]

An interesting case of pressure atrophy caused by an oversized + kinked reservoir tubing in a diabetic patient.

[cautiouslyoptimistic]

How would low testosterone cause atrophy?

[LastHope]

How would low testosterone cause atrophy?

From a metabolic standpoint, low testosterone promotes fat storage and atrophies muscle mass. Penis has a special type of muscle - the cavernous smooth muscle.