penis firm in the pants (Titan implant)

[maxxxxx]

Another question: i'm 4 weeks from surgery ( Titan). I have already talked about sharph points downward of the shaft.

Now I ask you: is it normal when I open my pants to find my penis in semi-rigid position as i have placed it? .. it gives me discomfort when i open the pants and I find it as stuck to the pubis... i have to specify I wear tight jeans and I position the penis to the left or rigth ..

and the bump at base is very noticeable , i have to press it to make it less noticeable....

please tell me if titan guy have the same esperience in first months of implant, thanks

[maxxxxx]

surely you wonder if it is pumped .. no it is deflated to 100% but still feels a bit hard

[maxxxxx]

I touch the part and I understand why this position .. the bump on the shaft creates a groove just below the penis and it remains folded...i have to press on the groove to to eliminate it and flatten / level the cilinder.. i hope you undesrtand my thought

I do not care about aesthetics .. My fear is that the continuous groove below the fold can stress the cylinder over time (for ex. aneurysm). what do you think please ?

[archway]

During the first month, it was difficult to get the penis positioned that did not look like a semi erections, no matter how much I tried to deflate. General swelling takes a while to go away completely.Even wearing dress slacks that were pleated, I had difficulty concealing my tool. Give it more time. From the photo, looks like you are partially inflated. The cylinders do soften a bit with time, and I was very impatient in the beginning . It took about 3 months before everything reached a fairly pliable stage. Sometime you need to deflate a few time / day until you master the technique. Also, once it becomes comfortable, try tighter underwear. In the beginning, anything other than boxers was really uncomfortable due to general sensitivity, well into the 2nd moth post op. I'm back in boxers now and al is well (11 moths post op Titan).

[JDavid]

It appears to me that you are having some issues with autoinflation. I had that problem for the first several months. My solution was to wear stretchy Evolve briefs from Target. They exerted constant gentle compression and, probably, trained the reservoir to retain more of the fluid when not pumped.

[merrix]

Hi

I can recognize a lot of what you're writing.
I had huge (haha) issues with my flaccid as well in the early days.
At 4 weeks, it looked about as your picture. Not with such a sharp left bend, but still with a left bend.
I also had (and still have) a strong kink of the right cylinder on the under side of the penis. The kink always straighten out when I inflate though.
Anyway, my flaccid has improved a lot from 4 weeks post op till today (7.5 weeks post op).

A few things:

First of all, I don't think you are completely deflated. I was sure I was as well, but it turned out as my deflating skills improved that I actually wasn't.

Second, you may have some swelling left. Immediately post op, my deflated (deflated during surgery be Dr. Eid) pointed at 1:30. At about one week, the deflated penis pointed at around 2:30. At 4 weeks, it was pointing around 4:00 when totally deflated. It takes time for it to go down.
Reasons: One is the swelling. It fills up the cavernosa and creates the same effect as being inflated. Another is material. The bioflex takes time to soften.

Regarding deflatign technique. Here is what I do. I am sure this is not perfect either (nothing is, everything can be done better), but this works good enough for me, and for sure a lot better than my initial deflating technique.

First of all, make sure you really get the valve to stay open. In the beginning, I didn't press it hard enough, and had to hold the deflate button all the time while squeezing the penis and deflating. This makes a good deflation much more difficult.

Second, lie down. I have found it to give me better deflation than when standing up.

Third, after opening the deflating valve, use one hand to press the perineal area and the other hand to squeeze the penis. I have found this noticeably improve the deflation. Probably because if not pressing the perineal area, some of the fluid squeezed out of the penis will go to the inner part of the cylinders. Later when staning up, this will flow back to the penis.

Fourth it does help to repeat the deflation one more time around 5-10 minutes later after the first deflation and after having stood up/walking around for a while. I don't feel I need to do this anymore, but a few weeks ago I certainly felt it helped.

Finally - and this is very important - after deflating, make sure you close the valve again. This is done by pressing the pump bulb one time. This first bulb press should be hard, much harder than any subsequent pumps. If the first pump is not hard, the valve probably wasn't open. After the first hard press, try one more press. This one should be easy as normal. Then you know the valve is closed and the risk of autofill is substantially reduced.


I would also like to add that I sometimes wonder if some of the top docs (incl Eid and Kramer) are right about their agressive post-op protocols.
I know most of the less famous/experienced (or simply less media-horny) docs advocate keeping the penis 75% inflated and pointing up for 6 weeks before even touching anything.
Eid, Kramer advocate leaving the penis deflated post-op and starting inflating as early as possible, often after 1-3 weeks, and right after that pointing the flaccid down.
I can say that once I started to wear my flaccid pointing down (at about 3 weeks) I suddenly experienced that my erect angle changed as well. From 1:30 to 2:30. Now it is beyond 2:30, closing in on 3:00.
Could be completely unrelated, but for sure, in the early days when I started wearing my flaccid down in pants, there was a constant stretch at the top of the penis base.

Good Luck!

[hard drive]

+1 to everything merrix just said. Very good post.

[maxxxxx]

sorry, if i undestand well, i have not to worry, right ?

[merrix]

sorry, if i undestand well, i have not to worry, right ?

If you are worried - talk to your doctor. I'm no doctor.
But in my opinion, it sounds normal.

If I was you, I would follow my advice on deflation. I still don't think you are 100% deflated.
I would also be careful with how I position the flaccid. I would not force it into a position which causes stretching or discomfort.

[maxxxxx]

oh yes, thanks so much Merrix !

i used your method for deflation and YESS the penis has rellay becomes flaccid. before i was wrong on squeezing my penis... i pressed the sfhat instead it need to squeezing with a firm grip .. the fold is alwais here, but now its more soft , no pain at all.

I believe that I have to remove focus from it