Scare Stories

[defiant]

In my quest for knowledge surrounding implants, their safety, efficacy and risks, I stumbled across this website outlining the benefits of an implant. However, when you read through the comments, virtually all of them have some kind of complaint - some of them horrifying - about their implant experience.

https://www.harvardprostateknowledge.or ... le-implant

Now I know most people that comment will do so because they feel the need to and the majority of happily-implanted men will not be bothered to write on the internet PLUS the fact that most of these people (if they're even real) didn't go to a top surgeon.

But still - it gives one pause..

[medhatg]

I do not want to undermine the comments at that web site. But as many people said here and I keep repeating: the implant is a project that starts way before the implant and goes for a long time after. There are many pillars for the project to succeed:
- The patient has to qualify for the treatment. Inflation and deflation requires the use of both hands at times. Certain medical conditions would make the patient vulnerable to infection. and so on.
- Choose a good surgeon with high volume, good reviews and a one who believes in implanting.
- Try to restore the size of your penis before the surgery by using VED or injection. You need to start that like a year before the surgery.
- Follow your surgeon's advice to make sure you've speedy healing and avert infection.
- Very Important: cycle, cycle, cycle until it hurts 2 or 3 times daily for the first 6 months and more. If you don't cycle, then there is no point.
I'm 2.5 months post op and cannot be happier. The implant restored my sex life. I regained my length before the operation but still working in regaining the girth and pointing angle.

Good luck brother
Matt

[TANGERINE]

The "scare stories" I think emerge from three subsets of unhappy implantees with the following common characteristics:

1) "Impantees who had unreal expectations"
Men who did not do their homework and just signed on for an implant; then later complain because "they feel the cylinders all the time" of that "the significant other misses the natural process of erecting" or "my erection is a little shorter than before; I had hoped for larger -- like a boob implant"
TO AVOID BEING IN THIS GROUP: read franktalk discussions on complaints regarding the implant. My local urologist told me that "implants have issues" and you need to be ready and willing to address those issues or adapt to those issues

2) "implantees who have faced real surgical complications"
There are complications from implants. Infection is the most problematic one (0.6% to 3% rate depending on your surgeon and your immune system). But there are a number of other complications which lead to the need for more surgery, and possibly, length loss. Surgery does not always go as hoped; you need to realize that you are playing "dick roulette" which means that you really should have exhausted the other options (pills, injections, etc) so that if you lose, then you can console yourself knowing that "your dick was total crap before the operation anyway --at least I tried." In other words, it is best if you go into surgery knowing that you have little to lose since your erections are dead anyway.
TO AVOID BEING IN THIS GROUP: go into surgery healthy (ie, no smoking, weight ok, take all your prescriptions, follow ALL doctor instructions absolutely and to the minute) and find a surgeon with proven track record.

3) "implantees who were sized incorrectly"
This includes undersizing in length (surgeon not aggressive enough), disappointment in girth (surgeon chose implant that wasn't ideal for your particular penis) and oversizing in length which lead to "SST deformity" or weird bowing of the cylinders. Also, placement of the tubing or pump can sometimes be such that it gets in the way of sex.
TO AVOID BEING IN THIS GROUP" carefully vette your surgeon. Choosing a high volume surgeon with a string of satisfied patients is paramount.

[BustedBob]

When I was being prepped for surgery my surgeon reeled off a list of the things that could go wrong that seemed to go on for an age.
When he finished I asked him if he had anything positive to say?
He just looked at me blankly.
What he should have told me is-you'll have this never ending hard on that you wont stop playing with and your wife that was insatiable, will be asking for a night off!

[Larry10625]

In my quest for knowledge surrounding implants, their safety, efficacy and risks, I stumbled across this website outlining the benefits of an implant. However, when you read through the comments, virtually all of them have some kind of complaint - some of them horrifying - about their implant experience.

https://www.harvardprostateknowledge.or ... le-implant

Now I know most people that comment will do so because they feel the need to and the majority of happily-implanted men will not be bothered to write on the internet PLUS the fact that most of these people (if they're even real) didn't go to a top surgeon.

But still - it gives one pause..

So, if you don't trust it, don't do it.

Larry

[backup2014]

I had a implant Dec 2014, it failed July 2017. I had a revision Oct 2017. I was very disappointed with the first implant and also the second one. I had a 5 3/4 inch skinny dick most of my life. I am 67 years old, ED raised its ugly head in my 40's. I did the injections and pills for about 10 yrs. Finally gave up and we just had great oral sex for about 10yrs. Then I got prostate cancer in 2013 had it removed in March 2014. My little pecker got skinnier and shorter. I had my implant in Dec 2014, my little pecker stayed shorter and skinny. I now have maybe 4 inches if I can get my fat pubic pad out of the way. I am not dissatisfied with the implant. But has done what I expected it to do. I am disappointed with the outcome, but a short skinny hard wiener is way better than a floppy one. As all of these guys will tell you, everyone's experience will be different. Go for it and then live with it. My doctor has done over 5000 of these surgeries, he did all he could do with what he had to work with. And I'm still having great oral sex, both giving and receiving. My life is not dictated by the size and hardness of my dick. Good luck, you will be fine.

[defiant]

In my quest for knowledge surrounding implants, their safety, efficacy and risks, I stumbled across this website outlining the benefits of an implant. However, when you read through the comments, virtually all of them have some kind of complaint - some of them horrifying - about their implant experience.

https://www.harvardprostateknowledge.or ... le-implant

Now I know most people that comment will do so because they feel the need to and the majority of happily-implanted men will not be bothered to write on the internet PLUS the fact that most of these people (if they're even real) didn't go to a top surgeon.

But still - it gives one pause..

So, if you don't trust it, don't do it.


Larry

Very matter of fact of you, Larry!

Just trying to gather all the information and bounce ideas and opinions off one another.

[ThePlumber1964]

Just to add my couple of cents here, there are other areas that may or may not be part of this 1-2-3 formula. The cylinders missizing and pump misplacement are the two most common known. However, other surgical aspects are as important as those, such as tubing. This also can be missized, and can be routed incorrectly, rendering the implant from uncomfortable to painful to fully unusable.

Also, poor/inadequate surgeons that cannot deal with failure is a very important area, too. Just focusing on patient part is, in my opinion, a myopic analysis.
Been there...

ThePlumber

[Larry10625]

In my quest for knowledge surrounding implants, their safety, efficacy and risks, I stumbled across this website outlining the benefits of an implant. However, when you read through the comments, virtually all of them have some kind of complaint - some of them horrifying - about their implant experience.

https://www.harvardprostateknowledge.or ... le-implant

Now I know most people that comment will do so because they feel the need to and the majority of happily-implanted men will not be bothered to write on the internet PLUS the fact that most of these people (if they're even real) didn't go to a top surgeon.

But still - it gives one pause..

So, if you don't trust it, don't do it.


Larry

Very matter of fact of you, Larry!

Just trying to gather all the information and bounce ideas and opinions off one another.

Sorry... I don't even remember seeing or answering that question. It was the night before my surgery. Having said that, while I shouldn't have said it like that, I stick to it. If you are apprehensive about it, then you should postpone it until you are comfortable with it.

Larry