Is penis atrophy real and does your penis shrink with age?

[Claywcl]

Yes, penis shrinkage is real and very common after a prostatectomy! It happened to me!

[LGXDownunder]

Yes, penis shrinkage is real and very common after a prostatectomy! It happened to me!

Same for me. Penile atrophy post prostatectomy is common. Fortunately it's reversible with regular and diligent VED therapy if you get onto it fairly quickly. I'm glad I didn't waste time getting started when it became obvious I'd lost length and girth. Over time I restored what was lost as have many others. Then if ED caused by the prostatectomy doesn't quickly resolve naturally, and pills, injections or other treatments don't work, I recommend going for an implant as soon as possible. It's literally life changing.

[kbb1957]

Yes, penis shrinkage is real and very common after a prostatectomy! It happened to me!

I recommend going for an implant as soon as possible. It's literally life changing.

ASAP for getting the implant. Life changing is an understatement.

[ElbowRoom]

For those with an implant, do you think using and/or cycling will prevent age-related shrinkage ?

- Chuck

So far (10 months post-op) I would say yes. My size in my 20s was right at 9” or a hair more. By the time I had my implant surgery at 58, my size was down to about 8.5”. Right after surgery it was 8”, back up to 8.5” a few weeks later.

Last week my girlfriend commented that I felt bigger lately. I re-measured and lo and behold, I’m now 8.75”. Will I ever get back to 9”? Don’t know, don’t care. But things do seem to have stretched out more toward my original size since surgery.

Also immediately post-op girth was 6”, then 6.5” a few weeks later. Now 6.7”, and it feels very close to my original dimensions.

[Alan810]

I had a Greenlight procedure done many years ago and coincidentally or not, my ED issues started around that time. Not only was the ability to get and maintain an erection and issue, but so was size which has gotten progressively smaller. My penis replicates a turtle, with the head hiding, even though I'm circumcised. I am able to bring it out of hiding with my "Medical Grade" VED using a ring (sometime 2) and the length and girth is similar to that it was when young - so I'm happy with that. The one issue that I still have and miss is a normal orgasm. Mine are retrograde and seem to getting less and less intense as time goes by. Sometimes they kind of sneak up on me and I didn't know it occurred until after - no explosive feeling - just pulsating. How common is this to those FT members that are also in their vintage years; had prostate issues: have Ed or just have retrograde ejaculations?

[1sfman]

I have no doubt age atrophy is real. I have not had a prostatectomy, so fortunately I haven't had an issue due to that. However, my ED and lack of nocturnal erections as well as the inability to get and maintain a solid erection over several years led to shrinkage. I started to use a VED several months prior to implant surgery and slowly regained most of my length. Pre-op I got to 6 1/4 inches.

I'm 7 months post-op and I had previously posted that I was at 5 7/8 inches. I have the CX implant and supposedly it doesn't expand, but I decided to measure up this morning when I cycled and I measured a solid 6 inches. Who knows, maybe I'll get a bit more over the coming months. Doesn't matter really though, the wife is very pleased (as am I) with what I've got. That's all that matters. But I will continue to cycle daily, or almost every day to maintain what I've got. I'll use it so I don't lose it!