Discovernew wrote:jl33ur wrote:JH1982 wrote:Hi guys I had a consultation with Antonini in Italy and I was quoted 24k.
I have some concerns about the consultation. So I would like to hear the opinion of some of you who has gone through more consultations and has more experience with that
1) the price: 24k seems very high.
I’m not sure that it’s justified. He seems to be the best in Europe but I still wonder if, most of the time, going to him or to another surgeon will make any difference.
Antonini justified the price telling me that 13,5 is for the implant and the rest goes to him, facility anestesia
However my understanding is that you can get this surgery for around 15-20k (if not less in other countries)
2) I’m a “grower”. In terms of length he told me that this is how you see how long the penis will be when inflated by the implant
You grab the gland of your penis when flaccid. You stretch it almost to break it. And that’s the final length.
I think that, compared to my normal erection (or at least the one I had) I will definitely loose some size.
While he told me that the width will be exactly the same.
To be honest I’m quite concerned to shorten my penis.
He told me that there is absolutely nothing that can be done to “make it longer” otherwise the implant would injury the gland.
In his opinion in the hands of an inexperienced surgeon it can get shorter but no one in the world can “size me up” (I guess is the jargon to say “make me longer”)
I feel a bit blocked by this
3) he sounded overly confident. While this is in a way a good thing I know friends who, having other surgeries in the past, had issues with overly confident surgeons.
So I don’t know if this could be an issue or not
4) he proposed to make me talk with some patients as I was concerned about sensitivity.
While this is great and I know that most surgeons (at least in other fields) don’t do it,, of course I would only speak with the happy patients so I don’t know how much this would help practically.
5) I asked him about Regicom.
The reason why I was interested is the lifetime guarantee and the fact that I’m 40.
He told me that while you can save a bit of money with Regicom is nothing substantial
At the same time he didn’t recommend it.
He says that at the moment there is no long term literature so he would just put it in a 70 years old patient.
While I do understand that there is some rationale in this…. Implanting that implant only on a 70 years old patient kind of kills the purpose of the lifetime guarantee
6) he told me that the other implants are guaranteed only 5 years.
I thought they had a 10 years guarantee
To be honest having only a 5 years guarantee is quite concerning. I feel like is too short. Expecially considering my young age
7) I asked him precisely why 10/15% of patients seem to be dissatisfied with implants.
He told me that the main reason is that they had them with the national health service and they didn’t understand the pros and cons of the surgery.
I’m not sure about that. I feel like maybe he was trying not to describe to me the worse case scenarios not to scare the shit out of me.
I guess that if surgeons told you everything nobody would get surgery.
But at the same time, the unknown scares me even more.
8) I asked him about the infection rate.
He told me that in literature is 2,5%. But he never personally had a case. I wonder if this can be true
9) I asked him the risks of having multiple surgeries.
Being young is a concrete possibility for me.
He told me that if the implant gets infected then it can be tricky.
If it just fails then there is no issue.
I wonder if this can be true.
To me it seems logical that keep insulting the erectile tissue every time that you change the implant might create issues.
10) he seems (and I was expecting that) to find the technique he learned from Perito superior.
And passing from the scrotum barbaric.
However I heard some of you here telling that
- while passing from the scrotum has a higher infection rate
- won’t have implications on the sensitivity
11) another thing that made me wonder is that, after paying, you can get surgery in 7-8 days
While this is great in a way… I was though expecting a longer waiting list considering the amount of surgeries that he does.
I don’t think though that this should be a concern as he told me that the surgery lasts 15 minutes so I guess that it is easy to squeeze one more patient in the same day
I would love to hear thought of people who
- went through more consultations (this was my first one)
- and are already implanted
To be honest the amount of money he is asking is blocking me a bit. I’m not going to lie. It’s a big amount of money.
Expecially given that it will most likely not be my last surgery.
If I could take drugs honestly I wouldn’t even consider it but I can’t.
There is a post from a colleague who had it done in Turkey for much less than that, with Rigicon inflated 10 ax and he is super happy, I could look at it, I personally would not use Titan, the porn actor Ramon Nomar told me that he had had 4 and all they lasted 1 year and a half, currently a malleable one was put on. Apparently the tubes that connect the cylinders to the pump sedate very easily and the liquid leaks.
Rigicon has a lifetime warranty and has 4 layers, one more than ams or coloplast. In addition, I see the inflation mechanics much better and more real than the other brands. not to mention that it expands in thickness and length like a bomb. Surely Dr. Antonini is brilliant but unfortunately there are people who cannot pay those amounts, imagine that you have to pay for a reoperation apart from the 24k? unfeasible at least for me.
Wow i just googled the guy you mentioned and found this video. I think i can see the pump in his scrotum in this video. Is he using a titan in this video?
https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php? ... 8e24b16594
And do you think he will be able to do porn with a malleable implant? Sounds not very easy.
Indeed it is him, and he has a titan of coloplast... I don't know if he will continue with his profession, but that was the last thing I was able to speak with him.
