LetoMan wrote:LGXDownunder wrote:Leto, I think you actually mean pre ED/atrophy?
No, I said and meant pre-implant.
Moments before you are implanted, your doc measures your corpora. That is essentially the measurement of how big your dick could get IF it filled up with blood. He then put an implant in you that is the size of that corpora. Doesn’t matter what kind of implant you get, that’s the way it is sized.
Your corpora may not have been able to fill with blood using trimix. But it theoretically can. And unless blood is blocked from entering your corpora, you could have probably achieved that length with a VED.
I took a pill once in the months before implantation. I got a sad small erection. But when I used a VED I got a much longer erection, because it sucked blood into my corpora.
My post implant dick is not as “big” as my VED induced erection because it is very difficult for anyone, ED or not, to reproduce the engorgement of a VED. But my pre-implant corpora is as long as my implant. That’s why they measure it on the operating table.
And that’s the point: the size of your dick is limited to the size of the implant that is put in you. And the size of the implant that is put in you is the size of your corpora. Doesn’t matter if you get a CX or an LGX: the instructions are exactly the same. There is no allowance for the potential “growth” of the LGX.
If you look at the AMS marketing of this, you’ll see that they don’t claim it makes your dick bigger. Instead, the say it “provided an
overall penile length very close to the one obtained with a “natural” erection.” A natural erection is one that could be obtained IF your corpora filled with blood.
https://www.bostonscientific.com/conten ... ochure.pdf
If you read their claims carefully, you’ll note that they are very careful about what they say. They say the LGX is “designed” to expand. But they never say it actually does expand in your dick! That’s because they have only expanded it in the lab. Inside your dick, it can’t expand because the corpora is a limit on its expansion. What they do say is that men “regain” their size in the first 12 months. But the same thing happens with CX and Titan implantees, so what is the benefit of an LGX?
I don’t have an LGX and I never really talked it through with my doc. My understanding is that an LGX may help fight against further shrinking that some guys may experience. I don’t really know.
What I do know is that even AMS doesn’t claim it makes your dick bigger than it was before. And by before I mean pre-implant.
Leto, I wasn't trying to start an argument with you and I agree with 99% of what you say. I acknowledge the clarification about the pre op stretched corpora measurement in the OR. But I don't see its relevance as a reference point for patients. Most of us are under general anaesthesia at that point and off in la la land, so have no idea of what it is. The documented surgical measurements I have are distal and proximal, which presumably should match it. Add them together and it equals the overall implant length. But that isn't particularly helpful in assessing the actual difference between pre ED, pre op (i.e. not yet in the OR) and post implant recovery lengths.
I don't think you actually read my post. I specifically stated that you cannot expect to get a penis enlargement with an implant. And I didn't mention the LGX whatsoever (but yes I do have one). It wasn't a discussion about that, nor did I make any claims about it or its properties. My one and only point was that I think there is a lot of confusion about what "gain" really means. in most cases I believe that it simply means recovery back to pre ED size. Nothing more.
