Early 30s considering implant - MANY questions

[ElbowRoom]

Hey awf_1993… it sounds like you’re going through the same progression many of us have traveled before.

It’s certainly fine to try pumps and injections, but IMO there are significant downsides to both, particularly if you’re a young single man. Both are “spontaneity killers” in that they take some prep work before each use. I ended up planning sex when I was on injections for a long time, which kind of ruins some of the fun. In my case injections still worked pretty well, but I wanted the spontaneity back.

Also injections can cause scarring and fibrosis in the corporal bodies, which can make them less effective over time and cause curvature of the penis (Peyronie’s Disease). I found pumps to take multiple uses, so you’d pump up, fuck a bit, get soft, stop to pump again, rinse and repeat. Not a great way to build excitement.

The implant has been a great solution for me, it’s on demand and produces extremely hard erections if desired. It only takes a few seconds to inflate, and women would never know it’s there unless you tell them.

But keep in mind there are downsides to implants too. You can have complications, infection, etc, that can make it frustrating. At your young age you’d probably have several revisions to replace the device over your life, they typically last 8-10 years, but yours might last 20 or it might last two, there is no way to know. Either way you are looking at several surgeries over your lifetime, with a slight increase in infection risk each time.

The implant is fantastic if you want to have amazing sex as much as you want, but in the rare case the surgery or recovery goes sideways, it can be quite traumatic.