Lifespan

The final frontier. Deciding when, if and how.
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Andrew96
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Lifespan

Postby Andrew96 » Sun May 03, 2020 3:17 pm

Hi, i'm 22 yo with VL, no pills still work. I'm considering an implant, so i just want to know wich between ams and coloplast have more lifespan. thanks
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dg_moore
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Re: Lifespan

Postby dg_moore » Sun May 03, 2020 4:44 pm

I've had my Titan since 2008. It quit working a couple of weeks ago - will no longer inflate. No telling how long it wold have worked if I had ever used it, but it was never inflated more than a handful of times. I imagine you can count on at least ten years, and maybe more. But there's really no way of telling.
Dave, 80, Maryland - Implant (Titan) 2008 by Dr. Andrew Kramer (failed Sept 2020) - never used due to a stroke that, among other things, ended my sex life.
Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is.
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Gt1956
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Re: Lifespan

Postby Gt1956 » Sun May 03, 2020 5:21 pm

Personally, I believe that there are too many variables in the implants life to answer this question everytime it comes up.
68yo, HBP at 40, high triglycerides at 45. Phimosis at 57. Type 2 at 60. Dr. William Brant May 1, 2023 CX 21cm w/no rte's penoscrotal 6" girth @ 6 months
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Old Guy
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Re: Lifespan

Postby Old Guy » Sun May 03, 2020 8:12 pm

Gt1956 wrote:Personally, I believe that there are too many variables in the implants life to answer this question everytime it comes up.


I have to agree with you from what I've read. However new innovations are always making things better and last longer. When you're ready for an Implant, talk to a good urologist that specializes in penile implants.
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Gt1956
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Re: Lifespan

Postby Gt1956 » Sun May 03, 2020 8:40 pm

Old Guy wrote:
Gt1956 wrote:Personally, I believe that there are too many variables in the implants life to answer this question everytime it comes up.

I have to agree with you from what I've read. However new innovations are always making things better and last longer. When you're ready for an Implant, talk to a good urologist that specializes in penile implants.

No arguement from me. As for future reliability improvements. I suspect that whatever the current failure rate might be. It doesn't appear to be hurting the manufacturers. If the cost of replacing implants was hurting them, they'd be in a hurry to improve the reliability.
That leads me to say that any near term improvements will be incremental in nature rather than earth shattering.
68yo, HBP at 40, high triglycerides at 45. Phimosis at 57. Type 2 at 60. Dr. William Brant May 1, 2023 CX 21cm w/no rte's penoscrotal 6" girth @ 6 months
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