TOPIC: Dr.Katzen

Has anyone been to De.Katzen in Beverly Hills for Removal? He has several videos on you tube and looks rather experienced in safely removing silicone oil.

I’ve been trying to get in with Dr.Carney but it seems like it’s never gonna happen. I’ve talking with his assistant quite a bit and he says Carney has a full schedule for quite some time. I think my situation needs to be addressed sooner than later.

I’ve made a post a few months ago stating Dr’s and a Urologist diagnosed me with prostatits. As of recently, my last visit with Urologist thinks I could have had it but he doesn’t seem to think my prostate is the problem. My prostate looks great in a mri and the volume 19. Which anything under 30 is normal. He was honest and said he didn’t much about injections and refereed me to another reconstructive Urologist locally. I’m trying to get them to do an ultrasound. But very doubtful I’ll have them do any kind of procedures unless it’s an absolute emergency. In which, everyday I’m feeling like it’s getting closer to an emergency with the pain.

I’ve been experiencing pain in the shaft. I have a rather big Nodule or something, a big lump on the side and I can tell it’s migrated to my under shaft and at times makes it difficult to urinate. Not always. But I do have a weak stream.

Regardless, at this point whether it’s the silicone causing the pain or not, I just want it out of my body and have a healthy, functioning penis again. I’m definitely open to talking about what I can do after to make sure things look good.

But from the videos Dr.Katzen has posted, they look great after. One patient was back to having sex in 6 weeks. Pain free.

Searching this board I don’t see anything on Dr.Katzen which makes kind of surprised since he has so many videos on performing the procedure.

I also have noticed not a lot of people talk about the Removal process. But again, the way Dr.Katzen performs it doesn’t make it seem all that bad. I know no one wants to do surgery, trust me, I don’t either. I wish I had never done this in the first place. Well, I wish I had researched the Dr who did mine in the first place is a better way of putting that. I got mine done in 2015 and there wasn’t a single mention about silicone. It was all “collagen” and safe is what I was told. I seriously thought it was collagen that would be no different than the collagen already in my body.

What sucks is when I got mine done, I was already married for 6 years. The wife was completely fine with what I had. I made 3 kids with it. I personally always felt I fell a little short I in that area and it was for my own self esteem. I’m average and I was completely fine without it. I realize that now. I guess I always wanted to be bigger. I’ve seen guys that are 7-8 inches still doing this stuff so I get it, it’s our own self esteem and I feel like I’m own worst enemy when it comes to certain things.

The pain I feel is not pleasant nor fun. It’s hard to go on with my day with a constant pain in shaft wondering what’s going on there.

Anyways, if anyone here has Dr.Katzen perform a Removal I’d appreciate it if you responded or sent me a message. I really don’t want to go to Beverly Hills and I’m not giving up on Dr.Carney quite yet, but this isn’t something I feel that can wait months.

I have my local Urology appointment on Wednesday. The last Urologist did say my tissue looked great and he feels I’m showing no signs of Necrosis but he also said he isn’t educated in stuff like this. But it was reassuring that he said my tissue looked great. It definitely isn’t the greatest looking, it’s rather “clumped” up, but that never really bothered me. I was thinking at some point I’d go back to Dr.Loria and have him smooth it out but now that I know it was silicone oil, I’ll never go back there.

The sad thing is I reached out to a few attorneys and none would take my case. Now I’m gonna have spend who knows how much to try and Repair what was done when I was blatantly lied to. I do see he has silicone on his website now but he don’t have any mention of it back in 2015.

I had Bellafill in 2018. I had nodules and pain. I had Dr Gelman at uci remove most of mine. Removal comes with risks as well. My pain and swelling still comes and goes. I have good days and bad, but for the most part have learned to live with it.

I met with Dr Gelman, Alter, Chris Gonzales in Chicago, Dr Lawrence lavine at rush chicago. Virtually I met with Removal.

Dr Gelman was 90 k before insurance and 6 k after. Dr Katzen wanted around 60 k and didn’t accept insurance.

Good luck my friend

$60k?
Wow! I was thinking it would be under $20k out of pocket.$60k seems a little excessive for a few hour procedure.

I am meeting with a reconstructive Urologist locally that would take my insurance. I’m not sure if he has done anything like this but he’s done full Removal for transgender folks and has done quite extensive surgeries. So idk.

I do know I don’t have $60k. I don’t really have $20k but I’d figure it out if need be.

I just want someone that can do this safely and make sure everything still functions and works. Everything works now, I’m still sexually active. And honestly sex makes things feel better. Idk if it’s from an Erection for 10-20 minutes or just the motion of sex but I definitely feel much better after and the next day. I still get morning erections as well.

With the pain I’m experiencing, I obviously can’t be sure but I’m assuming it’s either scar tissue build up pressing on my nerves or bad inflammation. As stated above my last Urologist said my skin looks healthy and great considering the injections and pain.

What u r telling me makes sense, usually the outer skin will look fine. All the inflammation is within the Dartos fascia. I believe my discomfort and your discomfort come from the inflammation within this layer that then fires up the nerves and causes aching, sometimes burning discomfort. I have noticed sex makes it feel better for a day or two, but the ache comes back.

My suggestion is utilizing someone that has done many. Mark Solomon, Gelman, or Carney.

Everything went good with Gelman for you? Chicago is driving distance from me.

He was able to remove most but not all. Sometimes I wish I would have given it more time before Removal. I only gave it 6 mos before Removal. Gelman did a pretty good job. It’s not an easy task. Skin is thin, skin is vascular, skin in penis is unique due to its ability to slide and change with changing shape of penis. Gelman with be straight with you. He has a good reputation. His specialty really is correcting problems with the urethra. However he heads the reconstruction clinic there. He is in Orange County California

I sent you a message.

I saw chicago but I read your post wrong, you contacted another Dr in chicago.