I have followed
PhalloBoards for a long time. I am very thankful for the information and experiences shared as they helped me in my search and decision making. I basically have not posted anything as pretty much everything seems to have been answered before and it takes me a long time to write in english as it is not my main language. However, this topic is along side my alley and I wanted to give something back.
I had triple augmentation with Dr Rosenthal about seven years ago. My experience was for the most part positive. I never experienced any major problems during healing. Basically I had no pain, though, I did experience minor swelling and bruising. Right after surgery I gained about an
Inch in
Girth, however once the swelling went down it settled at about .8 of an
Inch. I did have a small gap on the right side close to the glans, I don't think it was very noticeable. A couple of months after surgery, alloderm felt like it was my own tissue. Lengthwise, I guess I was one of the lucky ones, because I gained close to an
Inch, eventhough I did not hang for long. I was very happy with the results. The problem with alloderm was that as years progressed I did notice that very slowly I was loosing some of the initial
Girth gain. Probably the most I had left was about .60 of an
Inch and the thing I liked the least was that I was starting to become a \"shrinker\" again. I wrestled with the idea of going for a second round. I was not very thrilled at the thought of going through general anesthesia and the risks involved. That's when I came across this blog where
PMMA was initially being discussed. That was over two and a half year ago. At the time, one of my main concerns was how would
PMMA interact with alloderm. I read a lot, consulted with Wade, did my homework and made up my mind on going for what I thought would give me the best possible outcome with the least amount of risk. So far I am equally happy with my
PMMA results. The
PMMA procedure went along very smooth. The results were incredible. I never discussed with Dr C. how much I wanted to gain but rather I went along with his judgement, after all, I did my research and I felt confident with his experience. The one thing I was not interested in was asking for too much and obtaining the \"corn dog\" look. I know some people don't mind it, but it was not for me. Dr C corrected the gap from alloderm and gave me a tapered look. Right after the procedure, I gained about an
Inch, definitely a confidence/ego booster. I ended up keeping about .40 of an
Inch and that was to be it for me, or so I thought. This thing is addictive.
This year, I went for a second round, right after surgery, I gained close to an
Inch and a half. I freaked out. Fortunately, within a couple of days, the swelling went down half and
Inch, then another quarter of an
Inch. Thats when I decided to give it a test run and in my case it was not fun. It was too large. My gal did not enjoy it. In my case, that was proof that larger is not always better. It was not until I lost an additional 1/8 to 1/4 of an
Inch that things started to become enjoyable. In the end, I got to keep only .30 of an
Inch from the second round.
Overall I am very satisfied both with alloderm and
PMMA. The results feel and look very natural, I never experienced any complications, and both procedures helped me gain a confidence that at the time perhaps I lacked. If asked, I would do any of the two procedures again. No doubt about it. The difference is that when I made the decision to have alloderm,
PMMA was not an available option. Now, if interested only in
Girth, I would go with
PMMA, however if extra length is desired, no doubt I would consider surgery. I can only attest to my experience, both Dr Rosenthal and Dr C and his team were very competent and profesional and the results lived up to my expectations. In the end, you are the one who will have to put up with the results of your decision making. Both alternatives have their positives and negatives, different costs and risks involved. I echo one of the previous posts, do your research correctly.