As others have mentioned this site helped educate me on my options and reading through all the progress reports helped give me the confidence to move forward with my first round of
HA. It's been 2.5 weeks since I had 10ML of Ravanesse injected by Dr.
Carney at
Rejuvall.
I'm 41, married, and live in Virginia. Initially, I wanted to find a local doctor and I did an in-person consult that was about an hour away. Knowing that
HA filler almost always requires additional rounds to round out any unevenness, not having a long journey was very compelling. That said, I wasn't comfortable with the local doctor and knew within the first 5 minutes that I wasn't getting anything injected to my
Dick there. I looked at doctor
Shafer in NYC (which seems like a great option), but ultimately chose
Rejuvall because it had more patient reviews, was about half the cost of
Shafer, and flying to ATL isn't any less convenient than getting to NYC.
The procedure was quick and painless. I felt more from the alcohol in the cleaner used before the numbing injection than any of the actual injections. I had some bruising, which peaked around day 3 or 4, and some tender spots, but nothing close to "pain". A couple spots are still a bit tender today, but it gets a little better every day. I decided to stay in ATL for 2 days after the procedure and just work from the hotel and focus on after care. Doctor
Carney's instructions were to leave the wrap on for 48 hours, but at 24 hours my glans were getting squeezed a bit and I really wanted to start the molding process. I did the roller technique massaging in the bath tub 1-2 times a day for days 2, 3, and 4 of after care. Not sure why, but I did all of this massaging while
Flaccid and didn't get a look at my
Erection until day 4 or 5. Luckily the distribution was very good, so I only had to focus on keeping things loose with massaging and working a couple trouble spots.
Doctor
Carney did an excellent job distributing the filler. His wrapping technique is great too. I can take a little credit for consistent massaging/rolling.
Starting stats
Flaccid length - 4 to 4.5 inches
Flaccid Girth - 4 inches
Erect length - 6.5 inches
Erect Girth - 5.25 base taper to 4.5 below glans
Current stats
Flaccid length - 4.5 to 5 inches
Flaccid Girth - 5 inches
Erect length - 6.25 inches
Erect Girth - 5.75 base tapers to 5.25 below glans
Even at 2.5 weeks post injection, I'm sure I have some residual swelling and assume I will end up with slightly less than 1/2 in
Erect Girth gained, but I'll be happy with that.
For the first 5 - 10 days after the injection, I had a noticeable ridge under the glans and the ridge was pretty hard. I worked on that a lot and it's really softened up a lot and is far less noticeable. I had a little filler migrate past the circ scar too. Not sure if that will dissolve on its own or if I'll have to get it taken care of next time I go in. Overall, I'm very pleased with the
Erect look and feel. It took me the better part of two weeks to get back consistent
Erection quality, but I seem go to good now.
The look while
Flaccid is hit or miss, depending on retraction. When I'm not retracted, it looks nearly perfect, but I tend to retract a lot and that gives me quite a lumpy look. I assume some of this
Flaccid lumpiness will even out as the last of the swelling goes away and everything fully integrates, but it still won't look great when I'm
Turtling.
I plan on going back to
Rejuvall for a second round, but I'll wait another 3 or 4 weeks for everything to completely settle, then decide if I just want a few MLs as a touch-up or if I want to add more
Girth. As of now, I think I'm good with just a touch-up.
I attached a couple
Erect pics from days 5 or 6 and around the 10 day mark. There's a few pre-filler pics too, then the rest are from today. I'll post a pic of
Flaccid retracted tomorrow. I'd definitely like to get some thoughts on improving that look through a second round.