JackSnow wrote: Thanks for the response, inflammation and any rashes/discolouration have subsided now and i have settled in to a roughly 0.5" gain in Girth with no major deformities or issues. The HA is still sightly more soft than i would like but hopefully as you said it may take a few more weeks to integrate properly. I will post updated photos with a tape measure as i plan to do a secondary round in a few weeks and will post the before/after images for the forum. May choose voluma this time though if i am able to mix HA fillers but ill discuss that with the doctor.
The penis should always have some "
give" -- simply go to an adult novelty store and compare a dildo to a vibrator. You'll see that the dildo is never pole rigid, but rather, voluminous. Obviously, one wouldn't want it too soft in terms of how palpable/tangible it is, but there will be some collagen & elastin triggered (albeit not to the extent of
Ellanse or
PMMA) by its mere presence in an area that normally doesn't have high volumes of cross-linked
Hyaluronic Acid (
HA) -- that should help with the
integration I spoke of before.
Ellanse (which
Androfill offers) is an option as well which you could consider down the road, but I'd personally stick with the
HA for at least 6-12months before passing judgment; you'll find that despite requiring annual (12-18 month) top-offs, it won't require nearly the same volume as your initial round(s) and further
integration will ensue.
Ellanse has its appeal in that it is effectively semi-permanent (it's allegedly long-term temporary but no one knows when you can anticipate actual loss in the penis as of 2024), but doesn't possess the safety profile, reversibility, or size & aesthetic management that
HA offers. I would only consider the
Ellanse route if you were simply not satisfied with
Androfill's choice of
HA (every brand and version of
HA aren't created equal), but I suspect with enough time you'll likely see that it's sufficiently adequate.
To be frank, a 0.5" gain in circumference and the absence of rashes & discoloration with no deformities or asymmetry is a huge win! Men really don't know (unless they've been doing penis enlargement a.k.a. PE exercises for years) how significant even a 0.25
Inch gain is in
Girth, and 0.5 inches can potentially jump condom brackets. If you were to do the math on a cylindrical object, changing its circumference by an
Inch yields significantly more volume than increasing its length by an
Inch.
You should be able to mix
HA fillers but ultimately that's at the discretion of your Performing Physician. That also assumes whichever
HA you choose to opt for is available in the U.K. (some iterations are not necessarily available in every jurisdiction around the world; cheaper Canadian
HA is not available to Americans for example).