MacVette07 wrote: I think it's because that Dr. is not a sponsor of the site or the Dr. hasn't been vetted by Skeptical_One , can't say for sure.
Let me preface this by making a few remarks, then I'll elaborate further for those wish to learn more: - User "moemoe" intentionally left the Doctor's name off this site on his own volition. Reviewing this thread, he gave people the opportunity to message him for the name, so my theory is that his Doctor asked not to be spoken of on the Forums for reasons I don't know about. Again, this is just my theory and given the age of this thread, there is no point on speculating any further in this regard.
- Forum members can post or inquire about any Doctor or Clinic, many of which are talked about who have no Sponsorship here. In fact, just a few posts before this one, user mr1001nights shares his photos & experience with Dr. Beyer, someone who has not been screened or vetted and is and has never been a Sponsor.
- Sponsors cannot ask me to take down any negative reviews if they are substantiated, although these are far & few because the PhalloBoards is careful only to recruit the best of the crop.
- Unpopular & unethical Providers can still be discussed, although don't be surprised to see Moderators and Veteran Members issuing cautions & warnings about these medical practices.
- Despite this site's core belief in the free flow of information as it pertains to medical male enhancement, a black-list does exist unfortunately. However, the good news is that it takes a remarkable threshold to be black-listed considering the fact that Dr. Elist and Dr. Loria (disgraceful "doctors") are permitted topics. Only 3 are on the list and you'll be happy knowing you never have to know them (I will elaborate more on the aforementioned thresholds & reasons for the black-listings further below). I'm 99.999% certain (I can't say 100% because I technically don't know the actual Doctor involved) that moemoe's Doctor was not one of these 3 black-listed providers, largely due to the fact that they don't advertise scrotal webbing correction and promote filler enhancement only.
Thanks for tagging me, because from time-to-time it is important I remind this Community (especially the newcomers) of this Forum's Mission(s), its Principles, Guidelines, and History when the opportunity arises. For the sake of this addressing this 4 year old thread and clarifying Member MacVette07's speculation on who and what can be discussed, I'm going to take a mini-deep dive into both the history and underlying principles of the PhalloBoards specifically:
One of the core missions of this site is to provide men with authentic information as it pertains to an industry that has historically been marred by bad actors, poor ethics, botcheries, and sociopaths. To do this, the site to has to be educational, patient-driven, and sponsored by Practitioners who are demonstrably successful in their work, and those who seek to advance the field forward.
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Sponsors are medical providers that the PhalloBoards endorses based on the
Three E's (Ethics, Experience, & Expertise). These are Doctors & Clinics who aspire to be (or are) cutting edge innovators, something we sorely need in light of this industry's history & lack of general standardization or acceptance.
Non-Sponsors are equally important to discuss, not just because one day they can be reviewed for efficacy and become their own Sponsor (which adds a significant degree of trust & quality of work), but at the very least to learn what kind of results they provide. You can go through the General Phalloplasty Discussion section, and if you go page-by-page, it won't be unusual to see a non-Sponsor being asked about or discussed.
This is a Community-driven site of former, current, and future patients, undergoing some iteration of a male enhancement and/or reparative medical procedure. As a consequence of not only having been a former patient myself, but Moderating the only independent (e.g. not physician, clinic, or pharma owned) site dedicated to this niche topic
anywhere on the web, I've sort of become the de-facto
Patient Representative & Consultant to the Readership here. That means this site's Members and Visitors are paramount to my credibility, role, and to some extent, my livelihood.
To misdirect them with being
"too controlling of a narrative," would be an injustice to you all, the site's original mission & goal, and to myself . And by "myself," I mean a man who voluntarily created this site out of pocket nearly 15 years ago because of my frustration with the deceit and the shockingly poor availability of options (at that time, we've come a long way and are now entering the Golden Age of male phalloplasty).
The triggering circumstance that lead to the creation of the PhalloBoards was due to the influence of (the now defunct) MyNewSize Forums. At the time (and much like today with the PhalloBoards), it was the only message board & source on the subject of medical male enhancement, and the only place you could really go to to get legit real-time info on trending procedures and doctors (it was also a depressing site back then because of high complication rates and quack-job doctors, you were basically walking a minefield trying to find anything that can work and there was little faith in what options you had). For a few years (2008-2011-ish?) it did what it was supposed to until halfway through its run it seemed like a switch was flipped (while unconfirmed, many of us believed either the site was sold to a particular Doctor, or that the Owner was hired by this Doctor for marketing). It was clearly deleting competitors and blatantly shilling one specific Doctor (who we presumed to be involved in someway because of these obvious trends by the moderators). You'd have these new accounts with little-to-no post history writing egregiously fake reviews offering no photos or follow-ups, obvious red-flags.
Then it only got worse. Any criticism of their beloved Doctor (which I don't need to name because this happened over 15 years ago) eventually started to get some Members warned (even with legal threats) or banned. When Hoddle10 (a member of MyNewSize and a Veteran Moderator of the PhalloBoards) had shared with me the messages he got from the MyNewSize Moderators, it was clear that critical information I sought out was being sold to the highest bidder, and that any quality information may be withheld, compelling me to start my own forums.
I had some web design background at the time and I was able to get 20 MyNewSize veteran members to come over to the original iteration of this site (
PhalloBoards 1.0
). Since then it grew organically, with
PhalloBoards 2.0
continuing the mission through 2019-2020, and then here we are today on PhalloBoards 3.0 (phalloboards.com, the Sponsored version of this platform).
Yes, while I do have the interests of my Sponsors in mind, I also advocate for healthy competition, as this breeds innovation and better value for my Readership. The only thing that a non-Sponsor can't do is post or advertise on this site, but their patients most certainly can share their experience(s) should they choose to.
Regarding the black-list, it really is almost an antithesis to one of the core tenets of the PhalloBoards: the longstanding commitment to the free flow of information and avoiding censorship unless absolutely necessary (e.g. derogatory, offensive, harmful, and/or illegal content), but on rare occasion some situations involving certain Doctors warrant it. For the sake of doing my best to maintain transparency with respect to Medical Providers, I will say there are currently 3 black-listed Clinics and without naming them (that's the point of the black-list), I will give a brief description of the reason behind it so that you can see that this has nothing to do with "competitors of current Sponsors" or anything belligerent like that: - Black-list #1: Known to be involved with MyNewSize on some level (ownership, moderation, and/or site development, not entirely clear), and now (well at least through 2023-2024 if I'm not mistaken, I can't say if he's still active) would be injecting men with silicone but telling them it was 100% PMMA. He's worked with different Doctors over the past decade, a couple of them even having lost their licenses while he was in the picture, which can't be a coincidence. He evades accountability now because he does his work abroad where there is less regulation, he's typically the middle man (providing referrals to the Doctor he works for and taking commission). Due to his association with MyNewSize, and the criminal acts of injecting men with something completely different than what the patient believed he was getting warrants the most black-listing on this list.
- Black-list #2: A European Clinic that has been under investigation for a number of unethical practices; was deceitful to me during a Sponsorship screening before I learned of all their growing issues, and felt that the saying "even bad press is good press" could apply here because of how so few options are discussed here from Europe. Fortunately, they seem to be irrelevant as they haven't been discussed since the black-listing, and so I haven't even had to enforce it (by enforcement of someone on this black-list, I mean the deletion of most (if not all) mentions or references of them on this site).
- Black-list #3: An American Surgeon who has requested not to be mentioned here (for reasons unrelated to male enhancement). I would normally never entertain this request because positive & negative reviews are the kind of critical information my Readership needs. However, he has never been discussed here much (if ever, practically irrelevant), uses Hyaluronic Acid (also known as HA, a relatively safe filler) so I'm not concerned with him botching a lot, so I concluded his black-listing has no significant adverse impact on the information gathering here, and solves irreconcilable differences. Just with like Black-list #2, to this day no one has posted about him or his practice, so I haven't even had to enforce this.
A block of only 3 low-profile providers among the many dozens of providers who specialize in penis enlargement out there is pretty reasonable all things considered. Your best bet is if you come across a Practitioner and they aren't even MENTIONED ONCE here, you're better off moving on. Not because they are one of the 3 black-list names, but because if you can't even blip on the PhalloBoards, I wouldn't risk my one and only penis in the hands of a "question mark." Many
no-namers put out some of the worst work, a lot of which I see through my own back channels like my PMs and email inbox.
The first of the 3 is an obligatory black-listing. The remaining 2 may not have as strong of a case for being black-listed, but you have to understand that if that their behavior with me (the de facto "Patient Representative" and Owner of the only site dedicated to discussing their craft) is alarming, then how bad could it be with actual patients. It also helps that their lack of name branding or influence in the industry is minimal, so I don't think it will have an overall negative impact having them removed from discussion.
Speaking of influence in the industry, Dr. Elist (and all his affiliates who employ his silicone implant) as well as Dr. Loria (and all his affiliates who inject his mystery cocktail)
would be on the First Ballot of the Black-List Hall of Fame 
However, due to their immense marketing efforts, name branding, and volume of patients, it would be a disservice to prevent readers having access to all their content, good or bad. In other words, because of the scope of their reach on unsuspecting would-be patients, I have to overlook my disdain for them and ensure my Readership get the proper information.
I know that was a lot to digest for those who made it this far, but thanks for your understanding.
eman57 wrote: Can anyone share who did moemoe's surgery? I don't get why it needs to be PMd, because that screws over everyone who finds this years after moemoe last logged in.
With all due respect, this comment comes off as a bit entitled. If moemoe didn't want to share his performing Physician's name publicly, had me personally remove his photos, and he only offered that information via private message, why do you think it would be appropriate for anyone to share that information now (publicly)? Since I have no idea who his Doctor was, and with moemoe's decision to have his photos removed and move on with his life, if anyone else were to come to this thread and post a Doctor's name claiming moemoe told him (years ago), it would be deleted to respect moemoe's wishes in the first place (never mind the absence of moemoe being here to verify it if he was open to coming forward with the info).
How are you
"screwed?" Who said moemoe had to log in every year to answer every random inquiry? No one's ever required to disclose their physician here, but they are required to disclose proof if they accuse a physician of wrong-doing. So with that said, it's perhaps unfortunate moemoe didn't elaborate more publicly, but one would have to assume he had good reason -- besides, within this very topic are mentioned both Sponsor & Non-Sponsor scrotal surgeons with glowing reviews, so how is this screwing you? Sure, moemoe's approach to posting content was a bit unconventional (i.e. the vast majority of users mention their Doctor's by name), but you'll come to find that isn't the norm if & when you continue to do some researching & reading.
Especially since he didn't leave us on a cliff hanger where he had a severe complication and suddenly went radio silent (which I would argue is a bit more of "screwing" everyone), let's respect what seems like his decision to move on (4 year old topic with moemoe's last post a year ago; send him a PM, if he still checks the email he uses for this website, he'll get a notification of your message, and if he doesn't, that's that).
Don't take this reply personally eman57, I decided to respond so that not just you, but all others (future posters) understand to be a bit more appreciative that there is an anonymous outlet with relevant information about the content you're researching, to be patient (regarding when or how often Members log in), and to be understanding (if some Members move on). Don't get me wrong, I wasn't thrilled when he wanted his photo content taken down, but I stopped short of removing his written content. However, because this happens so rarely, I had to give him the benefit of the doubt that he had good reason for these requests (despite the anonymity afforded by this site, you can't even see attachments without Premium Membership).
I have implored people who share their experiences to log in at least once a year once they've gotten through the early stages of posting (usually the first 3-6 months when a lot is going on), so that we can get a bigger sample size of long-term statuses. It's the idea of
paying it forward from guys before you, and I hope anyone who has managed to get to this last sentence in this very long reply to
pay it forward if you choose to share your journey too

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