hoddle10 wrote: Surely the only way to gain length with the implant is to stretch the actual implant to the point where it breaks it\'s elasticity? If it\'s stitched at the base and the head, then how can the penis ever be longer than the implant? I can\'t see how it\'s possible to ever stretch the implant to the point of deformation as to do that you\'d have to use enough force to damage the penis itself. Logically you can\'t gain length with the implant and if the length of the implant is shorter than your original length, then logically you\'ll never be able to get back to your original length. The best an implant patient can ever hope for is that Elist cuts the implant to a length to which the point where it attaches the top and bottom are exactly the same as the distance between the two points when you have a rock hard, 100% Erection. But that would be very hard to achieve most of the time. So implant patients should expect to lose length. Elist should be telling them to expect to lose length. There is no way around it.
FYI, the implant is either stitched right behind the glans or it is left floating. elist stopped with the floating method years ago. Now, he stitches the implant with 2-4 stitches behind the glans. He then \"opens\" the base up a little to allow the implant to move with
Erection. He actually creates a \"hole\" at the base for the implant to go in when
Flaccid. The penis when going
Erect does not have enough strength to go fully
Erect due the friction and stiffness of the silicone.
It is very very difficult to stitch the implant near the glans without degloving, hence the brilliant dr does the best he can and that\'s why about 50% of his patients \"pop\" a stitch or two. It is also why he has to make a 6\"-8\" incision at the base of the penis so he can get in and add the stitches.
It is impossible to get one\'s full
Erect length back with the implant and it is unlikely to come back AFTER the
Removal. The scar tissue and the way elist removes it causes more damage, believe me; I saw it with my own eyes being done to own my unit.
I am now over 5+ years after
Removal by the mad dr, and I am still missing about 0.5\" of
Erect length. It never came back no matter what I did. I still suffer pain where the stitches were. I also have developed a case of Peyronie\'s disease where the penis is now curved upwards and to the right, it used to be straight and curves slightly to the left pre implant!
I just hope there will be Carma in this his life!!!!!!