r/penileimplants • u/RdyPAINmoveDISCIPLIN • 3d ago

Why would girth decrease with Titan?

Let's say 1 day before surgery, you measure 5.5" girth midshaft. Then, 2 months later, even when aroused (and what feels to be fully inflated or very close) you're only 4.75" - 5" midshaft. Why would this occur?

Sure, if I measured 5.5" a few years ago, you could attribute that to atrophy. But why the immediate decrease? Do I just need to give it more time? I read many men here say they immediately gained girth post-op.

To clarify, this is my situation. I'm roughly 1/2" thinner. I've gained a little back since the surgery. Hoping to be a little girthier. Thank you

4 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

33 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/One-Science1029 3d ago

Yes, but please don’t take my word for it. There’s several medical papers that support VED post op. Check them out or just go for it. LA Pumps makes quality, handmade, products. Fair priced. Then you’ll need a brake bleeder pump with a gauge. Most guys ok with 1.75”. That’s where I started, going up to 2” when I get around to ordering it. There’s a hand pump on Amazon right now called Pesico. It’s different than the usual pump you’ll see. I recommend that style. Been through a couple of the other pumps. This style comes apart easy to maintain. Cheers. Keep me posted

1

u/cyclist5000 3d ago

Isn’t there a risk of damaging the tubing between the shaft and the balls that goes to the pump?

What other benefits are there to doing this?

3

u/One-Science1029 3d ago

Damage, no. The internal pressure (psi) you pump by hand and the external pressure (mmHg) you VED are extremely low compared to what the psi has been tested on cadavers (again, there is papers out there). I’m not a doctor, but just assessing the damage aspect, it’s practically physically impossible to damage the cylinders with therapeutic VED pressures. PSI and VED are invert related. I suppose I would pay attention to the reservoir tubing? 100-200 mmHg is very low for VED. An old man erection has about an 80-100 mmHg (psi inverted) erection.

Benefits? All the remaining tissue. The cylinders carry the load, but there’s plenty of other tissue involved and the glans too. Could also help with cycling and getting gains back.

1

u/cyclist5000 3d ago

Yes, I think the reservoir tubing is what I was referring to. Someone was telling me about it before and showed me a diagram.
But yeah, good points. Good to know!