Surgical methods to improve potency have undergone major advances in recent years. Blocked arteries that prevent blood from traveling to the penis can now be reopened or bypassed. Leaky veins that sabotage erection can be tied off, restoring potency. And penile prostheses, or implants, can restore potency to men who otherwise would have to resign themselves to a life without intercourse.
Of all these options, penile implants have received the most publicity—good and bad, informed and fabricated. It’s hard for the consumer to sort through the myths and misinformation to find the truth. Well, here are the facts.
There are three basic types of penile implants, made either of plastic or silicone. Each will provide an erection. Each makes it possible for a man to have intercourse. Each must be surgically inserted.
In most cases, the implant will leave your ability to have an orgasm and ejaculate unchanged. If you can ejaculate before you have the surgery, you’ll be able to afterwards; if you can’t, you won’t.
Implant surgery is a final commitment, because once you have the operation, your chances of ever having a natural erection are almost certainly lost. That’s because the surgery usually damages the sinuses within the corpora cavernosa that normally fill with blood during an erection. A man who gets partial erections or occasionally gets a full erection must realize that if he gets an implant his natural capability will in all likelihood be gone and he will be dependent on the prosthesis. That’s one of the important reasons why all prospective implant patients should explore other solutions before deciding on surgery. And they should decide exactly why they want an implant. Some people want them for the wrong reasons.
Just as important as knowing what an implant can do is knowing what it cannot do.
*144\184\8*
