I am 5-months post lengthening only surgery with Gary Alter, who in my opinion is a fine surgeon who will do the job without complication. There may be others as good (or maybe not) but none better although that does not mean he’s the best at making sure you gain. No one is that person so what you want is a good surgeon and that he is.
As for the other things you hear, loss of stability, change in angle , odd and not natural flaccid hang, bad scar, none of these were true for me. My dick is in fact the same dick as before. I have noticed none of the negative post surgery experiences either physically or cosmetically.
I am just now starting to gain and I have been super dedicated to hanging. In fact it is probably the thing I do more intensely and with more determination never mind time allocation than anything else in my entire life. Can you imagine how insane that is? Again, I said I am just now starting to gain and it has been 5 long months and I have a very long way to go before I get my 1” if I even get that but I know I will.
I did say that I was gaining, which is good, and I was never able to do that before I had the surgery and I did try hard through various PE methods. That being said, I never did any hanging so it is impossible for me to know whether I would have gained and will gain what I hope to gain by hanging alone.
I will say that for me it has been something I thought about all the time and to have finally done it allows me some piece of mind in that I can at least say I pulled out all the stops to gain and now I will gain what I will gain. End of story and to me that is of value.
I am not against the surgery at present. I would say I am neutral but the jury is not in yet for me. I do believe, however, that on a purely technical basis if everyone hear believes in ligament stretching leads to length gains then it is hard to disagree that a release ligament gives you an advantage. In fact I would love to hear someone debate this assertion because I cannot see how it could not be true.
If I do gain 1/4” to 1/2” more I will support the surgery hands down albeit with the knowledge that you must hang (PE) for a very long time and for me I am expecting a year minimum with manual stretching thereafter most likely for the rest of my life just to keep what ever size I gain. That is a huge commitment. The $5K is kids stuff compared to that.