Actually this sort of a reposting of my new size posting:
I had my fat and dermal grafts removed by Dr Elist. 18 days post and still swollen. I am pleased with Dr Elist as a surgeon. The experience was very positive.
A guy PM’d me and wanted to know the actual percentage of material he removed. I didn’t ask him the percentage of the fat and dermals he removed. He got all that he had access to, I suppose. After surgery he did say it was more difficult than he anticipated. Apparently there was some suture material still present. I don’t know how he removed it. I didn’t ask him.
He did say he has removed a lot of grafts though, and that he does a lot of penis surgery.
I was at his office early and saw a lot of patients come and go. Everyone seemed happy. He has a busy practice. His staff is real nice. It’s like going to a regular doctor.
At this point he hasn’t voiced any concern about the result cosmetically and functionally which is, what is important.
I mentioned to him that I had consulted with Dr Alter. Dr Elist said: “he does mainly sex change operations”.. . I really don’t remember much else. I was still under the effects of sedation.
He gave the grafts to me. Yes I have them in a jar, lol! I can post a picture I suppose. The specimen consists of two large pieces and 4-5 smaller ones.
Probably make everybody hurl. Really gross.
You don’t hear much about him. But then, Maybe he doesn’t need the business. You hear a lot about that Russian guy Krakovsky, and his credentials are kinda dodgy.
Anyway.. Dr Elist charged me six thousand for the surgery. That included everything but the hotel. The consultation was $85. My Insurance covered the medications. Gee maybe they would covered the surgery. Wish I would have looked into that.
I considered addressing my main complaint IE narrowing of the shaft at the base, by adding more fat at the base. But felt confident that I could get a better result by removing everything. Hope I was right.
According to Dr Elist I am not a candidate for silicone implants. Perhaps due to the loads of scar tissue I probably have.
With the dermals and fat I was completely unable to do manual exercises or jelqing. The grafts would just wad up when I tried to do a routine. I was a religious hanger and stretcher post op and in spite of this I still lost length gains. I hope that changes.
Even though I was never really happy with them I waited until I was confident I could get a reasonable result by a credible surgeon who had some significant experience. I learned my lesson on jumping in early.
I think it is worth mentioning my reaction when I first took off the bandage/gauze wrap at 2 days post and looked in the mirror.
My initial thought was my god there is my dick.I had MY dick back. And I felt very good about it. I didn’t expect that.
As far as what’s next.. I am taking it one day at a time. Perhaps I am done. We will see after I heal some more.
I use coban wrap to compress it down and it is showing a net decrease in swelling. I am pleased at this point, it appears pretty smooth and regular but I don’t know how much of that is due to the swelling. Time will tell I guess.
I have not been back to Dr Elist yet. I am going to see Dr Giunta before I decide to do anything girth-wise. He still does FFT. I will need to see some pictures that include the penis body junction area. Better yet maybe I can see an actual one.
Unfortunately, I have not heard good things about macrolane which is what Dr Elist recommended I do.
