If Dr. Levine is right, then the point is it's purely aesthetic and psychological, which to me are not necessarily bad things. Looking down and seeing your penis with a huge indentation in it is off putting for sure, as this is something I'm dealing with. It looks very different and feels quite a bit different in the hand, that being said my girlfriend claims she does not notice a difference which is a sweet thing to say, not sure if that is entirely true though. I can't help but think that ETG will help provide some structural support though. Maybe not much but it has to contribute some, especially if the theory that they have about the graft sitting in place and acting like a scaffold for new tissue to 'grow into'. In my mind if that is the case, that new tissue 'fills in' that gap between the graft and the indentation then that will provide some structural support.
I have still not consulted with other doctors yet over this. I was reading Benjamin62's take on this as he had ETG done by Dr. Christine and Benjamin62 states that ETG does provide added structural support. So, I wonder if that is Dr. Christine's take as well? Perhaps we have some conflicting opinions on what ETG does within the medical community or maybe Benjamin62 mis-interpretated what Dr. Christine had to say on ETG as well when it comes to added structural support?
As far as my situation, Dr. Levine gave me a few options:
-Do nothing and move on with my life.
-Get the ETG done even though it won't offer structural support (his words), it would be aesthetic and psychological reasons.
-Consider Excision and Grafting (this is very invasive for me at this point as I have good erections and my penis is straight)
-Consider Penuma, this is a penis
girth transplant that is silicone (in theory it would 'cover' and address a lot of my issues)
-Continue with
traction and hope that the indentation fills out eventually
I'm really not sure what I will do right now. My condition is stable right now. Penis is straight, erections are great, sex is good although I do have some pain afterwards sometimes if I'm not careful. I'm taking a break until May to decide what I want to do for sure. I will reach out to some of the other Drs in this field doing the ETG work to see their thoughts on whether ETG provides any support. I'm thinking I will probably continue with
traction by hand for a while and see if this helps anything and if not I will go the route of ETG for me.