Restorex Users - Have you ever experienced sharp pain?

[Ukguy1234]

I'm still persevering with my Restorex, aiming for 2x 30 minute sessions each day. One straight and one counterbend.

However, there have been numerous occasions where towards the end of the session, I'll experience a sharp pain and it becomes clear that my body cannot take it.

I have had to reduce its usage right back down to 10-15 minutes, straight only. I have also found that burying the white line causes pain, where it didn't before. So i'm having to keep the tension very light.

I suspect I may have overdone it and need have a break for a while. Pisses me off that traction in general isnt an exact science and there is so much trial and error involved.

Was wondering if anyone else had experienced this?


Cheers

[Mikel7]

Yes for some men traction can cause pain and then you need a little healing break. Then restart and don't bury the white lines and only do about 5 minute increments and then see how your body responds. Yes it would be better if there was an exact science to this traction thing.

[alex_be]

As far as I red, you are using it since +-6 weeks ?
It was difficult for me also at the beginning. It took me at least 4-6 weeks to master it. Be patient. Results will come. Error would be forcing it.
It's a marathon, not a sprint.
Are you using the clamp or the comfort grip? If one hurts, you can use the other, which is very handy.

I'm at almost 6 months now and it corrected me from 47° to +-25°.

Good luck!

[Ukguy1234]

Yes for some men traction can cause pain and then you need a little healing break. Then restart and don't bury the white lines and only do about 5 minute increments and then see how your body responds. Yes it would be better if there was an exact science to this traction thing.

I wonder why Dr.Trost, in many of his videos, encourages people to basically bury even the black rods. The Restorex guide also seems to paint this picture that the "break-in" period is only a week or two. I feel like the reality is a lot different for most men.

[Ukguy1234]

As far as I red, you are using it since +-6 weeks ?
It was difficult for me also at the beginning. It took me at least 4-6 weeks to master it. Be patient. Results will come. Error would be forcing it.
It's a marathon, not a sprint.
Are you using the clamp or the comfort grip? If one hurts, you can use the other, which is very handy.

I'm at almost 6 months now and it corrected me from 47° to +-25°.

Good luck!

Hey Alex_be,

Thats correct, about 6 weeks now.

I bought the comfort grip but honestly wasn't impressed. To me, it feels like a slightly modified, cheap piece of plastic piping, with a bit of rubber on the end. The gripping mechanism wasn't strong enough either and I would slip out of it constantly.

By contrast, I found that using make-up pads with the restorex and then wrapping coban tape around the clamps themselves to be far more effective. Saved a lot of time at least, instead of wrapping my glands each time and trying to line it up perfectly. If that makes sense?

Maybe I will give the comfort grip another go though. Did it work for you?

Interesting you say you have corrected the curve to the extent that you have. Congratulations! Have you logged any of this progress with pictures by any chance? It would certainly be encouraging to see. Unfortunately, I have yet to see anyone on here make a significant improvement, beyond a subtle smoothing out of the point where the curve/hinge begins.

I have also noticed that some users believe they are improving but in reality, are just taking pictures at inaccurate angles and differing levels of erection. This obviously skews the perception of what is really going on.

We haven't got many options though have we, so for the time being, I will persevere.

Thanks again for the reply

[BentKnob]

I bought the comfort grip but honestly wasn't impressed. To me, it feels like a slightly modified, cheap piece of plastic piping, with a bit of rubber on the end. The gripping mechanism wasn't strong enough either and I would slip out of it constantly.

By contrast, I found that using make-up pads with the restorex and then wrapping coban tape around the clamps themselves to be far more effective.
Saved a lot of time at least, instead of wrapping my glands each time and trying to line it up perfectly. If that makes sense?

This has also been my experience with the Comfort Grip. It fails to provide strong enough tension for a good stretch. There has been no studies to show whether it's even effective in treating peyronies disease.

I use the same wrapping of make up pads with tape using the clamp. I hide the black tension rods so they are barely visible for the strongest stretch.

I've filled in an indent and improved my curvature by 5-10° by doing this.

The trade off is a bubble lump that's developed on my foreskin. Have you also developed this?

[Ukguy1234]

This has also been my experience with the Comfort Grip. It fails to provide strong enough tension for a good stretch. There has been no studies to show whether it's even effective in treating peyronies disease.

I use the same wrapping of make up pads with tape using the clamp. I hide the black tension rods so they are barely visible for the strongest stretch.

I've filled in an indent and improved my curvature by 5-10° by doing this.

The trade off is a bubble lump that's developed on my foreskin. Have you also developed this?

The fact you can withstand burying the black rods is impressive. Did it take you a while to work up to that? That would be too much for me to handle at the moment. Before I overdid it somewhat, I was basically just burying the white line.

Did you decide to start applying the tape to the clamp itself just through trial and error? I havnt seen this approach recommended much.

Do you think your 5-10° improvement was attributed more to the Xiaflex you had? I'm increasingly less convinced of the results with Restorex alone.

On a side note, I wonder what happened to all those men who featured in these studies Dr.Trost performed, supposedly proving the effectiveness of the device. You would have thought that at least one person out of that cohort would have shared their good results online. Neither on here, nor on Reddit, have I come across any real decent examples of before and afters, where there is a dramatic difference. Always subtle, at most.

Apologies for the slight pessimism. Today is just one of those days where Im less than enthusiastic about the whole traction routine. It pisses me off. Certainly wasnt something I expected to be doing in my 30s.

As for your question with the lump of skin, I'm cut, so haven't experienced this. Though the surface of my shaft in general isnt 100% smooth anymore. I believe its lots of micro-plaques dotted around in different areas, making it bumpy, which aligns with my former ultrasounds. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the process of clamping creates more plaques further up but I guess time will tell.

[BentKnob]

The fact you can withstand burying the black rods is impressive. Did it take you a while to work up to that? That would be too much for me to handle at the moment. Before I overdid it somewhat, I was basically just burying the white line.

It took some time to build up to it but mainly I just sat through the "pain" so my body had to adjust.

Did you decide to start applying the tape to the clamp itself just through trial and error? I havnt seen this approach recommended much.

It's been recommended on here many times. I use a make up pad on each side of the clamp and wrap with gauze tape to provide grip and stop slippage.

Do you think your 5-10° improvement was attributed more to the Xiaflex you had? I'm increasingly less convinced of the results with Restorex alone.

Yes I believe so. The two combined is key. I had hit a plateau and wasn't seeing much approvement so decided on Xiaflex injections to assist in further improvement.

On a side note, I wonder what happened to all those men who featured in these studies Dr.Trost performed, supposedly proving the effectiveness of the device. You would have thought that at least one person out of that cohort would have shared their good results online. Neither on here, nor on Reddit, have I come across any real decent examples of before and afters, where there is a dramatic difference. Always subtle, at most.

I've often thought this and feel the same. What's the other options? Do nothing or surgery. So im gonna use treatment in every way possible.

Apologies for the slight pessimism. Today is just one of those days where Im less than enthusiastic about the whole traction routine. It pisses me off. Certainly wasnt something I expected to be doing in my 30s.

I'm in my 30s too. I blame myself partly for having vigorous sex and taking high doses of Tadalafil & Sildenafil to push myself for hours beyond what is the norm.

As for your question with the lump of skin, I'm cut, so haven't experienced this. Though the surface of my shaft in general isnt 100% smooth anymore. I believe its lots of micro-plaques dotted around in different areas, making it bumpy, which aligns with my former ultrasounds. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the process of clamping creates more plaques further up but I guess time will tell.

I worry about this too.

I've taken breaks from pushing myself too hard with traction and then start again when it feels like I've recovered.

What improvement have you had so far?

[Ukguy1234]

It took some time to build up to it but mainly I just sat through the "pain" so my body had to adjust.

It's been recommended on here many times. I use a make up pad on each side of the clamp and wrap with gauze tape to provide grip and stop slippage.

Yes I believe so. The two combined is key. I had hit a plateau and wasn't seeing much approvement so decided on Xiaflex injections to assist in further improvement.

I've often thought this and feel the same. What's the other options? Do nothing or surgery. So im gonna use treatment in every way possible.

I'm in my 30s too. I blame myself partly for having vigorous sex and taking high doses of Tadalafil & Sildenafil to push myself for hours beyond what is the norm.

I worry about this too.

I've taken breaks from pushing myself too hard with traction and then start again when it feels like I've recovered.

What improvement have you had so far?

Thanks for the reply.

Oh I totally get the predicament, it's obviously better to feel like we are doing something, rather than nothing, at least psychologically. Just a shame there is little user evidence of results out there. Your journal serves as one of the only meaningful examples anywhere on the internet...so im rooting for you brother!

Did the doctors say how long after Xiaflex was administered, it would continue to provide a benefit for? I've seen a few sources claim that if effectiveness is limited to few months or so but maybe I got that wrong.

How long do you think you will stick at it for, with the traction?

As for the causes, these days I lean more on the genetic predisposition theory. There are millions of guys out there having the sort of sex you describe or experience the odd injury/slip out (which was my trigger) but then they recover just fine.

I've had no improvement. Though I have definitely taken a more conservative approach so far and havnt pushed through the pain so to speak.

[Mikel7]

You need to realize that every man responds differently and there is no one size fits all. Peyronies perhaps is 10% deformity and 90% mental breakdown and suffering?? I remember when I first had my peyronies beginnings and I had horrible thoughts of suicide and ending it all and I am usually a very level headed person. I had to find what would work for me and then put in the time. Don't give up guys.....

[Ukguy1234]

You need to realize that every man responds differently and there is no one size fits all. Peyronies perhaps is 10% deformity and 90% mental breakdown and suffering?? I remember when I first had my peyronies beginnings and I had horrible thoughts of suicide and ending it all and I am usually a very level headed person. I had to find what would work for me and then put in the time. Don't give up guys.....

What deformity improvements did you personally experience? Any before or afters documented on here?

[Sparky4377]

Quick question for restore X users, is it pointless to start modeling techniques with no curvature in an erect state? I'm currently just dealing with some semi erect deformity and just curious some people say it helps with deformity as well but don't wanna take the chance of re injuring or making my situation worse.

[Mikel7]

What deformity improvements did you personally experience? Any before or afters documented on here?

If you search the forum you will find a lot of men benefiting from traction. I have posted all over the place about my success. I started out at 7 1/4 in length and 6 in girth . I lost about 2 inches in length and 1/2 in girth. I also developed a 45* curve. After a long time and I say long time, about 4 years now I have regained everything back. Now I still have an upright curvature of about 5 to 10 degrees though. The problem with a lot of guys is that they want it now and wont put in the time for results.

[Ukguy1234]

If you search the forum you will find a lot of men benefiting from traction. I have posted all over the place about my success. I started out at 7 1/4 in length and 6 in girth . I lost about 2 inches in length and 1/2 in girth. I also developed a 45* curve. After a long time and I say long time, about 4 years now I have regained everything back. Now I still have an upright curvature of about 5 to 10 degrees though. The problem with a lot of guys is that they want it now and wont put in the time for results.

Oh I see plenty of your comments, I just couldn't see any actual photo evidence in the form of before and afters. I agree many men want results now but many others also claim results have been achieved when they probably haven't.

[Mikel7]

I would post photos but since I am a moderator I thought it was in poor taste. I am telling the truth though