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bigdick1 wrote: I don't mean the entire "sheet" would be PMMA. I meant that the sheet would act as the carrier much like the fluid does currently. it could be made up of a biodegradable dissolveable substance that gets absorbed over several days leaving the PMMA beads in place for collagen to form around them the same as now. except the "sheet" would hold it in place and it could be evenly distributed without the unstable liquid which makes lumps and irregularities common at this point. a 30% would have more microspheres evenly distributed and a 10% would obviously have less microspheres but still evenly distributed. then after the "sheet" gets absorbed the PMMA spheres are left with collagen forming around them.make sense?
I think it is a great idea. The sheet can be rolled and inserted into one incision no more then 0.5.75" and then is can be spread out around the penile shaft insuring even distribution PMMA. BUT, I think, again I think, the body will not start the collagen process until the sheet carrier dissolves, and now the PMMA are loos and can move around, may be not, and they swill stay put...
Anyway I think it worth investigating, but I suspect there will be no VC ( venture capitalists) most likely will not fund this program...they are too stiff and closed minded...
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11 years 7 months ago #1285418851undecided wrote: But wouldn't it be on the same principal as scaffolding? They deglove the penis, add the implant and rolled it back over. I understood that the problem of scaffolding was that it dissolves over time so the procedure is kind of pointless considering the risks, price, effort etc. But something like PMMA scaffolds could actually work.
The biggest problem with scaffolding is all the people that have been damaged by the procedure itself. Surgery and the penis just don't mix well.
Allografts are a much better option that PMMA scaffolds in my opinion and they often lead to complications. The whole point of scaffold is that they produce your own tissue which wont be rejected. That makes it worth (if it worked) the risk of surgery. But a PMMA scaffold will still be a foreign body.
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11 years 7 months ago #1285419663A sheet of PMMA is a sheet of plexiglass not at all like a silicon implant. It's our collagen around the PMMA that gives it the "rubbery" feeling of a Dick. It's simply not the right kind of material for something like an implant. Plus I doubt our body would react the same way to a "sheet" of PMMA as it does the spheres.
Also don't forget that the higher concentrations of PMMA is actually used as a bone cement. How would you package a sheet to be the right concentration?
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11 years 7 months ago #1285422740bigdick1 wrote: I don't mean the entire "sheet" would be PMMA. I meant that the sheet would act as the carrier much like the fluid does currently. it could be made up of a biodegradable dissolveable substance that gets absorbed over several days leaving the PMMA beads in place for collagen to form around them the same as now. except the "sheet" would hold it in place and it could be evenly distributed without the unstable liquid which makes lumps and irregularities common at this point. a 30% would have more microspheres evenly distributed and a 10% would obviously have less microspheres but still evenly distributed. then after the "sheet" gets absorbed the PMMA spheres are left with collagen forming around them.make sense?
You got me with the dissolvable sheet that just carries the PMMA concentration evenly. This CAN be possible if the right research was done. But like hoodle said, you would need capital to study this and they're is less than a few that would be willing to fund it.
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11 years 7 months ago #1285419180undecided wrote: I am hearing what your saying, hoddle, but isn't a breast implant a foreign object in your body too? That does not stop millions of women (at this day and age) from doing it. Yes, every surgery brings a risk of a surgery but that does not seem to me like a show-stopper.
But breasts aren't a dynamic organ. The penis is uniquely difficult to augment and surgery so often results in problems. Hence it's probably worth the risk of injecting a foreign body, if it avoids surgery. What you want is to not only risk surgery, but on top of that still have the long terms risks that come with PMMA. It's just not a good idea. In my opinion, PMMA is only worth doing if it avoids surgery. Otherwise all the problems we've seen from scar tissue, infections and Necrosis etc from every other surgical option, wont be avoided with PMMA.
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