Originally Posted by Dick Cockburn
Extenders and pumps are often prescribed to treat Peyronies. You could always look into the Restorex device (Mayo clinic). Some features I personally find interesting with that device are:
Secures the penis with a clamp (clamping of the head). Uses a stretch/extending with bending/fulcrum, 90 to 120 degrees bending is optimal (counter the curvature).
Maximal traction is around 2,7 kg (6 lbs). Should be used in 30 min sets, first set with no bending to ”loosen” up the unit.
Lengthening occurs when the degree of the curve is reduced (regain of, some or all, of the original length). Results in only 100-200 hours (which is around 10% of the time compared to what it will take with an ordinary extender). Lengthening due to mitosis will probably not go faster with a Restorex device compared to an ordinary extender. Maybe even slower (clamping might require more breaks).
I really enjoy the fact that mainstream urology has adapted/accepted all these really old PE methods (clamping, stretching, bending, fulcrum, pumping etc).
Actually, extenders are not often prescribed by doctors for Peyronie’s disease, but usually initiatives of the patients.
Restorex is not produced by Mayo. They just supported a preliminary research in partnership with the producer 20 years ago, and the device has not become recommended by doctors.
Xiaflex is very expensive, and surgery reduces length, but unfortunately these are the only effective and realistic treatments in chronic phase of Peyronie’s.
"Traction Does Not Improve Outcomes in Peyronie’s Disease (2016)
For patients with Peyronie’s disease, outcomes are not enhanced when a penis-extending device is added to treatment with the injectable collagenase clostridium histolyticum (Xiaflex, Endo Pharmaceuticals), new research indicates.
Currently, the only medical treatment approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the acquired scarring disorder of the penis is collagenase clostridium histolyticum."
https://www.med … warticle/871565