Archive for June, 2010

Monistat (used for vaginal yeast) needed in large quantities for uncircumcised man

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Hi Dr. Reed,

Having multiple needs to use something like Monostat(?) to decrease discomfort from stretching or urination during the years, I am seeking a permanent solution to the problem, and am curious about what to look to as the surgery and discomfort during healing, therefrom.

Sumner

June 29, 2010

Good morning Sumner,

Ultimately you will with little external provocation comer to the realization you need a cosmetic circumcision.

Put the Monistat in the bottom drawer of your bathroom vanity and leave it there for the ladies.  Bacteria and yeast just love warm, moist places where the sun doesn’t shine.

Bet you’ll say, should have done this years ago.  Take good care of little Sumner.

With kindest regards,

Harold M. Reed, M.D.
305-865-2000

Sensation difference low vesus high cut adult circumcision

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

June 29, 2010

Just curious to know if there is a difference in sensation from a low cut to a high cut , do nerves in your opinion really rechannel themselves. Take care, Antonio

Good morning Antonio,

Thank you for your interest in what we do.  Regarding high or low cut, there is no known difference in sensation leading to “mean ejaculatory latency time, MELT.”   After all is said and done MELT is the best indicator of sensation.   Yes, in the penis a lot of experience has shown that distal nerves do regenerate.  Not to worry.

When I perform a circumcision I am well above the layer of the neuro-vascular bundle.

We have performed over 6000 cosmetic circumcisions in the past 35 years and usually do several cases every week.

With kindest regards,

Harold M. Reed, M.D.
305-865-2000

Unhappy camper needs revision of earlier circumcision

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

June 29, 2010

Hi Dr. Reed,

I am interested in circumcision revision. I was circumcised at age 11, I’m now 32. Since I was old enough to know the difference, I’ve been very unhappy with how my penis looks. Based on my research, the procedure was done freehand using sutures. The incision line is uneven and I have a couple dozen suture scars around the top of the shaft just under the glans. (Kind of like railroad tracks.) Most of the suture scars are quite thick and pronounced. Many of them touch and even enter the corona. My question is: could a revision help clean up the look of my penis? I know it will never be “perfect” but I would love to lose the ragged, scarred look if possible.   Matthew

 

Good morning Matthew,

Thank you for your interest in what we do.   This is a letter we send to “virginal” patients.  Your situation is one we see frequently and I am confident with proper revision you’ll look a whole lot better.

We have performed over 6000 cosmetic circumcisions in the past 35 years and usually do several cases every week.

We do ask that you stay for one, ideally 2 days at the Baltic Hotel (advanced tourist class) and I will see you there daily.

You could return to an office environment 3 days after circumcision.  Our 2 layered wrap of soft conforming gauze and Coban will provide comfort and reduce swelling.

We have done sons of physicians, medical students and residents, brothers, religious circumcisions, men  who have not seen the heads of their penis for 20 years, and next week a father and 3 sons! 

This is your circumcision and we do it the way you want with respect to 4 parameters.

Please don’t be like the patient who writes: “Dr. Reed I just got circumcised two days ago and my result was not what i expected.   I was wondering when i recover can i get a consultation with you.”   Photos sent and received (unspoken comment “disaster zone”)

Be assured we will show you every courtesy,

With kindest regards,
Harold M. Reed, M.D.
305-865-2000

 

BellaDerm for Penile Enlargement, MTF mission statement

Monday, June 28th, 2010

When considering a product for penile girth enhancemnt or augmentation phalloplasty, consider BellaDerm and the MTF mission statement.  MTF, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, is a not-for-profit corporation.

About MTF

 

 

Mission Statement

The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation is a non-profit service

organization dedicated to providing quality tissue through a

commitment to excellence in education, research, recovery and care

for recipients, donors and their families.

Background

No longer in the shadows of medical practice and organ

transplantation, tissue banking and tissue transplantation are coming

of age. Today, over 900,000 Americans receive tissue transplants

each year. The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, known as MTF,

is in the forefront of providing these life saving and life-enhancing

tissues. MTF was founded in 1987 by surgeons. It is a non-profit

national consortium of academic medical institutions and organ and

tissue recovery organizations across the country that recovers,

processes and distributes donated human tissue for use in transplant

surgery and research. MTF is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey,

with additional facilities located in Pennsylvania, California, Minnesota

and Germany, with recovery sites operated by MTF in Wisconsin,

California, Illinois and New York.

A leader in the tissue banking community, MTF’s work touches the

lives of many and, throughout its history, MTF has made a significant

mark on the tissue banking world. MTF has become the number one

tissue bank in the nation and is one of the largest providers of

allografts in the world, according to the American Association of Tissue

Banks (AATB). MTF provides the largest assortment of allografts

available for transplantation – more than 650 different configurations

of tissue including bone, skin and heart valves. Thanks to the

generosity of donors and their families, MTF tissue is used to enhance

the lives of patients in many ways – to help patients walk again, or

recover from debilitating and painful spinal conditions, or to salvage

limbs that might have been amputated due to cancers, to repair

complex traumatic abdominal wall injuries, reconstruct facial defects

such as cleft palate, or in breast reconstruction following mastectomy

– to name just a few.

Harold M. Reed, M.D.

305-865-2000

 

 

 

BellaDerm from Musculoskeletal Foundation MTF

Monday, June 28th, 2010

BellaDerm for penile girth enahncement is about implanting “like into like.”

Michael Kawas, President of MTF’s skin division, notes that plastic surgeons typically rely on other materials, some of them from animals (like pigs) and some of them are synthetic. “Now they will have an option to use human skin, which provides a more natural choice. We have gotten a lot of comments about the desirability of implanting “like into like” – in other words, implanting tissue from one human into another. It seems to be preferable to using animal products or synthetic materials ”

“We have a history of positive clinical outcomes using other MTF tissue”, noted Dr. Philip Bonanno, Director of the Institute of Aesthetic Surgery and Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital. “Thus we’re comfortable using BellaDerm as a natural human dermal graft for support and reinforcement in many of our procedures.”

Donation of skin for BellaDerm is restricted to living donors who have given specific consent for their skin to be used for these types of procedures. To assure the utmost safety and quality, MTF has the highest standards for tissue donation. Living skin donations are held to the same high standards for acceptance and processing as skin which is recovered from deceased donors.

“It is very important for us to have confidence in the providers of all materials we use” continues Dr. Bonanno, “and MTF’s high standards exemplifies their commitment to providing only the best tissue possible for my patients.”

MTF is a non-profit service organization that has been dedicated to providing high quality tissue to health care providers for over 20 years. Since its founding by surgeons in 1987, MTF has received tissue from more than 74,000 donors and has provided more than 3.5 million tissue grafts for transplantation. For more information, visit www.mtf.org.

Harold M. Reed, M.D.

305-865-2000

 

Our BellaDerm rep Dina has taken a great interest

Monday, June 28th, 2010

in our BellaDerm patients. 

BellaDerm, the first human dermal tissue graft offered specifically for facial and body contouring procedures, is being introduced today by MTF, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, the country’s leading non-profit tissue bank.

BellaDerm is a unique acellular matrix, derived from donated human allograft skin. The new tissue has properties that are very appealing to plastic surgeons. In addition to coming from human donors, it provides excellent handling characteristics and the added benefit of being in ready-to-use form. It is easily accessible and ready for surgeon selection at all times. Unlike some other dermal tissues, it does not require refrigeration.

Belladerm provides supplemental support in areas of weakness. It has been used by plastic surgeons to address naturally occurring defects which may be found in areas such as the breast, lips, and face.

Now successful results are being realized in penile girth enhancement.

Please visit the BellaDerm web-site http://www.belladerm.org/  MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation) the corporate entity is a non-profit organization.

 

Harold M. Reed, M.D.

305-865-2000

 

 

BellaDerm for penile girth enhancement

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Many patients have been asking for photographic examples of BellaDerm for penile girth enhancement.  We posted some new photos on our web-site. 

http://penisdoctor.com/photo-penis-enlargement.htm  

Hope you like what you see.

BellaDerm and AlloDerm are similar, and the choice is made by the patient.  Fees are the same for both.

Harold M. Reed, M.D.