For me it went like this:
- A lot of pain early on. Didn't respond well to oxy or any pain meds. Painful erections and extreme suture pain for up to 2 weeks.
- Serious discomfort for another 2 weeks. I kept wrapping my penis in fresh sterile gauze pads and taping with medical tape. I'd use petroleum jelly as well for the dryness. At this point though if my penis was wrapped I was mostly fine to go about my day.
- Kept it wrapped for another 1-2 weeks because of bruising and discomfort, but I was mostly out of the woods with all of that.
It was extremely mild.
- At 6.5 to 7 weeks I had zero pain/bruising.
- My only symptoms at this point are raised bumps and swelling along the scar line, 3/4 inch to 1 inch shorter in erect length, and residual numbness at the tip. The last symptom has recovered the most recently. It feels like my penis is one unit again this past week. I just wish the length and scar would recover faster, but I suppose those tend to take the longest.
I wrote this to detail my experience. The physical aspect of recovery was challenging, but the mental aspect has been far more trying. Be patient and best of luck guys