My first experience with KY - Infection or the body's defensive reaction?

[Kovu]

Hi!
First of all, excuse my English, but I'm from Poland and I'm not really an expert in this language - Google Translate helps me a lot.

Now to the point. I've been following various threads here for a few years and after a long time I finally decided to try KY. I tried to be as sterile as possible - I washed myself, disinfected my hands with alcohol, disinfected my scrotum with alcohol, I didn't allow myself any contact with anything that could harm. On Thursday at around 11 am I did the injection - it was one of the most terrifying moments in my life, I had to change the needle several times due to unsuccessful injections. But in the end I managed - I added 10 ml from both sides, so 20 ml in total. It swelled up very pleasantly, I was fine all day. Then I did something not very wise and, under the influence of emotions, added another 20 ml. Everything was fine, I went to bed. In the morning the bottom of my scrotum was sore, and by the end of the day almost the whole scrotum was sore. At first I thought it was the effect of skin stretching and bruising, but no, it was clearly some kind of reaction. I stayed in touch with just4me, who gave me valuable advice, but I started to get really scared. I walked around all day thinking "Infection" and thinking "If I go to the doctor, Jesus, what a shame it will be" "Everyone will find out because it's a small town" "I'll lose my testicles" "I'll die". Then I started to think that maybe it was just the body's reaction to the first dose of KY, which was too much for my own good and the body didn't know what to do with it. I didn't have a fever the whole time - the temperature reached 37 degrees, the highest 37.4 when it was hot and I got hot. There is no sweating, no fatigue, no other symptoms except pain in the skin of the scrotum. Today is Sunday, the scrotum seems less sore, although it still hurts, it's not as red as it was on Friday, although it's still all flushed. You learn from your mistakes and I know that in the future the additions can't be as big and frequent. As a preventive measure, I've been taking immunity, anti-inflammatory, and anti-allergic medications since Friday, and I've been applying anti-allergic and antibiotic creams to my scrotum. I hope that everything will calm down in time and end well, because the last few days have been terribly stressful for me.

And now I have a question for you, because you are mostly much more experienced than me - how can I distinguish and determine whether it is an infection or a defensive reaction of the body to KY? How long can such a state last? I would be very happy if I could get advice from more experienced people. Yes, I know, I screwed up, I shouldn't have added KY so quickly. I would like to finally stop worrying and function normally. I count on your understanding and support.

Peace!

Condition after the last injection

Condition on Friday morning

Current status

[acm136]

Hi, hope you are doing okay still and things are continuing to feel better.
I can relate to your experience. Each time I've injected either my cock or scrotum I've had a fever like reaction and local discomfort and pain to some degree.
I also started of with bigger amounts than I should have done, but not as much as you.
An advantage of doing a smaller amount for your first session and building up is that you get to feel how your body reacts and therefore what is normal for you.
That way if, in future, something feels different from your own experience then you might realise something is wrong.
It is likely that injecting a lot has caused a bigger immune response from your body, which you felt or are feeling.
Being shivery with cold like symptoms the night after is normal for me, it might or might not be normal for you.
One problem here is that many people, myself included, are going to be reluctant to say "you'll be fine" for what should be obvious reasons in terms of, what if we are wrong in your case and us saying that meant you didn't get help.
I get feeling embarrassed seeing a doctor, but if I got to a point where I thought I was seriously ill then I would absolutely suck up that feeling and go talk to them, it wouldn't be pleasant and id expect a lecture from them, but I would rather not be dead.
A lot on here have experience of a very niche experiments, we are not, in the main, medically trained.
That said, the last photo of your sac looks absolutely awsome to me and has inspired me to enhance mine again now.

[Kovu]

Thanks a lot for your reply! Things seem to be improving for me - today is Monday, the pain is still there when touched, but today for the first time since Friday it has weakened enough that it does not interfere with my functioning during the day. The circumference of the scrotum has decreased from 26.5 cm to 25, the color seems to be slowly returning to normal. Very slowly, but still. There is a slight asymmetry, but from what I have read here, it is very common and can be corrected. So yes, it seems to me that the situation is stabilizing.

Haha, I am glad that my photo inspired you, I did not expect that

Tell me something, because I have such concerns. Will my body not react like this to each subsequent addition? If so, I do not know if it is a sacrifice I am ready for, haha.

[gijoejw]

You over did it for the first time time. You haven’t hit encapsulation yet. You’ll know when you do cause you’ll swell up ALOT and get a “low grade fever. Keep it under 10-20 per side for 2-3 more times if you continue, then bump it up to 30-40. Don’t exceed 50 each side, that is a lot. Your skin has to adjust and grow with new veins and capacity, go slow.

[Kovu]

Thanks for advice!

Yes, I know I overdid it. Emotions overshadowed mu common sense and the result is what it is. I understand that the time when encapsulation begins is an individual matter for everyone, right? To tell the truth, I don't care about the fever when I know what it's caused by. Right now, the only thing I would like is for the skin of the scrotum not to hurt when touched.

[Kovu]

Another day, another update. Thursday just started for me, so in 9 hours it will be exactly a week since my KY injections. My scrotum is still a little sore, but it's almost completely back to its normal size. It was huge for 5 days, then in a day and a half it's almost back to almost normal size. It's obviously a LITTLE bigger and I can feel where the KY is, but it feels a lot less than I injected. Something that annoys me is that the positioning of the KY has now made my right testicle higher. I guess I just have to get used to it, because I can't seem to move either the KY or the testicle. I'm waiting for the scrotum soreness to completely go away. Will I do it again? I would like to, because the feeling of big balls has given me a lot of confidence, which is usually not a lot. If I were to do it again, it would be with smaller doses, of course. The only thing that stops me is the fear that my body will react this way again. From Friday to yesterday (Wednesday) I lived in constant stress and as a very active person I had to give up training for a week due to pain of my scrotum skin. If having big balls every time was to be associated with such pain and exclusion from sports, then it probably wasn't worth it. This is something for me to think about. You can write me what you think about it.

[gijoejw]

This is why it’s so important to do small fills when you start. You have to give the skin time to stretch or it does give discomfort on your testicles. Another thing is always inject low you dont want it to migrate to near the cords, very painful. I have done over 2200 cc over like 9 years of time and have encapsulated ares whole the skin is much bigger and can handle alot more, still don’t over due it. Slow and ateady.

[Kovu]

I tried to inject as low as possible. That was also the reason why it was such a problem for me and I had to make a few failed attempts before I got it in properly. But I finally did it, the remnants of KY are mostly on the bottom of my scrotum. I am still amazed at how little of it is left after such a short time. It is like 1/4 of the original amount in 6 days.

As of today, my scrotum is almost painless, although it is still not a "normal" color. I miss my big balls, but I know it is too early to do an addition. I will probably be afraid every time that my body will react like that again. We will see what the next few days bring.

[Kovu]

Another day, another update. I'm starting to think that KY just isn't for me. For a few days now I've been noticing swellings appearing and disappearing on various parts of my body, mainly my arms. Small red spots have appeared on my legs, and today I woke up with a painful rash all over my forearms and triceps. I suspect that it's some kind of delayed allergic reaction to KY because nothing else in my life has changed that could have caused any kind of reaction from my body. I'll probably sign up for allergy tests soon because this is the first time in 20 years that my body has reacted this way. I know that I started with too much and my body reacted more strongly, but it's been 8 days since the injection and I think that one of the ingredients in KY is responsible for my body still reacting this way.

I won't hide it, I'm terribly sad because I was hoping that with my fear of silicone, KY would be the perfect semi-permanent/permanent solution. But it looks like I'll probably only have a short-term saline...

[gijoejw]

Def go get checked and see what’s up. Now if you have an issue with ky, there is also Surgilube which may not cause any issues and will encapsulate the same way. It’s sterile and made for surgical use as well.