How is Peyronie's disease treated?
Peyronie's disease is treated with a variety of different things: with either medical therapy, injection therapy, or with surgery. There are several prescription and non-prescription medications which can decrease the inflammation that occurs in the lining of the penis, although they're not very effective. Some doctors have advocated injecting shots of anti-inflammatories right into the area where the scar is in the penis. But these also have not been exceptionally effective, and actually injecting the needle into this lining can cause it to scar.The most effective treatment for Peyronie's disease is to perform a surgery where the plaque, or area of scarring, is actually incised and allowed to spring open, and then that is covered with a patch of either vein or some other substance.The other treatment for Peyronie's disease is a procedure where the opposite side of the curvature is actually ratcheted down with sutures to straighten the penis. But because men lose length with that procedure, most men who are undergoing surgical procedures want the procedure where the plaque is opened up, because that helps to preserve the length of the penis.
