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Dr. James J. Elist, M.D., FACSBeverly Hills Urology & Male Enhancement
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HimplantInvented by the surgeon you would consult.

Dr. James J. Elist conceived the silicone implant behind Himplant, the FDA-cleared cosmetic penile implant, in his Beverly Hills urology practice.

James J. Elist, M.D., FACSBeverly Hills · in practice since 1982

The implant came from the operating room, not a product brief.

By 2002 Dr. Elist had spent two decades placing penile prostheses for erectile dysfunction, and he knew why earlier attempts at cosmetic enlargement had failed. His idea was a soft silicone implant, shaped to the anatomy, that the body would not reabsorb. Two decades later, that design is Himplant.

  1. 1982Opens his private urology practice in Beverly Hills, focused on male sexual dysfunction and infertility.
  2. 2002Designs a soft silicone implant that would not be reabsorbed, drawing on years of prosthetic surgery for ED and on breast augmentation technique.
  3. 2016Presents his retrospective safety and effectiveness study of the silicone block implant at the American Urological Association annual meeting.
  4. 2022The device receives FDA 510(k) clearance, K220760, as a cosmetic penile implant.
  • Los Angeles County Medical Association
  • International College of Surgeons
  • Western Section, American Urological Association
  • World Medical Association
  • American College of Surgeons
  • California Medical Association

FDA-cleared, with peer-reviewed results behind it.

Fig. 1 · Mean flaccid gain, cm (± SD)

Siegal et al., Ther Adv Urol 2024. Retrospective review of 299 men at four institutions, mean follow-up 11.6 months, p < 0.01. Flaccid measurements. PubMed 38571490

FDA 510(k)
K220760 · cleared 13 May 2022
New-onset ED
0%
Infection
1.3%
Seroma
2.0%
Erosion
5.0%

Complication rates from the same study. Your consultation covers suitability, risks, and recovery in full.

How the Himplant procedure works

His books, and the book about his technique.

  • Operating with GodA Surgeon’s Stories of FaithMemoir
  • Cover of Put Impotency in Your Past: 1991
  • Cover of Himplant: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Male Enhancement
  • Cover of A Matter of Size: by Prof. Gottfried Lemperle

His writing spans a patient handbook on impotence from 1991, a clinical guide to the implant he invented, and a memoir about faith in the operating room.

Asked to explain it on air and in print.

  • ABC News
  • NBC News Radio
  • Cosmopolitan
  • VICE
  • AskMen
  • Jezebel
  • The Woody Show

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