Penile Enlargement Procedures Turned Out To Be Dangerous And Almost Useless

Penile enlargement procedures turned out to be dangerous and almost useless

Both surgical and conservative penis enlargement procedures are risky and ineffective. Experts believe they should not be carried out. They leave not only physical but also psychological scars on many men, new research has shown. In addition, many men fall prey to charlatans.

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Penis enlargement procedures are risky and ineffective. Experts believe they should not be carried out. They leave not only physical but also psychological scars on many men, new research has shown. In addition, many men fall prey to charlatans.

According to British scientists, there is very little evidence that the procedures that are offered to men for penis enlargement actually give any result. In addition, these interventions carry a high risk of complications, including permanent numbness of the penis. Most men who have tried to enlarge their penis were unhappy with the results.

"The study showed that the overall results were poor, with low levels of satisfaction and a significant risk of serious complications, including penile deformity, shortening and erectile dysfunction," the authors said.

The results of the study are published in the journal Sexual Medicine Reviews. It was conducted by Gordon Muir, a urologist at King's College London Hospital, and researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurology at King's College London.

According to Dr. Muir, these procedures should not be performed. Although they cost up to £ 40,000 in the UK, men often end up with a disfigured penis as a result, and the overall satisfaction rate with these procedures does not exceed 20 percent.

The researchers reviewed 17 previous studies that evaluated 21 types of procedures, both surgical and non-surgical, performed by 1,192 men in the UK and abroad.

The two most common procedures are subcutaneous injections of fillers into the penis and surgery (ligamentomy) to transect the penile's supporting ligament. The supporting ligament goes deep into the pelvis and attaches to its bones. After crossing the ligament with a special device (extender), the inner part of the penis is pulled, increasing its visible part.

“The vast majority of men who wish to lengthen their penis actually have a fairly normal penis, but still consider it small,” Muir said.

Most of these procedures are carried out by private clinics; in British public clinics, such procedures are performed only for clinical and not cosmetic reasons, for example, when restoring the body after an injury.

Muir calls these private clinics "a bunch of charlatans who prey on vulnerable people," suggesting that such doctors undergo the procedure themselves.

“Many men who want to undergo a penis enlargement procedure have a medium-sized penis, but find this size inadequate. Unfortunately, some clinics ignore this fact. Private surgeons shouldn't do that. This is wrong from any point of view,”says Muir.

Often, men who want to enlarge their penis actually suffer from either psychological dysmorphic disorder or penile dysfunction, experiencing in both cases obsessive dissatisfaction with their appearance.