Penile Self-Surgery

Self-mutilation may be a more accurate description for this disturbing practice. According to an article^† published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, there have been several reported cases of men injecting fillers into their penis in an attempt at do-it-yourself penile augmentation.

The product, marketed under the name "1Super Extenze" (not to be confused with the Extenze Pills of TV infomercial notoriety), is apparently a composition of mineral oil and vitamin E which is designed to be injected directly into the penis. This can obviously lead to all sorts of medical problems, not to mention disfigurement, which then requires additional surgical intervention to repair.

"Injection of '1Super Extenze' into the penile shaft results in sclerosing lipogranulomas, which can cause severe sexual and urinary complications. Surgical resection of all grossly involved tissue with appropriate reconstruction can mitigate these problems. This series supports previous recommendations in the literature that men should avoid the use of non-medical foreign bodies and fillers as means of penile augmentation."

Source:^†Journal of Sexual Medicine / DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01980.x

Penis Injections

You may be wondering why any man would willingly inject a foreign substance into his own penis. The truth is that this type of treatment is in fact already used in some surgical penis augmentation procedures. It is primarily used for girth enlargement and involves the injection of fat or synthetic compounds into the penis in order to increase its thickness.

Keep in mind, even when performed in a sterile environment under professional supervision this type of treatment can still be dangerous. With cases of severe post-op complications being reported after having undergone penis girth injections, this specific procedure is certainly nothing to take lightly. It's also not to be attempted by self-proclaimed amateur surgeons looking for a quick fix to increase the size of their penis!

The unscrupulous behavior and negligence exhibited by the manufacturers of these self-injection kits is absolutely appalling. They cunningly appeal to those men seeking an easy solution to penis enlargement by using half-baked medical concepts to lure in trusting customers.

Let me be straightforward here – Injecting mineral oil into your penis will not increase its size. It can however lead to serious medical complications resulting in penile deformity or worse.

Whether performed by a surgeon or self-administered, penis enlargement injections remain a dangerous and unreliable practice. There are already several effective and safe home treatments that can significantly improve penis size and which won't compromise your health. Remember you only have one penis… don't take unnecessary risks that you will come to regret later!

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Penis Surgery

The decision to undergo any form of penile surgical procedure is not one to be made lightly. It should involve consulting with a qualified medical practitioner who is able to diagnose your condition and explain all the advantages, disadvantages and possible complications. That said, penile surgery is sometimes the only option available when less invasive medical treatments have been exhausted.

Understanding Penile Prostheses

A penile prosthesis is a surgically implanted device sometimes used in the treatment of medical conditions such as erectile dysfunction, penile trauma (accidental or intentional) and Peyronie's disease. The purpose of these devices is to artificially simulate an erection sufficient for penetration and sexual intercourse in cases where this would not normally be possible.

Types of penile implants:

• Rigid Prosthesis – an implant that is permanently erect
• Malleable/Semi-Rigid – these implants can be manually adjusted and bent into position
• Inflatable/Hydraulic – prostheses that operate through cylinders inserted into the penis which can be inflated or deflated on demand

While mechanical failure and certain complications including infections, erosion and urethral injury have been noted in the past, newer penile prosthesis technology has helped to create a safer and more effective device. These advances, however, do not address one of the major complaints commonly associated with their usage, namely that of a loss in penis size.

Penile Implants and Penis Size

Even though penile implants work to effectively produce "erections", their use does not have an effect on the glans itself. During a normal erection, the glans (penis head) hardens and swells in size which aids in penetration. Intercourse is often made more difficult without the help of this natural process.

Another side effect of using a penile prosthesis is that artificial erection size is generally smaller than that of a normally functioning penis. In general, men lose approximately 1-2 cm (.25-.75 in) in length as the penis is unable to achieve the rigidity of a naturally occurring erection. The combination of these factors is what often leads to a lowered level of satisfaction among penile implant recipients.

The Use of Penile Augmentation Surgery

A study^† published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine suggests that one way to counter the dissatisfaction experienced by penile prosthesis patients is by employing various augmentation techniques.

In a trial consisting of eighteen patients, eleven men underwent various surgical augmentation procedures (the remaining seven had their complaint relieved by counseling and the administration of PDE5 inhibitors). Of these eleven patients, two had elongation, girth augmentation, and glans injection; six had elongation and girth augmentation; and two had elongation and glans injection. With the exception of one patient who suffered graft loss, all patients indicated increased levels of satisfaction after the procedures were completed.

At the end of the study the researchers concluded:

"Implantation of a penile prosthesis may improve penile rigidity, yet may confound couple's satisfaction with penile size to variable degrees. Sex education may alleviate those concerns. In refractory cases, penile augmentation may enhance phallic size and increase patient/partner satisfaction."

Source:^†Journal of Sexual Medicine / DOI 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01723.x

For these men, surgical penis augmentation proved to be an effective means to remedy their displeasure with penis size. Their particular experience however should not be considered an endorsement of penis surgery for the singular use of increasing penis size.

In this case, specific circumstances precluded these men from employing any other means of natural penis enlargement. Undergoing penile augmentation surgery for the simple sake of vanity, where a man has an otherwise normally functioning penis, still remains a method in which the risks far outweigh the benefits.

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Girth Injections: Post-Op Complications

A new report^† published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine outlines some of the delayed complications associated with one surgical method of girth enlargement. This particular procedure involves injecting either fat or synthetic materials directly into the penis in order to increase the thickness of the shaft.

While this method of penis girth augmentation is not entirely new, the long term effects this type of operation has on the body are still not well understood. The above mentioned report documents one patient's experience with injection therapy and the resulting deformed subcutaneous mass that had to be excised from his penis.

Known Complications

• Foreign body migration
• Granulomatous reaction
• Resorption of tissue

Although this specific patient's condition was successfully corrected (i.e. the mass removed), his story still serves as a stark reminder of just how fragile and susceptible the human body is. Injecting external substances into the body in order to increase penis size is both dangerous and foolish. Not only does it put your health at risk, the possible side effects could potentially endanger your life itself.

Even with all the risks involved, it's a sad fact that every year sees a new group of men undergoing surgical penis augmentation. Most simply don't understand the ramifications or are unaware of other alternative natural therapies.

In reality, increasing girth (thickness) through the use of a specialized penis extender device is a far less intrusive solution, infinitely cheaper to accomplish and poses no extreme health risks whatsoever. You can learn more about the fundamentals of this process in our article entitled "How Penis Extenders Increase Width."

It is my hope that in the future more men will explore their options before committing to drastic procedures such as penile injection therapy. Could you live without your penis? Ask yourself that before you decide to go under the knife because that could very well be the consequence of your actions.

^†Delayed Complications of Gel Injection for Penile Girth Augmentation / DOI 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01262.x

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Below is a short clip taken from a documentary on penis size entitled "My Penis and Everyone Else's". This clip contains actual video footage of a penis enlargement procedure.

Warning: What you are about to view is extremely graphic in nature. Those faint of heart or weak of stomach should not watch.

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Phalloplasty, the technical term referring to artificial re-constructive modification of the penis, first began as a surgical remedy for a medical condition known as "micropenis." This congenital defect results in an abnormally small penis (less than 6 centimeters) and affects only a very small percentage of the male population. In subsequent years, the procedures and techniques involved in the surgery were redefined to focus specifically on increasing the length of the penis for purely cosmetic reasons.

Penis Lengthening

The refinement of penis lengthening procedures is largely credited to a surgeon from China named Long Daochao. Dr. Daochao's contribution involved severing the suspensory ligament that anchors the penis to the body. This was done in order to allow the penis to drop more down and forward thereby increasing the amount of shaft that projects outside of the body. While not actually increasing the length of the penis, this technique does give the appearance of making the penis longer.

Penis Widening

Not too long afterwards, a man by the name of Richardo Samitier began work on a specific technique designed to increase the thickness of the penis. A surgeon from Miami Florida, Dr. Samitier previously specialized in lip enlargements before shifting his focus to penis enlargement. His technique involved the use of liposuction to transfer fat from another part of the body and inject it directly underneath the skin of the penis. Although this technique did effectively increase width, it was plagued by problems involving the migration of fatty deposits which often resulted in misshapen penises.

Dermal Fat Grafts

To avoid fat migration, later refinements of this technique replaced pure fat injections with dermal fat grafts. This involves removing two narrow strips of flesh from a patient's abdomen or buttocks, sewing them together, and inserting the pieces beneath the skin through an incision near the penis head.

While this proved to be more effective at creating a smoother penis texture then when using pure fat injections alone, it can leave thick scarring on the penis and in the area where the flesh was originally removed.

Alloderm Grafts

The latest and most common method used today to increase penis thickness is to insert tissue harvested from cadavers beneath the skin of the penis. Called Alloderm Grafts, this technique is meant to avoid unnecessary scarring on the body and reduce the possibility of fat lumping by allowing blood cells to generate new tissue which is more naturally incorporated into the body.

The effectiveness of this technique is still questioned by many surgeons who believe the tissue will never properly amalgamate into the body. To date the FDA has still not approved the use of this harvested tissue.

Penis surgery has evolved quite a bit from the early days but there remains much skepticism in the medical community regarding its use for cosmetic enhancement. Although many surgeons still refuse to consider using such techniques on patients, there are others that specialize in the procedure. Incidentally, there are those who specialize in the repairing of botched operations. Regardless, surgical procedures designed to increase penis size are still being performed on men from around the world even today.

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While penile enlargement surgery is not new, it still remains a very controversial method due to the inherent risks involved and often unpredictable results. The surgery itself is comprised of two separate procedures; one to lengthen the penis and another to increase it's width.

Penile Lengthening

Surgical lengthening of the penis is achieved by making an incision at the base of the penis and cutting the ligament that anchors it to the pubic bone. By cutting the suspensory ligament, the portion of the penis that is normally hidden within the body is allowed to protrude. This allows more of the penis to be exposed and gives the illusion of more length. This procedure will usually add the appearance of anywhere from one to two inches in length.

Penile Widening

Penis widening is done to add girth (thickness) to the penis. This procedure requires the insertion of a filler material under the skin of the penis which can be accomplished in the following ways:

• Fat Transfer – involves taking fat cells from the lower abdomen or inner thighs via liposuction, purifying the cells and then injecting them directly beneath the penis skin.
• Dermal Augmentation – involves removing two strips of tissue (consisting of skin and under lying fat) from the crease of the buttocks, and then grafting these strips beneath the skin of the penis.
• Alloderm Graft – usually involves the layering of cadaver skin which has been treated and freeze-dried around the penis to build up the desired girth.

Both of these procedures are fairly expensive with penile lengthening ranging from $4,000 to $6,000 and penile widening from $7,000 to $10,000.

Unfortunately there is no guarantee regarding final penis size and these methods may also bring on post-operation complications including deformation, permanent numbness, infection, scarring, impotence and penis shortening. Some surgeons recommend traction devices or weights to be used after the stitches and incisions have healed to help sustain the increase in size. These methods expose the penis to a constant stretch which reduces the chance of retraction and allows the expansion of the skin and tissues that were not surgically modified. Many patients choose to maintain this traction for up to a 6 month period after surgery.

It should be noted that penis traction methods by themselves have been shown to significantly increase the size of the penis without the surgical procedure. While this does take a longer period of time than the relatively quick penis enlargement surgery, it is still infinitely safer and far less expensive.

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It's probably safe to say that while many men who are unsatisfied with their penis size have given thought to this procedure, most would never actually go through with it. In fact, if men knew the truth about exactly what could be expected from such drastic cosmetic alterations, I'm sure they would never even consider having it done.

Surgical penis enlargement is performed in two stages. In the first procedure, the ligament that anchors the penis to the pelvic bone is cut. This is done to allow the penis to extend further outward from the body and give the appearance of being longer.

Here's the first problem; without this ligament a penis can no longer point upward as it normally does when erect. Aside from physically looking abnormal, this also leaves the penis unstable and can make intercourse difficult.

In the second stage of surgical penis enlargement, fat cells are removed from an area of the body (often the abdomen or buttocks) and injected into the penis shaft. This is done to make the penis thicker.

Here's comes the second problem; injecting fat cells often causes lumps or bumps to appear on the penis. Not only does this make the penis appear disfigured but it will also feel strange during intercourse.

Actually this probably isn't that big of a deal considering that after about a year those bumps will usually disappear as the fat cells are reabsorbed into the body and the penis returns to it's original size. You read correctly… most of the "enlargement" gained from surgery is temporary! In fact, no medical journal has ever released a peer reviewed paper that showed any lasting results from this surgical enlargement procedure.

It's not hard to understand why neither the AUA (American Urological Association) nor the ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons) endorse this practice. Of course some plastic surgeons do make a pretty good living from repairing the damage done from this type of procedure.

Now at this point you're probably wondering why any man would subject himself to this operation at all. That's exactly what I was thinking when I left the surgeon's office – and I never ever considered it again.

The truth about surgical penis enlargement is that the solution is often far worse then the problem. There's no reason why anyone should have to undergo such a risky operation when true natural enlargement is possible with only a little effort and patience. Learn about some of the best recommendations for penis enlargement that don't require surgery.

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This type of procedure involves the complete surgical removal of the lump of plaque that develops on the penis due to Peyronie's and is designed to help straighten the penis in order to bring it back to its original shape. This approach is often recommended to patients who have large plaque deposits and severely bent penises. In this procedure, a surgeon removes the affected part of the Tunica Albuginea and replaces the plaque with a graft material of some type.

There are several different types of grafts that can be used to replace lost tissue. The first type is autograft tissue, which is tissue taken from the patient's own body during surgery. This is done to minimize the immunologic response to the graft and to ensure that the patient's body does not reject it.

Surgeons can also use synthetic inert substances, such as Dacron mesh or GORE-TEX instead of living tissue. Unfortunately, these artificial compounds tend to cause more scarring and also fibrosis, which is the formation of excessive connective tissue on the penis.

In some cases, doctors can use xenografts, which are foreign tissues, of human or animal origin. While these are widely available in hospitals, they are also prone to rejection by the body's immune system.

One common problem associated with penile surgical procedures to correct Peyronie's disease is a post-operative contraction that leads to a shortening of penis length. Because of this, it is wise for potential recipients to weigh the pros and cons of these types of surgery before undergoing it.

Another type of treatment for men suffering from Peyronie's disease is penile implants. While penile implants were once a popular recommendation for those suffering from erectile dysfunction, the advent of drugs to treat this condition has made their use less frequent. Implants, however, are still recommended by some physicians to those suffering from extreme curvature and for whom drugs do not help.

Penile implants are plastic cylinders, either solid or inflatable, which are surgically embedded within the Corpora Cavernosa. These cylinders are biocompatible in order to avoid triggering a response of the immune system which causes the body to reject the implants. The surgeon can either place the implants inside the penis and let them do the work of straightening the organ, or they can try to bend the penis against the plaque in order to increase the implants chance of successfully correcting the curvature.

Patients considering these types of invasive procedures should always be cautious. Premature or inadequate surgery has a high rate of failure and recurrence of the disease is possible. While it is true that patients who have undergone successful surgery are usually satisfied with the results, it only takes a single mistake to botch an operation. With penis surgery, there is no going back.

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The man pleaded guilty to a charge of "use of weapon of mass destruction." If you ask me it's the surgeon who performed this hack job that should be charged with "use of a weapon of penis destruction"!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning the actions taken by this man, but it is easy to understand how enraged someone might get in this situation. Imagine coming out of a phalloplasty operation expecting to have a bigger and sexier penis only to find that you are now the owner of a deformed penis. His lawyer contends that his client was mentally ill, but if that type of thing happened to me, well then you could just lock me up in a padded cell and throw away the key because I would have lost my mind too.

Of course you'd never find me in that position to begin with. Yes everyone wants a bigger penis and yes, many of us do obsess about it. But spending the time and effort to research and practice naturally proven enlargement methods is certainly a heck of a lot better than ending up like this guy.

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Basically phalloplasty consists of two separate procedures: one to increase the length of the penis and another to increase the girth or thickness.

Surgical lengthening of the penis is accomplished by cutting the ligament that supports erections. This allows the penis to extend forward and outward, exposing some of the penis that is normally hidden inside the body. The downside of this procedure is that the ligament which forces the penis to point upward in a normal erection can no longer do so and erections will then point downward.

Increasing penile girth surgically, on the other hand, is a much more complicated process. Girth, or thickness, is increased through several types of procedures including Alloderm Graft, Fat Transfer, and Dermal Augmentation. These methods involve harvesting fat cells or strips of tissue from other parts of the body and inserting or grafting this flesh directly to the penis.

It should be noted that these techniques often bring about unwanted complications and side effects. These may include infections, bleeding, bruising, painful scarring, reduced angle of erection making the penis susceptible to injury, re-absorption of fat cells leading to penile shortening, asymmetry and deformities, soft erections, permanent numbness, loss of sexual function, and impotence.

Aside from the inherent dangers and risks involved with phalloplasty, penile surgery is also very expensive. The costs associated with these various types of cosmetic penis augmentations can run anywhere from $3,000 to as much as $10,000.

Further complicating the issue, many times the size gained from surgery may be lost as a result of post-operative complications or improper post-operative care. Sometimes men who have had unsuccessful procedures will end up spending large sums of money on further cosmetic surgery in an attempt to restore their penis, oftentimes without success.

It is always advisable to seek out a natural method of enlarging your penis before committing to phalloplasty. While natural penis enlargement may be a more involved and time consuming solution, it is a far less expensive and infinitely safer route.

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