A 17-year-old boy’s penis grew so large that he couldn’t partake in sport or sex activities.
The teenager had suffered from several bouts of priapism – an unwanted erection, due to having a condition in which abnormally-shaped blood cells block vessels in the penis, causing it to swell. These episodes had left his penis bloated and misshapen.
He said he was unable to have sex or play competitive sport, had difficulty wearing his pants due to his “large and heavy phallus”, and was embarrassed by how visible it appeared underneath regular clothing.
Though his penis was so large, it did not grow when he had erections – it merely became firmer.
Surgeons where stunned when the boy came to complain that his penis was so big.
When limp, the penis measured almost seven inches in length and had a circumference of 10 inches. Surgeons described it as being shaped like an American football.
The American teen’s request for surgery was granted as he underwent the world’s first penis reduction surgery
The surgeon who treated the unnamed American teen Rafael Carrion said that he and his team couldn’t find any precedent for what to do.
“Lord knows there’s a global race on how to make it longer and thicker in plastic surgery circles, but very little on how to make it smaller,” Carrion who is a urologist at the University of South Florida told Daily Mail.
The surgeons however decided to embark on a surgical technique normally used to treat Peyronie’s disease, a condition where scar tissue develops along the penis, causing it to bend.
“It was a bit like having two side tummy-tucks – that’s how we explained it to him,” said Dr Carrion.
The teenager spent just two days in hospital before returning homes satisfied with the result.
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