A man who said he became convinced by online adverts for penis enlargement suddenly faced life-threatening health issues – ‘Jorge’ faced the possibility he could lose his penis
A man was left fighting for his life because of how much he had changed his penis. The unfortunate gent, named Jorge, needed two surgeries to reconstruct his penis following attempts to alter it for cosmetic purposes.
Jorge, not his real name, said he had become “convinced” by dodgy advertisements that promised they could enlarge his penis. The Brazilian local travelled to the city of São Paulo in 2015 to have two lots of fillers put in to try and enhance his manhood. He explained: “In mid-2005, I was convinced by advertisements published in newspapers and magazines that promised penis enlargement.”
Speaking to BBC Brasil, he added: “I decided to travel to São Paulo and had PMMA applied in a well-hidden clinic. I didn’t even know if the professional who treated me was a doctor.”
He liked the results, but was left wanting more ten years later. He underwent a second injection in his home region, Brazil’s Federal District.
Again pleased with his altered appendage, Jorge went back for more three years later. He saw two doctors and one of them spoke to him about applying some filler to his scrotum and even another extensive procedure.
Jorge says this is when his “big drama” began. Two years after the procedure, he began to suffer recurring inflammation in his pelvis. When this occurred, his scrotum would double in size.
“The doctors had to apply [anti-inflammatory drugs] directly into my scrotum,” he recalled, describing the painful time. Eventually, wounds began to appear.
“It was as if my body wanted to expel that PMMA somehow,” Jorge said, referring to the type of filler, Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) used. It soon became clear he might soon lose his penis as the situation worsened.
Jorge needed to have the PMMA filler removed, while the areas of his sexual organ affected by the problem needed reconstructing. The first procedure, on his scrotum, took place last year.
Then, Jorge had a second operationin April this year. “It was possible to heal the wounds and remove a good part of the PMMA,” he said, adding he has been able to recover some self-esteem.
He urged others to “avoid fantastical propaganda” and seek “reliable information” before going ahead with any procedure on their penis. He added people should try not to have “vanity” and act like an “imbecile”.
Doctors said problems experienced by Jorge have become more common recently. Specialist Dr Flávio Rezende said men were hit with dodgy adds for years over strange ways to enlarge their penis.
“There were advertisements for massage creams, vacuum pumps,” the doc, a member of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, said. “Throughout their lives, many individuals had no real possibility of treatment.”