If you have a small penis, you may find yourself frantically Googling ways to enlarge your member.
A quick search reveals a number of weird tactics that men use – including medications, lotions and even vacuum devices.
But while Google is awash with penis enlargement advice, sadly, most of these tactics are simply myths, and won’t help to add length.
To help separate the fact from the fiction, Ms Francis Tilley, co-founder of the Androfill clinic in London has revealed which penis enlargement tactics work, and which are a waste of time.
Penis enlargement surgery
There are several penis enlargement surgeries available that can add both length and girth to the penis.
Surgery involves two main procedures – flaccid lengthening (which as the name suggests, adds length), and fat transfer surgery (which adds girth).
Speaking to Mirror Online, Ms Tilley explained: “Flaccid lengthening surgery means severing the suspensory and fundiform ligaments with the aim of allowing the penis to hang down/protrude lower from the body when flaccid.”
While this will add length to your flaccid penis, sadly you’ll see no change in erect penis length.
And worrying, the most common complication of this surgery is shortening of the erect penis length, which somewhat defeats the purpose!
Meanwhile, fat transfer surgery involves liposuction of fat from the abdomen, which is purified and reinjected into the penis.
However, Ms Tilley explained that the texture of the fat can be an issue.
She said: “The texture of fat makes fat a better material for injection into softer areas of the body such as the breasts and buttocks, rather than into the penis…an area which needs to be hard when erect and has no fat in it to begin with.”
While both of these surgeries are available at private clinics, Ms Tilley advises against them.
She explained: “Although we offer ligamentolysis and fat transfer we steer patients towards safer and more effective alternatives based on Hyaluronic acid.
“I do not feel that either of the main surgical options are currently worth the risk, I see the non-surgical options as worthwhile as they do not require surgery and are based on a safe and reversible filler.”
The surgeries also come with hefty price-tags. At the Androfill clinic, flaccid length surgery alone costs £4,500, while length and girth surgery cost £5,500!
Another alternative surgery is possible for overweight patients, and thankfully it’s largely free from complications.
The surgery involves liposuction of fat from the ‘pubic fat pad’ – the excessive fat that overhangs the penis. While this doesn’t physically make the penis bigger, it creates an illusion that it’s larger than it is.
Penis extenders
Aside from surgery, the only other penis enlargement technique that works is penis extenders, according to Ms Tilley.
She explained: “There is scientific validity to the process of stretching tissue under sustained tension, and they are mostly harmless.”
However, penis extenders require high levels of time and commitment to see any differences.
Patients have to wear the extenders for over 3,000 hours to see any change, and they don’t exactly look comfortable.
Ms Tilley added: “Some achieve up to 1 inch wearing the devices for many months or even years.”
Pills and lotions
From Amazon to eBay, many online sites sell pills and lotions that claim to enlarge your penis.
But according to sexual medicine consultant, Professor Kevan Wylie, they’re a waste of time.
Speaking to the NHS, he explained: “Pills and lotions have no proven benefit. If they were effective, they would be on sale at chemists.”
“Using a lotion may help a man become more familiar with his penis, which some men shy away from. So lotions can help a man become more comfortable with his penis but they certainly won't make it any bigger.”
And while drugs such as Viagra temporarily make your penis look bigger, they don't change the physical length.
Speaking to Mirror Online, Dr Amr Raheem, from the International Andrology clinic in London, explained: "Some of these products are used to treat erectile dysfunction and may result in a firmer erection, hence creating the illusion of a bigger penis, but do not actually change penile size."
Vacuum devices
As their name suggests, penis pumps are tube-like devices that are placed on the penis, before being pumped to create a vacuum.
While this action draws blood into the penis, making it swell, the changes are only temporary.
Professor Wylie said: “There's very little evidence that these devices cause any significant long-term gain in size. Using a pump for a few minutes a day won't do anything to increase penis size."
Jelqing
One of the more unusual techniques you might spot online is ‘jelqing’ – an exercise that involves repeatedly pulling the flaccid penis using the thumb and index finger.
Like lotions, this technique can help you to become more familiar with your penis, but sadly it does nothing to increase length.
Professor Wylie added: “This technique can help some men better appreciate the considerable difference in size between a flaccid penis and an erect one, which helps them become more comfortable with their body.
“But there's no scientific evidence to suggest jelqing can increase penis size."
Who is suitable for penis enlargement?
Over the last three years, there has been a boost in the number of people enquiring about penis enlargement, Dr Raheem explained.
He said: "At our Harley street clinic we examine around 150-200 patients a month, but only around 10-20% of them will opt to undergo surgery.
"The most important aspect of this process is to make sure that patients that opt for this type of operation are thoroughly consulted so that they are fully informed and know what to expect in terms of the risks and also the functional and aesthetic results of these types of operations.
"It is important that we understand the psychology of a patient seeking this treatment (or any treatment for that matter) in order to understand the reasons."
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