Penis enlargement

doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7486.280

BMJ 2005;330:280 (5 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7486.280

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Penis enlargement

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Can a man increase the size of his penis?

Frank Martin, student

I presume you are asking about increasing the size of the erectphallus rather than asking about erectile dysfunction.

It is possible to surgically increase the size of an erect (andflaccid, for that matter) penis, but it should not be undertakenlightly, as it is by no means guaranteed to produce the resultone might be hoping for.

Length can be added by division of the penile suspensory ligamentthat tethers the penis to the pubic arch. This sounds like asimple solution, but remember the ligament was there for a reason.Dividing it will allow the penis to fall away from the pubis,giving some length (a couple of centimetres), but at a lossof the normal "angle" at erection. Also, this does not lengthenthe skin, and so the peripenile pubic skin is often pulled ontothe shaft . . . [Full text of this article]

John F Bolton, clinical fellow in urology

Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol