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Doctor says she’s seen a surge in men asking for penis injections to last longer in bed in lockdown

Ellen Scott

This article is a repost which originally appeared on Metro News

Dr Shirin Lakhani says she receives five enquiries a day about penis injections

Could time in lockdown be upping the pressure for men to last longer in bed and have rock-hard erections at a moment’s notice?

A leading intimate health specialist and doctor, Dr Shirin Lakhani, says she’s seen a dramatic rise in enquiries for her P-shot procedure – a treatment that sees blood injected into the penis – since lockdown came into place.

She reckons this may be down to all the stress of the pandemic – from lost income to health-related anxieties – causing erectile issues and other struggles in bed, along with dips in sex drives.

But she also believes that all the time cooped up at home might allow previously hidden sexual issues to become apparent to the person’s partner.

As a result, Dr Lakhani has seen a huge increase in the number of men getting in touch to ask about her treatment, receiving five enquiries a day since lockdown began.

The P-shot procedure, also known as the Priapus Shot, involves injecting the penis with a patient’s own platelet rich plasma, which it’s thought can stimulate the growth of new tissue and increase blood flow, thus strengthening erections and enhancing the penis’s appearance, too.

It’s similar to the vampire facial you’ve likely heard about… except the needle is going into your penis instead of your face.

The treatment costs £1,200, so yes, it’s on the pricey side.

‘A lot of the men I’m hearing from have struggled with sexual intercourse for years but have until now managed to hide the fact that they are unable to get an erection or can’t ejaculate,’ says Dr Lakhani. ‘Before lockdown they managed to hide their problem behind the fact that they were tired from work or because they were physically away a lot due to work.

‘Now though with the country stuck in lockdown problems such as these are impossible to ignore.

‘Once upon a time sexual dysfunction, or the difficulty by an individual or couple during any normal sexual activity, including pleasure, desire, preference, arousal or orgasm, was very much a taboo subject.

‘At times like this people are turning to social media more and beginning to realise how many options there are out there to help treat sexual dysfunction. And with studies showing that at least a third of us have experienced these types of problems at some point in our lives, it’s certainly widespread.

The P-shot is among a large swell in cosmetic procedures aimed squarely at boosting men’s genitals, from one type of injection that a surgeon claims can increase the size of a penis by two inches to the trend for getting filler to make the testicles larger.

If you do choose to go down the route of injections or other cosmetic treatments, remember that these are medical treatments that need to be done by a professional in a safe and sanitised setting. Just because we’re talking about injections rather than in-depth surgery doesn’t mean the risks disappear, and getting shots from a dodgy practitioner could leave you with far more severe penis problems than you started with.

But while such cosmetic treatments could help to tweak certain parts of a man’s appearance and sexual performance, it’s vital to explore all options before rushing into any procedure. Longterm difficulties getting or maintaining an erection can be caused by all sorts of factors, including depression, stress, heart disease, and high cholesterol – all of which need addressing by a medical professional.

If erectile dysfunction is a symptom of another issue, it’s crucial to talk to your GP to get to the root of the problem rather than just tackling one more obvious way an illness might be rearing its head.
Plus, you could end up saving yourself time, pain, and money by figuring out a more obvious cause and solution for problems in the bedroom – reducing your stress levels and improving communication with your partner are both free, FYI.

‘The main thing is that in this day and age no man should suffer these symptoms in silence,’ says Dr Lakhani. ‘They can not only impact on a man physically but also over a prolonged period of time place a huge pressure on mental health.

‘Being comfortable in your own skin is a major factor in promoting sexual health. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about body confidence, good health and communication with your partner.

‘Many men and women don’t talk about their intimate health and find it embarrassing to seek help but it doesn’t have to be a taboo subject.

‘We should feel comfortable enough to talk about the issues we experience with intimate health and everyone should be allowed to enjoy sex.’

 

This Man Tried to Enlarge His Penis by Injecting It With Petroleum Jelly—and It Went Dangerously Wrong

This Man Tried to Enlarge His Penis by Injecting It With Petroleum Jelly—and It Went Dangerously Wrong

His DIY penis enhancement landed him in the hospital for a month.

By Jessica Migala

* This article is a repost which originally appeared on Health

Consider this your public service announcement for the day, something you might want to pass along to the guys in your life: Don’t inject petroleum jelly into your penis in an effort to make it larger.

One 45-year-old man living in the South Pacific learned that the hard way after he came down with gangrene on his penis. Yes, gangrene—a condition that causes body tissue to rot away. Details of this man’s diagnosis is newly published in the medical journal Urology Case Reports.

Wait—record scratch. How did this happen?

As the case report details, the man went to the ER with a “severe deformity of the shaft of the penis, which had been progressively worsening over the course of five days,” the authors wrote. The man said that his shaft was itchy and bled when he scratched it. After the area began to swell and he started feeling weak and feverish, he went to the ER.

The ER reported his symptoms as a fever of 101 degrees F and a fast heart rate. His penis also had necrotic skin, aka dead tissue.

Doctors thought they knew what was responsible for his symptoms: The man explained that two years earlier, he injected petroleum jelly into the shaft of his penis because he thought that would make his penis bigger. (The authors wrote that in some parts of the world, this is a common thing for men do.)

The docs opened up his penis to drain pus and fluid. They reported finding a lot of petroleum jelly around the shaft, which they removed. They diagnosed him with a type of gangrene called Fournier’s gangrene, which basically means gangrene of the genitals. Blood tests also were positive for staph and other bacteria.

Petroleum jelly is often recommended by dermatologists as a top-notch moisturizer, and it certainly seems harmless on skin. But it’s not harmless when it’s injected under the skin, and it’s safe to say that no doctor has ever given the go-ahead to inject it into the penis, especially as a way to make it bigger.

The petroleum jelly in the shaft was bad enough, but the authors of the case report explain that the man made things worse by scratching his penis, breaking the skin, and introducing the bacteria that sparked the infection. That eventually cut off blood supply to tissues and lead to Fournier’s gangrene, the researchers explained.

To treat Fournier’s gangrene, the man spent time in the intensive care unit taking antibiotics. He then was visited by plastic surgeons, who did skin grafts on his penis to replace the dead tissue. After a month, he was discharged from the hospital—*and his case report serves as something of a warning for any guy thinking of trying his own DIY penis enlargement.

*Editor’s note: For information on safe, healthy penis enlargement alternatives check out PEGym!