Conditions
Buried Penis
A buried penis occurs where the shaft of the penis is literally buried under excess skin and fat – often as a result of obesity and significant weight loss.
Although size isn’t meant to matter when a man’s endowment isn’t big enough to use it definitely becomes an issue for him. Believe it or not, it’s thought that up to 1 out of every 200 men is born with what’s medically known as ‘micro-penis’. Micro penis is as simple as it sounds – the sufferer’s penis is considerably smaller than anyone’s estimate of ‘average’. It’s an exclusive club and members (pun intended) need to be less than 7 centimetres to join. Whilst the free Wi-Fi and friendly bar staff may be great perks of the clubhouse it also has its downsides; those with micro penis may (though not always) have trouble urinating and having sexual intercourse. Whilst there is no real health risk it clearly has detrimental effects on a man’s personal life often resulting in serious confidence issues such as low self esteem which could in turn lead to a more serious mental illness like depression. There are a number of potential causes for the condition such as a congenital growth hormone deficiency, a reduced rate of androgen production, inadequate levels of testosterone at 2nd and 3rd stages of pregnancy and the inability to respond to testosterone in general. Micro penis is often noticed at a young age and can therefore be treated with hormone therapy which would typically use injections of testosterone and human chorionic gonadotropin. However if it goes unnoticed treatment in adulthood is far more complicated but new research has refined a surgical process called phalloplasty which involves taking skin from the patient’s forearm to make a penis with, fitting it with a plastic urethra and inflatable mechanism to enable erections. Whilst this might sound daunting it still sounds more appealing than an old solution which saw doctors recommend that parents bring their micro penis inflicted baby boys up as baby girls. Yikes.
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My son is 7years old and his penis cannot be seen at all. only foreskin. He weighs just over 6 stone. His penis has been this way since birth been this way since birth. One doctor told me that he has an embedded penis. He gets itchy and sore and has problems going to the toilet at times. Please help as I would like to get this problem rectified as soon as possible.
hi i was circumcised a few years ago and i think it was stitched up to tight now my penis is buried and my confidence is at a all time low ive been deressed about it, i was wondering if there is anything i can do to help with this situation?
what kind of help are you offering?
im 15 and have a buried penis i weigh around 11 stone. i lack in confidence a lot can you help at all?
Is penile shortening reversible? Had a hernia op 5 years ago and lost about 30% of penile length.
I'm 15 and currently overweight weighting around 12 stone, i have a overhanging belly which i assume is causing my penis unerected to be under 2 inches. Iv'e never masterbated as it's so small, i think iv'e got an irriection before and when have its still not been over 2 inches. I have no idea what to do about my problem it's knocking my confidence completely, and i have no-one to speak to about it. Please comment back on solutions.
embarrassing bodies need to look at this comment section and see there is a lot of people suffering. there needs to be a campaign or something to help us people with this problem. we need HELP. it's hard to just 'live with it'. im getting suicidal because i have no bulge and am a virgin still at 22, and scared to interact with females and play sports....HELP US!
Is there any pills or cream for penis enlargement... or do they accually work???
My name is John, im 47, i had a gastric bypass 2 years ago and have lost 10stone, i am now left with a huge amount of saggy loose skin which interferes with aspects of my life, soreness, itching, bleeding and most of all my sex life, where my loose skin hangs down i find it difficult to have sex as my stomach gets in the way, please help, it causes problems with my partner
about 7 yrs ago i had a normal size penis. the forskin was always cracking around the tip and was told the band was to tight and i needed to be circumsised, i went and the op but the surgen let his understudy and cut using sisscors so i was told he didn't get the all the extra tight skin and when sewing back up because of the sissor shape couldn't sew stright so had cross sticthing. went back to see specailist and before i could say anything was took back in and redone.they took more forskin off and pulled the skin forward from the what they called the saddle, from that day forward i'v not had sex my penis is burried in the saddle i can only get semi erect then only about 1 or inch. but when asleep the morning glory gives me about 4 inchs erect. i'v been to doc's and all they say is ur overweight lose weight and it will be ok no help there. i know i'm over weight on medication for the rest of my life for psoriatic arthrist,my blood pessure is a little high but has been since i was 13 now 46. i'm not diabetic been tested loads my colestral is below 3.8 i eat healty and work full time, my wife has been great stood by me and still does even though no sex.no doc's are intrested because i'm not ill but i'm fed up with having to go into cubicals to wee and when sitting down having to make sure wee go down not through the gap and on me and the floor. i.v tried pumps they just hurt tablets to help erection give me mirgrain an blocked airways in my nose any help i give up !!! i would apply for the show but in my job is a lot of contact with public and life is bad enough already
hi my name is rich im 27 i have the same problem i was told the same by my doc in 1994 witch they done the opp years down the line i had to have the same opp they never done the opp properly in the first place so in 2006 i had to have the opp done all over again for the first time since 1994 i had a smile on my face that was short lived when all the dressing came of i nerly cryed as i found out it was 2inc smaller than what it was when i went in also they y used the wrong stitch and mad a right mess with live skin hanging off this put a big downer on my life sex went out the in 2006 been to the doc and just get told its fine nothing to worry about and just get told to lose weight i have been losing the weight but when i think of the opp dont take long for the depessive mood to kick and the weight to gain if women can get help on the nhs with there body parts whe is it much j harder for men.
I'm 36 and have a small penis it has stopped me doing alot of things. I have no confidence and it's really getting me down big time. I'm single and find it so hard to have a relationship can any one help me please !!
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