Hey guys! Don’t get conned by penis enlargement claims!
News that matters in Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY: The following excerpt was lifted from WebMD, an article by R. Morgan Griffin:
"Every guy knows pumps, pills, exercises, and surgery won’t build bigger penises -- Or do they?
By R. Morgan Griffin
FROM THE WEBMD ARCHIVES
Guys, be honest: Do you wish you were bigger? Almost certainly, the answer is yes.
"I think there isn't a guy in the world who hasn't wished his penis were an inch or two longer," says Michael O'Leary, MD, professor of urologic surgery at Harvard Medical School and a urologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
However, after more than a century of generally dubious and sometimes lunatic penis enlargement attempts, there's still not much you can do. Sure, there are lots and lots of supposed options out there -- penis pills, creams, brutal stretching exercises, horrific-looking devices, and penis surgery. Almost none of it works. The few approaches that can work often have modest benefits and serious side effects. How serious? In some cases, erectile dysfunction-serious.
"Trust me, if I knew of a way to safely and effectively increase penis size, I'd be a billionaire," O'Leary tells WebMD. "But I don't. Nobody does."
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| Image for illustration only. For image text, go to https://visual.ly/community/infographic/health/top-10-countries-penis-enlargement-procedures https://www.webmd.com/men/guide/penis-enlargement-does-it-work#1 (Penis Enlargement: Does It Work?) |
Hey guys! Don’t get conned by penis enlargement claims!
PORT MORESBY: The following excerpt was lifted from WebMD, an article by R. Morgan Griffin:
"Every guy knows pumps, pills, exercises, and surgery won’t build bigger penises -- Or do they?
By R. Morgan Griffin
FROM THE WEBMD ARCHIVES
Guys, be honest: Do you wish you were bigger? Almost certainly, the answer is yes.
"I think there isn't a guy in the world who hasn't wished his penis were an inch or two longer," says Michael O'Leary, MD, professor of urologic surgery at Harvard Medical School and a urologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
However, after more than a century of generally dubious and sometimes lunatic penis enlargement attempts, there's still not much you can do. Sure, there are lots and lots of supposed options out there -- penis pills, creams, brutal stretching exercises, horrific-looking devices, and penis surgery. Almost none of it works. The few approaches that can work often have modest benefits and serious side effects. How serious? In some cases, erectile dysfunction-serious.
"Trust me, if I knew of a way to safely and effectively increase penis size, I'd be a billionaire," O'Leary tells WebMD. "But I don't. Nobody does."
And it is a huge problem in Papua New Guinea, with one clinic reportedly treating at least 500 men in the past two years with penile disfigurement and dysfunction from injections gone wrong!
Read on for the details:
Botched penis enlargements: Papua New Guinea doctors warn of nationwide problem
One clinic has treated at least 500 men in past two years with penile disfigurement and dysfunction from injections gone wrong
Kate Lyons
@MsKateLyons
Fri 12 Apr 2019 01.16 BSTLast modified on Fri 12 Apr 2019 01.17 BST
Doctors in Papua New Guinea have warned of a “nationwide problem” of men injecting foreign substances, including coconut oil and silicone, into their penises in an attempt to make them bigger.
A doctor at the Port Moresby General Hospital said that over the last two years his clinic has treated at least 500 men with penile disfigurement and dysfunction as a result of injections.
“I have seen five new cases every week for the past two years and these are the ones that have come forward for treatment. We don’t know how many of them are out there,” said Akule Danlop, a surgeon at the hospital. “I saw seven today.”
The substances injected include coconut oil, baby oil, silicone and cooking oil and the side effects are serious, sometimes irreversible.
“The bulk of them have abnormal, lumpy masses growing over the penis and sometimes involving the scrotum. A good number are coming in with ulcers; they eventually burst open,” said Danlop. “Some of them have difficulty urinating because the foreskin is so swollen it cannot contract.”
Danlop has had to operate on about 90 men to deal with swelling and abnormal lumps or to repair damage to the erectile muscle. In a few cases, men have had problems getting erections after surgery.
“Predominantly they regret what they have done,” said Danlop.
The men who present for treatment span all social groups and are usually aged 18-40, says Danlop, though he has treated teenagers as young as 16 and men over 55.
“There are guys who are in respectable jobs like working at law firms,” he said. “It’s right across PNG, it’s not only [in the capital] Moresby.” Danlop said that a symposium last year, there were surgical reports of these cases from all over the country, including Lae, Vanimo, Madang, and Goroka provinces.
Glen Mola, professor of reproductive health, obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of PNG, said men were being “conned” into these harmful practices by people feeding off their insecurities.
“I don’t think it’s particularly a PNG thing, in every society, adolescents and young men have a thing about their penis,” said Mola.
“Lots of young men are being conned … to pay some money to be enlarged and sustaining quite serious injuries,” said Mola. “It doesn’t do what it’s purported to do and can cause terrible damage, and can mean in some cases that you can’t have sex anymore.”
Mola says the injections were often performed by health workers.
“It’s male nurses mainly I think. These people are doing it off license of course. It’s nothing to do with their regular job. They’re making money on the side. It’s a sort of hype: ‘I can do this for you, I can produce something big for you.’ They fall for this.”
Danlop and other doctors are collecting data from the men they treat in order to find out more about why they are being injected and whether exposure to pornography has affected their decision.
“Mainly the reason they’ve said is to increase the length and the girth of it to enhance their sexual experience with their partner.”
Danlop and Mola said there was a great deal of ignorance that needed to be overcome, and they were trying to raise awareness of the dangers of the injections through newspaper articles and information sessions.
For Danlop, the only surgeon who can surgically treat these sorts of cases in Port Moresby, the situation is frustrating.
“There’s cancer, there are other conditions [that need treatment]. It’s a bit frustrating to see these cases when you have other people who deserve [help] and then these people are causing themselves harm, they do it to themselves.” - The Guardian
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Papua New Guinea is dealing with a dangerous penis enlargement epidemic
By Alexandra Klausner
April 12, 2019 | 4:26pm | Updated
The rise in botched penis enlargement procedures in Papua New Guinea has become so concerning that it has prompted doctors to warn of a “nationwide problem.”
Men in the southwestern Pacific country are injecting themselves with substances like silicone and coconut oil in an attempt to make their genitals larger, The Guardian reported.
The problem is so rampant in the region that Akule Danlop, a doctor at Port Moresby General Hospital, said he’s seen as many as 500 patients with botched injections in recent years — and treated seven patients with the problem just the other day.
“I have seen five new cases every week for the past two years and these are the ones that have come forward for treatment,” Danlop said.
Danlop’s operated on at least 90 men to treat deformities as a result of injections — some of whom lose their ability to have an erection following the procedure.
“The bulk of them have abnormal, lumpy masses growing over the penis and sometimes involving the scrotum. A good number are coming in with ulcers; they eventually burst open,” said Danlop. “Some of them have difficulty urinating because the foreskin is so swollen it cannot contract.”
The victims of botched injections come from all walks of life, but Danlop said a majority of them are between the ages of 18 to 40. Although, he has seen patients as young as 16 and as old as 55.
These injections aren’t just creating problems for patients, they’re draining medical resources and making it difficult to care for other patients with diseases.
Danlop is reportedly the only surgeon in the region capable of treating the problem, and it’s taking up a lot of his time.
“There’s cancer, there are other conditions [that need treatment]. It’s a bit frustrating to see these cases when you have other people who deserve [help] and then these people are causing themselves harm, they do it to themselves,” he said.
Adding weight to the problem is that several of those performing the procedures are shady medical professionals trying to make money on the side.
“Lots of young men are being conned … to pay some money to be enlarged and sustaining quite serious injuries,” Glen Mola, professor of reproductive health, obstetrics and gynecology at the University of PNG, said.
“It doesn’t do what it’s purported to do and can cause terrible damage, and can mean in some cases that you can’t have sex anymore.”
But Mola said Papua New Guinea isn’t the only place where men are subjecting themselves to harmful procedures in a bid to feel better about themselves.
“I don’t think it’s particularly a PNG thing, in every society, adolescents and young men have a thing about their penis,” he said.
Earlier this year, Jack Chapman, a 28-year-old Australian living in Seattle, died from fatal bleeding as a result of silicone injections in his genitals. - New York Post
Read on for the details:
Botched penis enlargements attract warning
By Rebecca KukuNATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has called on men in the city to refrain from using penis enlargement chemicals and injections, saying size doesn’t matter.
He said although there was no law against it, men should be concerned about their health.
He was responding to reports of local men injecting various chemicals and liquid such as coconut oil into their penises in the hope to enlarge them. The reports quoting a local doctor who claimed to have treated more than 500 men complaining of pain and health problems after injecting themselves.
The reports published in the overseas New York Post and The Guardian newspapers quoted the doctor as saying he was still seeing more men with complications after the botched attempt to enlarge their penis.
Parkop said men should accept what the Lord had blessed them with and not to inject foreign stuff into their penis.
“You can do botex, or wear extensions, or do penile enlargements. It’s a freedom of choice so I am not telling you that you can’t do it,” Parkop said.
“I’m asking you to refrain out of concern for your wellbeing. So it’s entirely up to you. But you should know that your health and wellbeing are more important than the size.”
Meanwhile, Police Minister Jelta Wong has warned that bringing sex toys, pornographic materials and medicines for penis enlargements into the country was illegal.
Wong made this statement following reports of an increase in use of pornographic materials, sex toys and medicines for penile enlargements.
“Both the Immigration and Border Protection Minister, Petrus Thomas and I condemn such actions and warn those who are importing such things that it is illegal.”
He said although there was no law against it, men should be concerned about their health.
He was responding to reports of local men injecting various chemicals and liquid such as coconut oil into their penises in the hope to enlarge them. The reports quoting a local doctor who claimed to have treated more than 500 men complaining of pain and health problems after injecting themselves.
The reports published in the overseas New York Post and The Guardian newspapers quoted the doctor as saying he was still seeing more men with complications after the botched attempt to enlarge their penis.
Parkop said men should accept what the Lord had blessed them with and not to inject foreign stuff into their penis.
“You can do botex, or wear extensions, or do penile enlargements. It’s a freedom of choice so I am not telling you that you can’t do it,” Parkop said.
“I’m asking you to refrain out of concern for your wellbeing. So it’s entirely up to you. But you should know that your health and wellbeing are more important than the size.”
Meanwhile, Police Minister Jelta Wong has warned that bringing sex toys, pornographic materials and medicines for penis enlargements into the country was illegal.
Wong made this statement following reports of an increase in use of pornographic materials, sex toys and medicines for penile enlargements.
“Both the Immigration and Border Protection Minister, Petrus Thomas and I condemn such actions and warn those who are importing such things that it is illegal.”
Botched penis enlargements: Papua New Guinea doctors warn of nationwide problem
One clinic has treated at least 500 men in past two years with penile disfigurement and dysfunction from injections gone wrong
Kate Lyons
@MsKateLyons
Fri 12 Apr 2019 01.16 BSTLast modified on Fri 12 Apr 2019 01.17 BST
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| The problem is not confined to the capital, Port Moresby, doctors have said. Photograph: Alan Porritt/AAP |
A doctor at the Port Moresby General Hospital said that over the last two years his clinic has treated at least 500 men with penile disfigurement and dysfunction as a result of injections.
“I have seen five new cases every week for the past two years and these are the ones that have come forward for treatment. We don’t know how many of them are out there,” said Akule Danlop, a surgeon at the hospital. “I saw seven today.”
The substances injected include coconut oil, baby oil, silicone and cooking oil and the side effects are serious, sometimes irreversible.
“The bulk of them have abnormal, lumpy masses growing over the penis and sometimes involving the scrotum. A good number are coming in with ulcers; they eventually burst open,” said Danlop. “Some of them have difficulty urinating because the foreskin is so swollen it cannot contract.”
Danlop has had to operate on about 90 men to deal with swelling and abnormal lumps or to repair damage to the erectile muscle. In a few cases, men have had problems getting erections after surgery.
“Predominantly they regret what they have done,” said Danlop.
The men who present for treatment span all social groups and are usually aged 18-40, says Danlop, though he has treated teenagers as young as 16 and men over 55.
“There are guys who are in respectable jobs like working at law firms,” he said. “It’s right across PNG, it’s not only [in the capital] Moresby.” Danlop said that a symposium last year, there were surgical reports of these cases from all over the country, including Lae, Vanimo, Madang, and Goroka provinces.
Glen Mola, professor of reproductive health, obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of PNG, said men were being “conned” into these harmful practices by people feeding off their insecurities.
“I don’t think it’s particularly a PNG thing, in every society, adolescents and young men have a thing about their penis,” said Mola.
“Lots of young men are being conned … to pay some money to be enlarged and sustaining quite serious injuries,” said Mola. “It doesn’t do what it’s purported to do and can cause terrible damage, and can mean in some cases that you can’t have sex anymore.”
Mola says the injections were often performed by health workers.
“It’s male nurses mainly I think. These people are doing it off license of course. It’s nothing to do with their regular job. They’re making money on the side. It’s a sort of hype: ‘I can do this for you, I can produce something big for you.’ They fall for this.”
Danlop and other doctors are collecting data from the men they treat in order to find out more about why they are being injected and whether exposure to pornography has affected their decision.
“Mainly the reason they’ve said is to increase the length and the girth of it to enhance their sexual experience with their partner.”
Danlop and Mola said there was a great deal of ignorance that needed to be overcome, and they were trying to raise awareness of the dangers of the injections through newspaper articles and information sessions.
For Danlop, the only surgeon who can surgically treat these sorts of cases in Port Moresby, the situation is frustrating.
“There’s cancer, there are other conditions [that need treatment]. It’s a bit frustrating to see these cases when you have other people who deserve [help] and then these people are causing themselves harm, they do it to themselves.” - The Guardian
LIVING
Papua New Guinea is dealing with a dangerous penis enlargement epidemic
By Alexandra Klausner
April 12, 2019 | 4:26pm | Updated
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| Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea Shutterstock |
Men in the southwestern Pacific country are injecting themselves with substances like silicone and coconut oil in an attempt to make their genitals larger, The Guardian reported.
The problem is so rampant in the region that Akule Danlop, a doctor at Port Moresby General Hospital, said he’s seen as many as 500 patients with botched injections in recent years — and treated seven patients with the problem just the other day.
“I have seen five new cases every week for the past two years and these are the ones that have come forward for treatment,” Danlop said.
Danlop’s operated on at least 90 men to treat deformities as a result of injections — some of whom lose their ability to have an erection following the procedure.
“The bulk of them have abnormal, lumpy masses growing over the penis and sometimes involving the scrotum. A good number are coming in with ulcers; they eventually burst open,” said Danlop. “Some of them have difficulty urinating because the foreskin is so swollen it cannot contract.”
The victims of botched injections come from all walks of life, but Danlop said a majority of them are between the ages of 18 to 40. Although, he has seen patients as young as 16 and as old as 55.
These injections aren’t just creating problems for patients, they’re draining medical resources and making it difficult to care for other patients with diseases.
Danlop is reportedly the only surgeon in the region capable of treating the problem, and it’s taking up a lot of his time.
“There’s cancer, there are other conditions [that need treatment]. It’s a bit frustrating to see these cases when you have other people who deserve [help] and then these people are causing themselves harm, they do it to themselves,” he said.
Adding weight to the problem is that several of those performing the procedures are shady medical professionals trying to make money on the side.
“Lots of young men are being conned … to pay some money to be enlarged and sustaining quite serious injuries,” Glen Mola, professor of reproductive health, obstetrics and gynecology at the University of PNG, said.
“It doesn’t do what it’s purported to do and can cause terrible damage, and can mean in some cases that you can’t have sex anymore.”
But Mola said Papua New Guinea isn’t the only place where men are subjecting themselves to harmful procedures in a bid to feel better about themselves.
“I don’t think it’s particularly a PNG thing, in every society, adolescents and young men have a thing about their penis,” he said.
Earlier this year, Jack Chapman, a 28-year-old Australian living in Seattle, died from fatal bleeding as a result of silicone injections in his genitals. - New York Post
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