I had no idea penis enlargement surgery exists. And now I'm thinking maybe it shouldn't.

https://www.newyorker.com/maga...-enlargement-surgery

I only read the first few lines of the article. Articles on the surgery were common at one time.

From what I read the surgery only makes it hang lower. There is no enlargement.
The percentage of men who feel inadequate because they have compared themselves to porn stars is ridiculously high.

Won’t that lead to a decline in sales of huge pickup trucks.

This is kind of sad like when men have very few hairs left on their head, put hair grease in it, and try to comb it over.

Dreadful.

I can’t understand why people are willing to take such risks. I mean, it’s your penis. Ya kinda need it.

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Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
I can’t understand why people are willing to take such risks. I mean, it’s your penis. Ya kinda need it.

It falls under gender affirming care, just like breast enlargement, any number of anti-aging procedures, and procedures that trans folks get to align their bodies to their gender. I don’t understand any of them, because I haven’t had body dysphoria to a major degree. But all of those procedures, to different extents, have major risks and rewards associated with them. There has to be an extreme mental health component to them in order to even contemplate the more risky ones.

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Originally posted by dolmansaxlil:

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Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
I can’t understand why people are willing to take such risks. I mean, it’s your penis. Ya kinda need it.

It falls under gender affirming care, just like breast enlargement, any number of anti-aging procedures, and procedures that trans folks get to align their bodies to their gender. I don’t understand any of them, because I haven’t had body dysphoria to a major degree. But all of those procedures, to different extents, have major risks and rewards associated with them. There has to be an extreme mental health component to them in order to even contemplate the more risky ones.

That makes sense. What makes a person with certain features that are within the range of ordinary (e.g. breasts or penis) spend their lives focused on that one thing?

I'm not sure all of the examples fall into the same bucket, though. Gender affirming care isn't necessarily permanent (although I suppose surgery is permanent) or risky. If someone got top surgery to augment or reduce, well . . . those surgeries have existed for a long time and wouldn't be considered experimental.

But putting an implant in your penis, not to restore function like a pump, but for cosmetic reasons?

I dunno. I have relatives who have gotten tatooed eyeliner. I cannot imagine why someone would risk this. One risk is that the eyelid will flip outward and no longer cover the eyeball. And for what? To save yourselves 3 minutes in the morning?

I sure wish the FDA would put a stop to all of the harm that comes from barely regulating medical devices, though.