Cosmetic surgeons report trend of men paying to increase their penis size

Cosmetic surgeons say a rapidly growing number of men are spending $7000 a pop to inject fillers into their penises to make them bigger.

First it was women injecting filler into their cheeks, then it was butt lifts inspired by the likes of Kim Kardashian — now men are increasingly seeking out medical procedures to enhance their penises.

Doctors have compared the surge in men coming forward to change, lengthen and widen the size of their appendages to the boom in breast enlargements in the latter part of the 20th Century.

Leading cosmetic practitioner Dr Aaron Stanes said he was seeing between five and 10 men a week who wanted to know more about injectables, which cost about $7000.

Cosmetic surgeons are seeing an increase in men looking for penis enhancements. Picture: iStock

“There are a few different reasons, some men just want to have more of a bulge in their swimsuit so it is not just a sex thing,” he said.

“I have often heard men say that they have been in a locker room after playing footy and they have seen other men who are bigger than them.

“Another common one is they have had comments made by a partner, and then there are ones related to viewing pornography.

“They’re seeing people who are more blessed in that area, of not normal measurements, and they feel they are somehow inadequate.”

Dr Stanes said men of all ages were coming forward, including some in their 60s who typically wanted a more subtle augmentation, while younger men were all about size.

“They come in with a bit more bravado and are more forward and say they want a big increase. It is more common that I have to talk them down,” he said.

“It is growing in popularity, it has been compared to the emergence of breast augmentation for women, which was originally a taboo.”

There has also been an increase in men having Botox.

Other cosmetic procedures now available to men include jawline enhancement filler treatments to give the face a more masculine look, with packages starting at $998 at Body Sculpting Clinics.

While Botox — or “brotox” — has reportedly doubled in popularity in the past few years among men, more serious procedures including gynaecomastia — the removal of man boobs — was reportedly also popular.

Sydney surgeon Dr David Caminer said he now saw at least one man a week who had concerns about their penis, but said he preferred to surgically lengthen and widen the penis rather than injecting filler because surgery was a permanent solution.

“I think times have changed, some men go so far as to not seek out a relationship because their penis doesn’t look right because of what they’ve seen on social media and on porn,” he said.

“The objective is to try and enhance the user. There are scars, we also talk to them about lengthening (and also) circumcision.”

The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery revealed that in 2018 202,000 procedures were carried out in a single year on both men and women, including 2065 men who had their man boobs removed.

Originally published as Cosmetic surgeons report trend of men paying to increase their penis size