Penile enhancement: A comprehensive and current perspective

Abstract

An increasing number of men with healthy and normal penises want to enlarge their penis. Therefore, this review evaluated the mental health status of men who complained of a small penis and examined the state of nonsurgical and surgical treatments for male patients seeking penile enlargement, along with a risk assessment for each. Various medical, tractional, injectable, and surgical modalities have been investigated for penile augmentation. However, the development of new products and surgical techniques, such as Penuma, and tissue engineering may yield fewer complications, good operative effects, shorter operative times, and high patient satisfaction, bringing hope to patients interested in penile enlargement.

Keywords

Penile enhancement / Small penis anxiety / Small penis syndrome / Body dysmorphic disorder / Penile augmentation

Acknowledgment

None.

Statement of ethics

Not applicable.

Conflict of interest statement

No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.

Funding source

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82271637) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen (JCYJ20220531103004008).

Author contributions

YC: Conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing-original draft preparation;

YJ, XL, BW, XG, ZM, WD, YZ: Investigation, methodology, and writing-review & editing;

ZS, BH: Funding acquisition, supervision.

Data availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are publicly available.

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