Hormone treatment for infants/ prebuperty boys with micropenis

Today I will post about the usual hormone treatment, prescribed to children presenting with the micropenis condition.  The main ingredient of this treatment is a hormone called testosterone, that among other also induces penile and testicle growth. Many studies have shown that testosterone treatment has a high success ratio for treating micropenis, unfortunately only when given before puberty. If you are looking for a hormone treatment that yields results after puberty, you may want to have a look at this post.

The treatment is usually given in the form of three intramuscular injections, each containing anywhere from 25 to 50 mg of testosterone, one injection per month.  Depending on the initial results, the treatment may or may not be continued.

According to a study by Bin-Abbas et al., in most cases the testosterone injections do induce some penile growth. This penile growth in turn results in gain extra length during adulthood and in many cases to an average-sized penis. However in some cases little, if any gains are reported.

It should be noted that since the condition is commonly accompanied by other ,usually hormonal, conditions,  testosterone treatment may be combined with other hormonal treatments as well.

Please be aware that circumcision should be delayed, until hormone treatment has been concluded.

Source

Hormone treatment for adults presenting with micropenis

The treatment I will describe in this post has been tried only once in a small human study and thus isn’t commercially available. Perhaps with the proper “connections” you can get it somewhere.

The study in question was conducted in 2011 and is named Penile Growth in Response to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Treatment in Patients with Idiopathic Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism. In this study a total of 20 men participated all presenting with  hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism and micropenis as well.  The subjects were given 24 injections containing Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone. The injections were giver 3 times a week for a total of 12 weeks.

During and after the end of the study penile length and testicle volume was measured. All measurements were taking by the same doctor to avoid errors due to different methods used. The results are as following

Penis length
According to the study’s findings the penile length increased from 3.39±1.03 cm to 5.14±1.39 (more than 50 % increase)

Testicle volume
Testicle volume increased as following:

• From 5.45 cc to 6.83 cc for the left testicle
• From 5.53 cc to 7.03 cc for the right testucke

Penis length and testile volumes were re-measured 4 months after the end of the study to test whether the results were permanent or not. It was shown that both of  the gains were sustained.
The researchers also reported a substantial  increase in the mean serum testosterone concentration, which is good as all patient had testosterone deficiency

Source

http://www.micropenis.info/p/micropenis-treatment-in-adults.html

Phalloplasty

Phalloplasty is the first treatment option I will talk about.

Phalloplasty is a greek derived word refering to the construction (or reconstruction) of a penis. The operation is carried for many different cases including:

• Female to male transexuals, to reconstruct a new penis for them
• Males that got their penis deformed or/and detached due to an accident
• To enlarge the penis of someone presenting with a micropenis condition

Many studies have shown that phalloplasty is a viable option for treating the micropenis condition (and generally to enlarge a man’s penis). In this post I will present you with two cases that became quite popular a few years ago

The first case is Sergei. Sergei was a man from Russia that had a penis measuring less than 2 cm when erect, not even an inch. He was operated in Moscow by a team of doctors led by Professor Mikhail Sokolshchik. The doctors first removed his penis and attached it to his forearm to keep it fresh while the operation lasted (about 12 hours). Then they took flaps of skin from the other hand and formed a “shaft” using a silicone-based tube. The tube was attached to the groin and the micropenis was attached on top of the tube to fashion a new penis. The surgeons also made sure to reconnect back together all neurons so that the new penis continued to have erotic sensation. The results ? Simply put, spectacular! Sergei got a new penis measuring 7-inches.

The doctors were very excited with the operation. A few months after the operation they stated that Sergei was doing just fine and everything went as expected.

The other case that went quite viral was in the United Kingdom. Actually it was a 9-person case study, and not an individual study. All nine men presented with a micropenis and all were treated with a phalloplasty approach similar to the one used in Russia by Mikhail Sokolshchik. The success ratio was 100 % , although some additional surgeries were required in two of the men due to some minor complications.

Phalloplasty costs around 10.000$, depending on where you live.

Sources used:

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4071657.stm
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/1487542/Russian-surgeons-grow-penis-on-mans-forearm.html

Hello

Hello world

This is my blog, Micropenis Treatments were I will present one by one all the treatments which are available for the micropenis condition. For anyone unfamiliar with the term a micropenis is a medical term referring to any abnormally small penis. When a male adult has an erect penis with a length of 9 cm or less (more or less 3.5 inches), he falls under the micropenis category. Infants that have a stretched penile less than 2.0 cm also have a micropenis (the mean length is around 3.5 cm)

The condition sometimes appear by itself or it is related to another condition, which is typically some kind of hormonal disorder (e.g. Kleinefelter syndrome).

Each of the site’s post will be dedicated to a different treatment option.

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