Oh, modern medicine, how you're delighted and surprise us with your innovations. But the latest trend is not, you know, cure for colds or a pill that fixes your hangover, or even a face cream that gives you Heidi Klum cheekbones (dreams) – it spills filler into testicles to make them bigger. Yes, you read it right.
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According to Metro UK, some men (and individuals with testicles) choose to enlarge the balls by postponing them with the same filler you would use in your face. The process "would mean injecting a filler into the soft dartosphere under the scrotal skin to cause a visible increase in scrap volume," said uro andrologist Giulio Garaffa, M.D., to Metro UK.
So technically you do not inject the balls with filler, but the skin around them – which may be a little bit less painful?
Of course, testicular manipulation is not a new thing – it has been seen both in the BDSM world (using saline, which releases in a few days) and is quite common with people who have lost a testicle due to cancer or injury and choose a protest. But recent moves toward using fillers are a new one, and according to Dr. Garaffa is still not so popular in his clinic, even if patients do ask for it
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Like all medical treatments, scrotal fillers come with possible side effects, especially if you go to an unlicensed physician who uses unregulated filler, which can be fatal. "The important thing to remember is that compromise in your vascular structures, such as accidentally blocking vessels, can be a disaster for the patient," says Mona Gohara, MD, dermatologist at Yale University, who spends his days injecting fillers … everywhere but in the balls . "Then proceed carefully and make sure the injector knows their anatomy."
And adds Dr. Gohara, keep in mind that fillers are always just a temporary fix. "Most wear off within a year, so maintenance will be required." If you are not comfortable with the size of your balls, or your partner always testifies through the window and wants their testicles to be bigger, you know that you have official options.