'It’s a lot to do with the way they see their own body. 'Most tell me it's because they lack confidence, have low self-esteem and don’t feel confident enough to show their penis in front of their partner when it's flaccid. 'I always ask why the patient wants the treatment at the beginning of the consultation,' he explains.
The issue, says Dr Viel, is a lack of self-esteem. That, however, hasn't put men off in the slightest, with many of those who do go under the knife boasting average or large sized penises. O'Connor, who pioneered a sub-genre called Gypsy porn before retiring after meeting the woman he describes as 'the love of my life', describes the sum he paid for the procedure as 'the best money I ever spent'.īut while O'Connor is thrilled, not every penoplasty works out as imagined, with just 35 per cent of men happy with the results, according to the NHS.ĥ0 Shades of Hunk: Well-endowed celebrities such as actor Jamie Dornan are fuelling the trend 'Having a big penis is the ultimate - there's no way you could make it in this industry without it and having surgery helped me get roles every time.' 'I always had a big one but I wanted a monster,' says O' Connell who had the girth of his penis increased using fat injections. But the demand is at an all time high.'įor those already in the porn industry such as O' Connell, the pressure to have a large penis is extreme, and as a result, there's little that adult actors won't do to enhance their assets. More and more young people are coming here asking for this operation. 'It is also the same for girls with smaller breasts,' he explains. Insecure: Large lunchboxes, such those belonging to Davids Beckham and Gandy, make men less confident Indeed, as Dr Viel is keen to point out, porn is also behind the increase - not just in penoplasties, but in breast enhancement and labiaplasty surgery as well. 'The demand for these operations is growing constantly.'īut it isn't all David Beckham's fault. 'Male models, notably David Gandy in the D&G adverts, David Beckham for H&M and model Jamie Dornan for Calvin Klein, posing on buses and billboards in tight pants that leave little to the imagination drive the trend,' he explains. Sex gets more attention and people feel the need to be more competitive.'ĭr Viel, whose clinic, the London Centre For Aesthetic Surgery, is based on Harley Street, agrees. We're living in the age of images, with sexual ones very often on the front page. 'All the parts are important and the genitals are no exception.
'With everyone seeing images of the body the whole time these days, men are more aware and worried about their bodies,' he told MailOnline.
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'ĭr Viel, who says demand for the procedure has shot up by more than 40 per cent in the last year, isn't the only surgeon to find himself bombarded with applications from men desperate to give their manhood a boost.ĭr Alessandro Littara, a Milan-based surgeon, claimed last year that demand for penis extension surgery among Italian men was shooting up by a record 25 per cent annually, and pinned the blame on the flood of sexualised images that crop up on everything from TV to billboards. I’m not someone to be whispered about or pitied.'But believe me, large numbers of men reading this will not be laughing – even visiting the gym can cause heartache.
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