Male genital aesthetic surgery

Some of the most popular aesthetic genital procedures are:

• Vasectomy
• Division of the frenulum of the foreskin
• Scrotal lift

Vasectomy

• Vasectomy, or ligation of the vas deferens, is a minor surgical procedure for permanent contraception (birth control).
• The vas deferens is a long tube running from each testicle to the urethra (seminal colliculus), through which sperm passes during ejaculation.
• Once it is surgically tied, the seminal fluid is free of sperm and cannot fertilise.
• The procedure is considered a permanent form of birth control.

Division of the frenulum of the foreskin

• The frenulum of the penis, often simply called the frenulum, is an elastic band of tissue under the glans that attaches the foreskin to the glans.
• If the frenulum is short, or scarred from a partial injury, or to make sure the glans can be exposed freely and fully, the frenulum is divided in a minor procedure under local anaesthesia, using laser or diathermy.

Scrotal lift

• Enlargement of the scrotal sac (“sagging”) appears in many men as they age, or after conditions such as a hydrocele that stretch it from the inside, so that after these are treated the excess scrotal skin remains.
• The enlargement can cause irritation of the scrotum and inner thighs.
• Some men feel discomfort in tight clothes and underwear.
• Some develop chronic testicular pain, because the testicles “hang” and there is more tension on the spermatic cord.
• Most, however, are concerned about the look of a “hanging”, “baggy” scrotum.
• Men’s growing attention to their appearance today has led to more procedures that correct this area aesthetically (scrotal lift, or as some call it “balls ironing”, since reducing the scrotum also reduces its folds).
• The procedure is done on the back and side of the scrotum, takes 1–1.5 hours and needs a hospital stay of a few hours.
• The result can later be combined with laser hair removal and further “smoothing” of the folds.