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World's 1st Penis Transplant Done In South Africa
PolygamousRanchKid writes The world's first successful penis transplant has been performed by surgeons in South Africa, Bloomberg News reported Friday. The 21-year-old recipient has made a full recovery and regained all functions in the transplanted organ. The nine-hour operation was done Dec. 11 by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Cape Town's Tygerberg Hospital, the university said Friday in a statement. The unidentified patient had his penis amputated three years ago in a life-saving procedure after he developed complications from a traditional circumcision. "Our goal was that he would be fully functional at two years and we are very surprised by his rapid recovery," said Dr. Andre van der Merwe, head of the university's urology division, who led the surgical team.
According to the very article, there was a medically successful transplant in 2006 that was later removed only because of the patient's severe psychological reaction.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
When I was a teenager, if we we didn't like some chick, we'd tell our friends "I wouldn't screw he with your dick!"
Now he will always do that
I'll bet masturbation is awkward to think about as well.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
I mean the underlying cause for this operation, a common procedure done on man without consent in a very young age because?
The last thing I heard about this was a campaign on boys age over 10 getting talked into getting circumcised was to prevent AIDS...
The only mammal on this planet tinkering with their dicks in that manner are humans - supposedly having the largest brain.
Must be progress then....
Indeed. Now how long before a Nigerian prince can offer me low cost penile transplants?
Funny you should say that.
Only this morning I received an email from the director of the St Peter Private hospital in Benin City, stating that I was the only surviving relative of Nigerian prince who had died in a horrendous accident. Do to the nature of that accident they only managed to save his penis, and that in order to maintain the royal line, they needed to transplant it onto me as soon as possible (something about the royal house's flag having a rampant penis - and requiring that rampant penis to be displayed on state occasions). Once this operation was performed I would be awarded all the rewards of that royal household (money, women, power - the usual stuff), but due the death of the prince causing the country to fall into paralysis, they needed me to send $5K to them so that they can fuel up the royal plane and send it out to collect me.
It all sounds legitimate, so I am off to pack my bags.
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Not so far ago, somehow my foreskin slipped off. I couldn't adjust it immediately, and chafing was so bad I was hardly able to walk. This makes me think: those circumcised must be bereft of nearly any feeling in their penises due to callusing.
Those who suffered genital mutilation as newborns don't know the difference, but men in tribes like this that practice circumcision on adults should have known better. Is the religious custom so strong to force them anyway?
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
I never thought there would be a time the phrase "I wouldn't fuck her with your dick" might stand a chance of being modded insightful.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
He just got his own dick back. No someone else's. Big difference. Recently some rapper wigged out on PCP and chopped of his as well, and then tossed it off the balcony. It was sown back on successfully.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Around my teenage years, I got circumcised because of medical complications of having my foreskin. My parents let me make the decision.
...about the guy with five penises?
His underwear fit like a glove.
I got myself circumcised at age 25 because my foreskin was too tight (when fully retracted, an erection would hurt like hell). The urologist pointed out that my problem could be alleviated by a partial circumcision, but I had come to despise that piece of skin and so specifically asked for the old-fashioned deal, a.k.a. a "religious" circumcision.
When I had healed to the point where the bandage could come off, I was very sensitive for a while, and walking felt weird. But what happens after a while is that the skin of the glans kinda dries a bit, and the sensitivity gets a bit less. It's still sensitive enough to get the job done, but I'm not aware of it any more. It feels fine and I'm completely satisfied with the outcome.