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Rise in Penis Enlargement enquiries fuelled by the
well-endowed contestants on Love Island
Doctors at International Andrology, a London based clinic specialising in male anatomy issues such as Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculations have seen a huge rise in enquiries for penile enlargement, body augmentation and even the little known condition Peyronie's disease following the hugely popular Love Island series which is finishing its record breaking run on ITV 2 this week.
International Andrology's medical director writes about what they call the ‘Love Island Effect':
A guilty secret for many who follow this show, Love Island has provided many with summer laughs, water cooler banter and magazine and newspaper inches.
It has provided famous images such as when Theo was called a bell end, one contestant leavening a scented thong in her man of desires suitcase to mark her territory and many hours of sun drenched men and women doing lying around the pool waiting for drama flash points.
A white party, a slow mo volley ball match to rival Top Gun and a multitude of ways to wear microphones when you are not wearing any clothes are just some of the highlights that this nightly show has produced.
However, its unrivalled popularity this year, destroying competition from the latest season of Big Brother and other imitation singing competitions has raise a number of questions with our society and had real world repercussions.
It has been reported that Doctors at International Andrology, a clinic specialising in male anatomy issues such as Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation have seen a huge rise in enquiries for penile enlargement, body augmentation and even the little known condition Peyronie's disease.
In fact, requests for information for penis augmentation rose by 10% over the duration of the show's run, something doctors have explained happens when men identify with images seen in porn and on TV shows such as this.
"As the show is fuelled by the notion that the most attractive man who is able to couple with a partner will win, body image, grooming, size and shape, the quest for anatomy perfection crosses over into our real world.
"We identify with winners, we as human beings have needs for sexual activity and to be seen as attractive and if the common perception is that a perfect penis is a larger one, then viewers become interested in enhancing themselves," Andrologists reported.
Patient co-ordinators at International Andrology have called it the ‘Love Island Effect' with scenes captured such as in this week's Wednesday episode where male model Jamie Jewitt exposed his considerable manhood fuelling the anxiety that many men already feel about their bodies.
Comments from contestant Camilla, explaining that ‘Jamie has the perfect penis' confirm this notion in some men that women are attracted to larger sized men and that perfection is a larger member.
The reality is a little different. With the average male penis being between 5 - 6 inches in size and a man with appropriate bedroom skills, perfectly able to sexually please being acceptable to most women until now. But the change in attitudes, TV tastes and the idea of perfection has fuelled a ‘Love Island Effect' and with it the male body image ideal.
As viewers watch the sexual antics of the island inhabitants during the show's run International Andrology has seen a spike on their website as men search for information on how to reduce premature ejaculation or delay male orgasm in their quest for perfection in the bedroom. In June alone, the web traffic to the Premature Ejaculation page on International Andrology rose by 15% as men looked for information on lasting longer between the sheets to emulate the perfect love making displayed on television.
As the show comes to an end, it will be interesting to see if the ‘Love Island Effect' is permanent and reflects changes in society or if the show will become another footnote in the UK's reality obsessed TV schedules.