{"id":5095,"date":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/05\/man-claiming-worlds-smallest-penis-says-hes-booked-enhancement-surgery-after-publics-help\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:47:13","slug":"man-claiming-worlds-smallest-penis-says-hes-booked-enhancement-surgery-after-publics-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=5095","title":{"rendered":"Man claiming world\u2019s smallest penis says he\u2019s booked enhancement surgery after public\u2019s help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"8806e60f-424b-4f17-83e4-039519c1993a\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young man in a beard sits on a sofa on a TV set.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ce2cd1b4737d069b71e929d5b10b91bf1600dafa\/0_0_4367_3727\/master\/4367.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"396.85253034119535\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Michael Phillips on the set of This Morning in London on 7 January 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Ken McKay\/ITV\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"8806e60f-424b-4f17-83e4-039519c1993a\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Michael Phillips on the set of This Morning in London on 7 January 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Ken McKay\/ITV\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">Man claiming world\u2019s smallest penis says he\u2019s booked enhancement surgery after public\u2019s help<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>Michael Phillips says he suffers from micropenis \u2013 but he\u2019s now fundraised enough to increase his member\u2019s girth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A US man who has staked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/26\/man-worlds-smallest-penis-fundraiser-enlargement-surgery\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">uncontested claim<\/a> of having the smallest penis in the world says he has booked a procedure to enhance his member at least somewhat after soliciting the online public\u2019s financial support for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In a brief interview on Saturday, 38-year-old Michael Phillips described himself as \u201creally thankful and surprised\u201d over the GoFundMe platform users who supported his campaign for help to pay for the procedure in question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cI \u2026 never thought anyone would care enough to help,\u201d said Phillips, who has previously explained that the procedure should relieve him of urinary issues resulting from his being only 0.38in (0.97cm) long even when wholly tumescent. \u201c[I am] extremely grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"8e494636-0753-4ccb-b42c-4e529c9248f9\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-1oq85qr\">\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-3 | 3\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-1rx5ky9\">\n<div data-format-theme=\"5\" data-format-design=\"0\" data-format-display=\"0\" class=\"dcr-15vltj4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/28\/north-carolina-micropenis-challenge\" class=\"dcr-f35c0u\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-vvxpdt\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6z6e7\">\n<div class=\"dcr-zh9rih\">US man issues challenge to disprove his claim of having world\u2019s smallest penis to raise micropenis awareness<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-oj13vq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-ef9nua\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Phillips shared the news about the procedure after media coverage of his grappling with his medically diagnosed condition \u2013 known as micropenis \u2013 and his related fundraising campaign prompted a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to publicly offer to do the job for free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A spokesperson for Dr Robert Dorman said on Friday that he had not heard whether Phillips would take him up on his offer to perform a procedure involving injection treatment, which the physician made because he was moved by the quality of life problems the potential patient had openly talked about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Asked about whether he would avail himself of the opportunity for growth extended to him by Dorman, Phillips replied: \u201cI have already booked my procedure with a facility closer to home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Phillips, who resides in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/south-carolina\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">South Carolina<\/a> near the state line with North Carolina, said the procedure he is planning to undergo is aimed at increasing his girth to alleviate some \u2013 though not all \u2013 of the difficulties associated with having micropenis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">His \u201cHelp Michael Get Micropenis Enlargement Procedure\u201d campaign launched on GoFundMe on 25 June had raised nearly $13,000 from more than 250 donors as of Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Phillips in news media interviews has characterized himself as an advocate for those with micropenis, arguing against the body shaming that can result from the condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The condition is exceedingly rare and defined by the Cleveland Clinic as a stretched penile length of less than 2.67in (6.8cm). The clinic says the average such length for adults is 5.25in (13.3cm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In the course of his advocacy, and almost simultaneously to the outbreak of the war that the US and Israel launched in Iran in late February, Phillips managed to capture viral international attention by granting TMZ an interview in which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/28\/north-carolina-micropenis-challenge\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">challenged<\/a> anyone on earth to disprove his declaration of having the world\u2019s smallest penis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Phillips also told the outlet that his micropenis diagnosis all but ruled out penetrative intimacy, severely undermining his dating life. And he recounted how being about the same size as a pinky fingernail when fully aroused meant going to the bathroom was remarkably difficult because his urine \u201cgoes everywhere and stuff like that\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Plenty online have expressed skepticism over the authenticity of Phillips\u2019 story. But he said before going on the British television show This Morning in January to discuss his life that he first had to definitively prove to the production that he was conditioned with a micropenis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He also acknowledged that he has sent pictures of his reproductive organ to other people before. That included a woman who argued with him online, maintained that she did not want such an image and published a viral social media video in which she called it \u201cby far the smallest one I\u2019d ever seen\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/south-carolina\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">South Carolina<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/society\/sexual-health\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Sexual health<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/society\/plastic-surgery\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Plastic surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/education\/medicine\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/lifeandstyle\/sex\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Sex<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/society\/health\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Man%20claiming%20world%E2%80%99s%20smallest%20penis%20says%20he%E2%80%99s%20booked%20enhancement%20surgery%20after%20public%E2%80%99s%20help&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/05\/micropenis-man-to-get-surgery?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjul%2F05%2Fmicropenis-man-to-get-surgery&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jul\/05\/micropenis-man-to-get-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-axwinp\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Phillips on the set of This Morning in London on 7 January 2026. 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