Photos: Man Becomes First To Wear Penis On His Arm After He Lost Original Penis

A 45-year-old man, Malcolm MacDonald, has become the first man in the world to have a new penis built on his arm, after he lost his penis to a horrific blood infection.

Malcom had suffered from an infection in his perineum which is also known as the “gooch” or “grundle” and it turned into sepsis.

Recounting how “completely gutted” he was when his penis fell off due to the infection, he noted that he had already been through the devastation process of knowing that he was going to lose it

Malcom added that when it fell off, he just picked it up and put it in the bin.

“I went to the hospital and they said the best they could do for me was to roll the remaining stump up like a little sausage roll. It was heartbreaking.”

He noted that with the situation he found himself in, he turned to alcohol, because he felt like “a shadow of a man” for the two years after losing his penis, until his GP referred him to Professor David Ralph, a phallus construction expert at University College Hospital London (UCHL).

“For two years after losing my penis I felt a shadow of a man.

“My life really fell apart because I had no self-confidence.

“I drank too much. I didn’t see family and friends – I just didn’t want to have to face up to it.”

Reacting to the invention and works being carried out by the doctors to build a penis on his hand, Malcom said “Of course it is mad – having a penis on your arm.

Surgeons formed a new manhood — with its own blood vessels and nerves – using a skin flap on the left arm of the right-handed man. They created a urethra and installed two tubes inflated with a hand-pump, allowing him to achieve an erection.

Malcom said “Not even I am used to it. But when you think about it, it’s actually amazing.

“That they can make me a new penis at all is incredible – but that they can build it on my arm is mind-blowing.

“It looks like something out of a weird sci-fi comic. But it’s my chance at a normal life.

“It’s been the first step towards being able to go to the toilet and even being intimate with someone.”

The shaft was then removed from his forearm, leaving the base, allowing it to form naturally as skin and tissue. He now awaits for it to be finally transferred to its proper location.

Prof Ralph famously created a “bionic penis” for Andrew Wardle, who was born without one. Excited Malcolm was given a referral and recalled: “It gave me a glimmer of hope that I could go back to being a normal bloke.”

Prof Ralph explained the arm-graft procedure, and told him it would take up to two years, which Malcolm was happy with. He was then delighted to get funding, as it was motivated by being able to go to the toilet properly rather than for sexual reasons.

Malcolm disclosed that despite wearing long-sleeved shirts to hide his “bulge,” people have sometimes spotted the misplaced member

He said; “People ask me about it when they see me in the pub, and of course people make jokes. But I get it. It’s not every day you see a man with a penis on his arm. Of course I see the funny side. I have to. I don’t have any other option.

“If I couldn’t laugh at the willy on my arm I’d be finished.”

Malcolm hopes to have it finally grafted properly between his legs by the end of the year. He told the publication;

“The delays have been hard to deal with. For one reason and another the final operation has never happened.

“There have been scheduling mix-ups and transport issues getting me to London. I was in my surgical gowns once about to go into the theatre when they said there was a shortage of medical staff.

“Then they cancelled again because of the coronavirus. It feels like I’m cursed sometimes.

“It really feels like it is time to get it off. I can’t run because it waggles about. I can’t go swimming or wear a short-sleeve shirt.

“I can’t lie, having a penis on your arm for four years is a really strange thing to live with.

“But I am determined this penis will be ultimately used for what it was built for.”

See photos of him below