Have you been to the tattoo parlour, or are you just pleased to see me? Penis art leaves man with permanent semi-erection

By
Damien Gayle

Last updated at 10:29 PM on 9th January 2012

A 21-year-old man has been left with a permanent semi-erection after having his penis tattooed with a pithy phrase and a dedication to his girlfriend.

The unnamed Iranian patient was left with the constant erection after having ‘borow be salaamat’ (good luck with your journeys) inked on the shaft of his member.

He also had the letter ‘M’ – his girlfriend’s initial – tattooed there, resulting in a nonischemic priapism, doctors from the Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences reported.

Ouch: Doctors said the unnamed patient suffered an arteriovenous fistula in his penis as a result of a tattoo needle being plunged too deep

Ouch: Doctors said the unnamed patient suffered an arteriovenous fistula in his penis as a result of a tattoo needle being plunged too deep

‘In our case, most probably, the handheld needle penetrated the penis too deep, creating an arteriovenous fistula,’ wrote the doctors in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

A fistula is a connection between two organs or vessels that are not normally linked. In this case the connection was between an artery and a vein in the man’s member.

‘For eight days after tattooing, the penis was painful, and thus there were no erections,’ the authors continued in the journal’s latest issue.

‘After that, the patient noticed longer-than-usual sleep-related erections. This progressed, within a week, to a constantly half-rigid penis, day and night.’

When a man’s penis becomes erect normally, blood rushes in through the arteries and later leaves through the veins.

This Italian fresco depicts Priapus, a Roman fertility god who was protector of, among other things, male genitalia

This Italian fresco depicts Priapus, a Roman fertility god who was protector of, among other things, male genitalia

But in a nonischemic priapism, blood continues to fill the penis faster than it can leave, meaning that pressure remains constant and the penis permanently erect.

The condition is named after the Roman deity Priapus, a rustic fertility god and protector of livestock, gardens and male genitalia. He is commonly depicted with an absurdly oversized, permanent erection.

According to the Iranian researchers, the problem resolves itself naturally 62 per cent of the time.

When it doesn’t, men have the option of selective arterial embolism — a procedure that blocks the offending artery.

The Iranian patient instead chose to have a shunt implanted to drain the excess blood.

‘Predictably, the procedure was unsuccessful,’ the authors wrote. But happily the man was left with no lasting damage.

‘Because of the painless nature of erections, moderately good preservation of erectile function during intercourses, and disappointment with former surgery, the patient has declined to undergo further therapies, and lives with his condition,’ they said.

The patient has no regrets, despite his permanent erection, the report noted. Nevertheless, the authors warned against others considering the same.

‘Based on our unique case, we discourage penile tattooing,’ they concluded.

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