None of these procedures has been proved safe or effective and can even affect potency and your ability to obtain an erection. This can lead to penile curvature or asymmetry and an irregular looking penis.Īnother technique for increasing width is grafting tissue onto the shaft of the penis. Results may be disappointing, however, because some of the injected fat may be reabsorbed by the body. Severing the suspensory ligament is sometimes combined with other procedures, such as removing excess fat over the pubic bone.Ī procedure to make the penis thicker involves taking fat from a fleshy part of the body and injecting it into the penis shaft. When this ligament is cut, the penis appears longer because more of it hangs down.īut cutting the suspensory ligament can cause an erect penis to be unstable. The most widely used surgical procedure to lengthen the penis involves severing the suspensory ligament that attaches the penis to the pubic bone and moving skin from the abdomen to the penile shaft.