Andrea Downey, Digital Health Reporter

11th May 2018, 4:38 pm​

An army veteran whose penis was damaged in an explosion claims his manhood grew 1.5 inches after pioneering therapy to boost his sex life.Robert Schiewy struggled to get erections after his member was damaged in a blast while he was serving in the army in 1998.

He underwent a number of operations before he discovered a treatment called the P-Shot five years ago - which involved injections into his penis. Robert, now a civil engineer from Cambridge, hoped the non-surgical treatment, which involves platelets from his own blood being injected down their to encourage growth, would give him back a normal sex life. “I have felt self-conscious about the size and appearance of my penis since I had an accident in the Army 14 years ago. I was in a vehicle that ran over a road mine," he said."

A huge explosion saw metal tear through my penis. I needed emergency surgery to save it, but lost around two inches in length. The stitches also left unsightly bumps. I then had tissue regeneration surgery four years later. Although it helped, I was still self conscious about the appearance. For years, I’ve been looking for a treatment to help me regain the inches I lost. Then I came across the P-Shot. The more I read about the procedure, the more I thought it was right for me.

"Since starting the treatment, which costs £1,200, Robert has met a new girlfriend Edyta, 41, and says their sex life is great.

"I'm having the best sex ever. I've physically changed. I'm stronger down there but by far the best result is that my penis has grown 1.5 inches in length too, taking it up to 7.5 inches," he told The Mirror. In a nutshell, the P-Shot involves injecting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) into the penis. A couple of vials of blood are taken from the patient and spun in a machine to remove the platelets. The plasma from the blood is then extracted and mixed with the platelets.

It is then injected you-know-where. 

​"I was numbed down below with special cream, he explained. I then had a small amount of blood taken from my arm which was put in a small machine that looked like a coffee maker. The pinky coloured liquid – the plasma rich protein – that was extracted from my blood, was injected into my penis in six jabs after it came out of the machine. The procedure was a little uncomfortable but not unbearable. I was surprised to find I had a strong erection just 30 minutes after the procedure – I didn’t expect results so fast. It has definitely improved my sex life. It has heightened my overall sexual experience.

"Dr Shirin Lakhani added: "By improving the blood supply and triggering tissue regeneration patient's do notice an increase to the length and girth of the penis as well as ability to achieve and maintain firmness of erections. Within three months, many men who have previously used erectile dysfunction medications will not have to use any at all or will have reduced the dose needed substantially."