Topics: Health, Life, Real Life, True Life, Sex and Relationships
For many men, the size of their manhood isn't something they're keen on discussing, especially if God hasn't been particularly 'generous' to them.
In Michael Phillips's case, however, he feels no need to shy away from his 'micropenis', even in the face of the practical problems it poses.
Appearing on This Morning earlier this week, the 38-year-old - who describes himself as 'the man with the world's smallest penis' - touched on the highs and lows with such a niche record, as well as the need for removing taboos on this topic.
For reference, the average penis size in the UK is a pretty reasonable 5.2 inches.
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By Phillips' own admission, however, his package only measures 0.38 inches, a size that led to a medical diagnosis of a 'micropenis' back in 2024.
Speaking to presenters Ben Shepherd and Cat Deeley on Wednesday (7 Jan), he recalled first realising that his genitalia was sized differently from that of other young men his age whilst attending high school.
As a result, he had fat taken from his thigh injected into his penis in a bid to elongate it and increase his girth.
"I was always under the belief that maybe I'm a late bloomer," he confessed. "Maybe one day it'd get normal size, and it never did."
Sadly, however, the injection procedure was unsuccessful.
"The fat that they injected, it reabsorbs sometimes," the art dealer explained.
Now, not only does Phillips' condition prevent him from ever being intimate with a woman, but it has also affected his ability to use the restroom.
Revealing he's unable to urinate standing up, he recalled: "Even sitting down can be tricky with clean up and everything."
This also affects his ability to use public bathrooms, given that male facilities don't always have private stalls and often consist of urinals.
On the impact his 'micropenis' has had on sexual relationships, he began: "I can't go out and have a one-night stand, or things like that."
Phillips also claimed to have tried 'every way possible' of broaching his condition to serious love interests, adding: "You can be upfront, like, right at the beginning, you can try to talk to somebody for a while and get a connection and then tell them, or sometimes you don't say nothing at all."
Asked why he now chooses to be so vocal about his health, Phillips admitted that, whilst his diagnosis came too late to receive any impactful medical intervention, he hopes that others might enjoy a different outcome.
"It should be known that it's a medical condition," he continued. "If more people realised it was a condition when they're young, they could be taken and seen by a doctor, and hopefully, get treatment that would actually provide some level of help.
Phillips also revealed what he'd tell someone battling a similarly niche condition, claiming: "I would say, find a place where you can talk about it freely, or where you feel comfortable - even if it's just a 1-1 with somebody.
"There's no reason why you can't talk about it. We all have issues going on, some more than others, but there's always someone out there that has it worse than you."
