Nigerian-British businessman dies after penis enlargement procedure

A British-Nigerian businessman and social media influencer died after a cosmetic procedure abroad, a coroner concluded, following an inquest into the risks of penile fillers.

Igho Ubiribo, 43, received 40 millilitres of hyaluronic acid and lidocaine at a Bangkok clinic during a holiday in Thailand with his wife, Danielle Simba Allen. Afterward, he developed chest pain and twice lost consciousness while the couple were having a massage.

Ubiribo was taken by ambulance to Sukhumvit Hospital. Doctors identified a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot blocking a vessel in the lungs. He lost consciousness again before doctors could perform a recommended CT scan. Medical staff tried to resuscitate him for more than 100 minutes, but he died in the early hours of March 6.

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as the result of a cosmetic procedure abroad

A postmortem in the UK found cellular material in his lungs that matched the hyaluronic acid used in the injection. Coroner Jean Harkin recorded the cause of death as a pulmonary embolism resulting from the injection and concluded that Ubiribo died “as the result of a cosmetic procedure abroad”.

Ubiribo had about 185,000 Instagram followers and was buried in London in May. Nigerian singer Davido and other prominent figures attended his funeral. Professor Vaibhav Modgil, an NHS andrology specialist and consultant urological surgeon, said penile filler procedures could have devastating consequences for patients.

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could have devastating consequences for patients