A 43-year-old British-Nigerian businessman and social media influencer, Igho Ubiribo, has died following complications from a penile enlargement procedure he underwent while on holiday in Thailand with his wife.
Ubiribo died in March after receiving 40 millilitres of hyaluronic acid and lidocaine at a clinic in Bangkok, an inquest at Inner West London Coroners’ Court heard last month.
According to the Daily Mail, Ubiribo began experiencing chest pain and twice lost consciousness while receiving a massage with his wife, Danielle Simba Allen, following the procedure.
He was rushed
ambulance to Sukhumvit Hospital, where doctors diagnosed a pulmonary embolism — a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in the lungs. He later lost consciousness before a recommended CT scan could be performed.
Doctors reportedly spent more than 100 minutes attempting to resuscitate him, but he died in the early hours of March 6.
A postmortem examination carried out in the UK found cellular material in Ubiribo’s lungs that matched the hyaluronic acid used in the penile filler injection, supporting the diagnosis of a pulmonary embolism.
Coroner Jean Harkin concluded that Ubiribo died “as the result of a cosmetic procedure abroad”, with his cause of death recorded as a pulmonary embolism resulting from the injection of hyaluronic acid into the penis.
Ubiribo, who had around 185,000 followers on Instagram, was buried in London in May. His funeral was attended
Nigerian music star Davido and other prominent personalities.
Medical professionals have previously warned about the potential dangers associated with penile filler procedures. Professor Vaibhav Modgil, an NHS andrology specialist and consultant urological surgeon, said such procedures could have devastating consequences for patients.
