SWEDEN –
July 14, 2025 – In a startling turn of events, a baby girl developed masculinized genital changes after extensive skin‑to‑skin contact with her father, who had applied testosterone gel. The odd case occurred in Sweden, where half a dozen similar cases have happened. This ‘disturbing’ incident, widely reported as the girl growing a “micropenis,” has been garnering a lot of attention, both from the medical community as well as from the common people.A baby girl in Sweden grew an additional member after cuddling with her dad as a newborn.
But turns out, this is not the first time this has happened.
Swedish pediatric endocrinologists documented a case of a 10‑month‑old female infant whose father had been using testosterone gel to treat low libido (a hormone gel, often prescribed to men suffering from low energy or sex drive, sometimes referred to as the ‘manopause’).
During routine skin‑to‑skin contact, the infant was repeatedly placed on her father’s bare chest. This exposure led to her clitoris lengthening and labia fusing into a scrotum‑like shape, now popularized as a “micropenis.”
As per Professor Jovanna Dahlgren, a paediatric endocrinology expert who works at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, she’s seen parents become ‘completely desperate’ when they’ve realized what has actually happened – highlighting the hormonal potency and real danger of secondary exposure around children.
The baby’s worried parents took her to the doctors when she was 10 months old. Following medical evaluation, blood tests revealed abnormally high testosterone levels in the infant. Once the father ceased exposing her skin to the hormone gel, clinical signs began reversing.
