Penis-Whitening Laser Procedure Goes Viral in Thailand

[trof]

Just what I've always wanted.
A whiter pecker.


While in some parts of the world beauty standards push people to seek a tanned look, in other countries such as Thailand the trend is to make one’s skin look whiter, either via laser procedures or skin products. Several of these have caused controversy, including stirring accusations of promoting racism, such as a January 2016 commercial featuring a slogan “Whiteness makes you win,” as The Guardian reported at the time.

The Lelux Hospital in Bangkok began offering the penis-whitening procedure six months ago after one of its clients complained about dark pigmentation on his groin, French news agency Agence France-Presse reported. It has since performed the procedure on dozens of patients.

“These days a lot of people are asking about it. We get around 100 clients a month, three to four clients a day,” Bunthita Wattanasiri, a manager for the Skin and Laser department at Lelux Hospital told AFP, adding that most clients are between 22 and 55 years old.
http://www.newsweek.com/penis-whitening-laser-procedure-goes-viral-thailand-770962

[Ken Burch]

1. "Penis" and "laser" are NOT words that should ever be close to each other.

[mythology]

3. I was a little confused by that too

I feel the same way about labia bleaching.

[madinmaryland]

5. Add the word "oops" to the other two...

[NightWatcher]

2. "Whiteness makes you win"? Ask Louis CK the whitest guy, what happens if you whip out a pasty pecker

Whipping out your wang, doesn't make you win anything.

[ProudLib72]

4. I'm dreaming of a white penis

Just like the penises I used to know....

[trof]

6. This is my "Weirdness of the Day" post.

[ProudLib72]

7. Like "Moment of Zen"?!

I will be looking forward to reading more of these then!

[BannonsLiver]

8. Ill take a hard pass on that.

[NightWatcher]

11. Not even going there

[ismnotwasm]

9. The first time Ive ever used this line in all my time at DU

This post is useless without pictures

[LeftInTX]

10. A Sikh comedian I follow on YouTube,

made a parody of skin-whitening commercials.

"Call today and we'll also send penil whitening creme"

Of course, there was no such thing, but I bet he's ROFL laughing at this.

[Codeine]

12. I just use Crest Whitening Strips. nt

[edbermac]

13. Would that make it glow in the dark?

Comes in handy when you have to take a leak at 2am. Better than a nightlight.

[hunter]

14. Sold to people who have never been sunburned down there.

.

[Orange Free State]

15. Mine is very very white....

....and I can’t say I have ever derived much of a life advantage from it.

[VOX]

16. "Whiteness makes you win." If #45 reads that, he'll be ordering gallons of the stuff.

Because white is the New Orange.