A man was left with a swollen and painful penis thanks to injecting himself with petroleum jelly in the hope it would make his manhood bigger.

Father-of-one Szilveszter, 24, who now lives in Bolton, feared he would never be able to have more children after the DIY procedure left him unable to have sex.

He said: 'I had to stop having sex with my wife as it's too painful. I would like to have more children but if I can't have sex I may lose my family.

Father-of-one Szilveszter injected petroleum jelly into his penis as he wanted to make it bigger. Instead it became so swollen and inflammed, he was unable to have sex and was in constant pain

'Every day is difficult for me as it's very painful and bleeding. This was the worst mistake in my life as I don't feel like a real man.'

Hungarian born Szilveszter shares his story on the latest series of TLC show Extreme Beauty Disasters. He said he had Vaseline injected into his penis following a friend's recommendation.

He explains: 'I said to my friend I want to lose weight as I think my penis is small. He said you don't need to lose weight, I can help you. My friend injected in my penis Vaseline. Afterwards I was happy as it looked bigger.'

But nine months later, his penis was swollen, painful and bleeding.

He went to his GP and saw other doctors but all told him there was nothing they could do.

Cosmetic surgeon Dr Vik Vijh, left, said injecting Vaseline, right, into the body is a very bad idea

Szilveszter turned to Extreme Beauty Disasters resident plastic surgeon Dr Vik Vijh who said there was hope he could be cured - but it wouldn't be easy.

After examining Szilveszter Dr Vijh said: 'It's not a pretty slight, it's inflammed, it's sore, it's misshapen, his penis is a disaster.'

It's not a pretty slight, it's inflammed, it's sore, it's misshapen, his penis is a disaster Cosmetic surgeon Dr Vik Vijh

He added: 'I have been doing plastic surgery now for 20 years and I have never seen anything like this. Injecting petroleum jelly into the penis makes no sense on any level.'

Dr Vijh gave Szilveszter an MRI scan which revealed the large, hard bumps around his penis had formed thanks to his body reacting to the invasion of Vaseline.

Dr Vijh explained: 'Your body has formed scar tissue around the Vaseline because it's a foreign body, your body is trying to ward it off and it gives you these painful lumps, it will soon start to ulcer through the skin.

'The other problem is the foreskin is swelling and splitting - the foreskin is 15 times more swollen than should be.'

After examining Szilveszter Dr Vijh said he had never seen anything like it and the only treatment would be to 'skin' the penis to get rid of the Vaseline and scar tissue

The cosmetic surgeon said the only option would be for Szilveszter to have an operation where his penis would be 'skinned' to remove the Vaseline and scar tissue.

'I have never done this before but fingers crossed we can save his penis,' Dr Vijh said.

After hours of surgery, the operation was a success.

As a result of Dr Vihj removing all the Vaseline and scar tissue, Szilveszter is now back in full health following his recovery from the operation.

He said: 'I am much better. It has healed well, it's painfree and working. I can have sex with my wife again.

'Many people said we can't help you. Dr Vijh did a perfect job, he has changed my life.'

The father said he had learnt his lesson and won't meddle with his penis size again.