Overview
- A UK assistant coroner at Inner West London concluded on Sept. 5 that the March cosmetic penile filler procedure caused a fatal pulmonary embolism for 43‑year‑old Igho “Tiny” Ubiribo.
- A British postmortem presented at the inquest identified cellular material in Ubiribo’s lungs that matched the hyaluronic‑acid filler used in the injection, a finding the coroner said was consistent with an embolism.
- In evidence the court heard he received about 40 millilitres of hyaluronic acid with lidocaine at an unnamed Bangkok clinic, then complained of chest pain and fainted twice while getting a massage before being taken to Sukhumvit Hospital.
- Thai medics recommended a CT scan, doctors treated him for a pulmonary embolism and clinicians performed CPR for more than 100 minutes, but he died in the early hours of March 6, 2026.
- The case spotlights medical and regulatory risks from penile fillers and cosmetic tourism, with experts warning the procedure can cause vascular migration, embolism and long‑term genital harm while the clinic involved has not been publicly identified and no regulatory action has been reported.