BANGKOK: A Bangkok clinic that has drawn 100 men a month to its penis whitening service has caused a stir in Thailand, with social media users both baffled and alarmed by the phallic fad.

The Lelux Hospital, renowned for its body whitening expertise in a country obsessed with skin colour, began offering the unconventional treatment six months ago after a male customer complained of “dark parts” on his groin.

“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 said yesterday.

The procedure, which uses laser whitening, got wide play on Thai television and social media after the hospital released images of a man undergoing the treatment.

Bunthita said most clients were aged between 22 and 55-years-old with many from Thailand’s LGBTQ community.

The same hospital stirred controversy last year for touting treatment called a “3D Vagina” in which the customer’s own body fat is used to make genitalia more plump.

The whitening service costs around US$650 (RM2,605). — AFP