‘Ballmaxxing’ Trend Has Men Infusing Saline Into Their Genitals

InnovationHealthcare‘Ballmaxxing’ Trend Has Men Infusing Saline Into Their GenitalsByBruce Y. Lee,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and scienceFollow AuthorMay 08, 2026, 10:14am EDTMay 08, 2026, 10:15am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.With ballmaxxing, men have been injecting saline into their scrotums to make them as big as possible, looking like balloons. (Photo: Getty)gettyYou could say that this trend is a little nuts. Or maybe a lot. It’s called ballmaxxing. And it’s about infusing saline or some other substance into your scrotum in order to get it bigger and bigger and bigger. But before you roll into this salty practice to the max or even at all, keep in mind how it could get you into some big trouble—like really, really big trouble. What Is BallmaxxingBallmaxxing is sort of an extension—both literally and figuratively—of the scrotal filler trend that I described previously in Forbes. On social media, it’s been customary to add the suffix “maxxing” to a word when you are trying to maximize that thing. For example, the term fibermaxxing is about trying to get as much fiber into your diet as possible. So, if you are on the ball about how words work, you’ll realize that ballmaxxing is not just about making your scrotum a little larger. It’s about getting it a lot larger, in many cases, as large as seemingly possible Just take a look at the subreddit named r/salineinflation that has over 8,700 followers. Or maybe don’t take a look at it. The subreddit includes quite a few photos of saline-filled scrotums, filled to the point that they look like balloons with the overlying skin stretched taut. In fact, some of these scrotums on display seem to be the size of melons. Needless to say, such images are likely NSFW—meaning “not safe for a whole lotta places.” And based...