Married influencer killed by penis enlargement surgery during dream vacation: He passed out while receiving a massage with his wife… then never woke up
British-Nigerian businessman and social media influencer Igho Ubiribo, 43, died in March after undergoing penis enlargement surgery at a clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, while on holiday with his wife, Danielle Simba Allen. An inquest in London heard he had 40 millilitres of hyaluronic acid and lidocaine injected into his penis, after which he twice fainted during a massage and complained of chest pains before being rushed to hospital, where he later died despite prolonged resuscitation attempts. The case highlights the potential dangers of cosmetic filler procedures.
Ubiribo, who had 185,000 Instagram followers and split his time between homes in Los Angeles and London, was taken by ambulance to Sukhumvit Hospital, where doctors diagnosed a pulmonary embolism after his wife told them of the procedure. Medics carried out CPR for more than 100 minutes but could not save him; a UK postmortem confirmed the embolism was caused by filler material reaching his lungs. He was buried in London in a reported $675,000 gold coffin, with mourners including Afrobeat star Davido.
- Influencer, 43, died after penis filler injection in Thailand
- Suffered fatal pulmonary embolism after fainting twice during massage
- Buried in London in coffin reportedly costing $675,000
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Igho Ubiribo was a 43-year-old British-Nigerian businessman and social media influencer, known to around 185,000 Instagram followers, who split his time between homes in Los Angeles and London. In March he travelled to Bangkok, Thailand, on holiday with his wife, Danielle Simba Allen, and underwent a cosmetic procedure to enlarge his penis using injectable filler at a local clinic.
The procedure involved injecting a substance called hyaluronic acid, a filler commonly used in cosmetic treatments, along with a local anaesthetic. Fillers are usually associated with lower-risk treatments such as smoothing facial lines, so their use in this type of procedure, and the serious complications that followed, drew scrutiny at the inquest into his death held in London.
The case matters because it has raised questions about the safety of cosmetic filler procedures carried out abroad, including who performs them and what medical safeguards are in place. It also touches on the wider trend of "cosmetic tourism", where people travel overseas for treatments that may be cheaper or less regulated than at home.