Scrotox with Charlie
As told to Danni Levy
You can’t prepare yourself for a grown man picking up the phone and casually announcing: “I’ve got really wrinkly bollocks.”
But this is Loaded — the home of blokey honesty, oversharing, and occasionally, groundbreaking revelations about the male scrotum. So when 44-year-old Charlie agreed to talk to me about Scrotox, yes, Botox in the scrotum, I knew this was going to be one for the archives.
Within minutes of our Zoom chat (granted, audio only), this absolute legend of a male was telling me everything — the sweat, the soreness, the chafing, the puckering — and how a chat with Dr Khan at Harley St Skin Clinic turned his testicles into the smoothest, softest version of themselves.
Welcome to the world of Scrotox.
What actually is Scrotox? (Don’t pretend you’re not curious)
Clinically, Scrotox involves injecting botulinum toxin into the dartos muscle of the scrotum. Originally reported for hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), it’s also known to:
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Reduce wrinkling
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Relax the scrotal skin
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Increase hang (yes, really)
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Reduce discomfort from chafing
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Improve temperature regulation
According to published cosmetic-dermatology data:
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Scrotal sweating can be reduced for 4–6 months after treatment.
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Aesthetic smoothing typically peaks at 7–14 days.
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The average UK price ranges from £800–£1,200.
All of which matches Charlie’s experience almost eerily perfectly.
“I've been going to see Mr Khan for three, three and a half years…”
Charlie didn’t wake up one morning deciding to freeze his scrotum into silky submission. It started with a problem many blokes wouldn’t dare say out loud.
“I suffer from sweat, I sweat a lot… And also I get a lot of sweat down there and it causes a lot of soreness and rubbing.”
Hyperhidrosis is far more common in men than we admit — and far more uncomfortable when it hits the groin. Charlie mentioned it to Dr Khan “almost in passing”, not expecting a solution.
But Dr Khan didn’t blink.
“He said, well… you can do this. And what it does is it will help with sweating. It'll stop chafing and it'll smooth them.”
Smoother balls as a side-effect?
Not a single man on earth would complain.
Pain: the truth (because this is what you all want to know)
Charlie has tattoos. Many tattoos. Enough to believe he had a solid pain threshold.
This was… different.
“On my ball sack, it was lots of little stingy, sharp scratches…”
Better or worse than tattoos?
“Under your arm is probably the worst… feels like someone’s ripping all the hair out and stabbing you… The pain wasn’t so bad. I could live with that.”
Numbing cream helped — “I would never have it done without it” — and the whole procedure lasted around five to ten minutes.
Results: “They don’t look like walnuts anymore.”
The sweating eased within a couple of days.
The aesthetic results took a week.
“They’re a lot smoother. They don’t pucker up like they used to… It’s just kind of one state now… they just kind of hang there in a nice kind of light, smooth…”
If you’re a bloke reading this, trying not to picture it — don’t fight it. We’ve all wondered what life would be like without what Charlie brilliantly describes as “chicken” skin and “a walnut” texture.
And it's not just cosmetic:
“If it stops my balls from being sore and my legs getting rubbed and makes them look anywhere slightly more appealing, then yeah, it's not too bad really.”
Does his wife approve? (Of course I asked.)
This was my favourite moment.
“I don't think she particularly cares about the way it looks, but I tell you what, they're… a bit more sensitive, you know, in a different way now.”
Sensational news for couples everywhere.
She also gets her treatments with Dr Khan — though, as Charlie clarified:
“She wasn't there when I had my balls injected. I think no matter what, there's certain things you need to keep separate.”
Correct. Very correct.
Will he keep doing it?
Dr Khan advised every 4–6 months, but Charlie isn’t rushing.
“If these are okay after four months, I'll probably give it another couple of months… If it helps, I'll continue to do it whilst it helps.”
And the cost?
“About eight hundred and fifty quid… If it lasts for six months… I live with that.”
Let’s be honest: men spend more than that on trainers they never wear and nights out they don’t remember.
The bit he really worried about…
Every man thinks the same thing.
Charlie said it out loud.
“What if he… what if it just filters up and then you can't get it up?”
We’ve all been there, mate.
But Dr Khan put him at ease immediately:
“He very much said, ‘no, no, no, don't worry. It's not what we're injecting.”’
For the record:
Scrotox does not affect erections, fertility, ejaculation, orgasm, or any function of the penis whatsoever.
This is cosmetic and comfort-based — not performance-based.
Why men don’t talk about this — and why they absolutely should
Charlie nailed it perfectly.
“I mean, why don't we talk about it? We talk about boobs, but we don't talk about balls… We're too male bravado.”
He hadn’t told any of his mates.
“I wouldn't hear the end of it.”
And yet here he is, telling me — and now you — about his scrotum in glorious, detailed honesty.
“Now I'm telling an entire population… through Loaded of course.”
We salute you, Charlie.
Final thoughts: the rise of male cosmetic confidence
Male Botox has grown 380% globally in the last decade, now nicknamed “Brotox.”
Procedures like Scrotox are riding the wave.
Why?
Because men are finally realising that:
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comfort matters
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aesthetics matter
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confidence matters
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talking about your balls does not make you less of a man
Charlie said it best:
“I like my forehead to be smooth. I like no crow’s feet on my face. I like my balls to be smooth. So why not?”
Exactly.
Thank you, Charlie. And thank you, Dr Khan.
For the honesty, the humour, and the bravery.
For the smoothest balls in Britain.
And for starting a conversation men desperately need.
If this inspires even one bloke to check his testicles for cancer, deal with hyperhidrosis, or simply stop being ashamed of self-care — then Charlie’s done a public service.
And somewhere out there, Brad Pitt is shaking.