13-05-2025
I have small genitals, no sex drive and can't smell... meet the men who didn't go through puberty because of this little-known syndrome that affects thousands
While other boys his age were dealing with acne and mood swings, as a teenager, Neil Smith experienced none of this. For Neil, now 55 and a biomedical scientist from Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, never went through puberty.
He has Kallmann syndrome – a condition where puberty is delayed or absent, due to a problem with the release of sex hormones. Those affected have small genitals and no sex drive; they also have a reduced or total loss of smell.
