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TIL in 2007, doctors treated a one year old boy that had mysteriously grown pubic hair and an abnormally large penis. Investigations revealed the father had inadvertently exposed the child to topical testosterone gel when cuddling him, which had been prescribed to treat the father’s low libido.

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