Vasectomy is the best form of male contraception as it prevents your body from releasing sperm.
Not worrying about unplanned pregnancies allows you to be more spontaneous which may lead to more enjoyment of sexy time. Your testosterone is what helps to control your sex drive, so a vasectomy won’t have an impact on your libido and performance.
more sexy time, less worries
Vasectomy
Vasectomy is the best form of male contraception. It is a surgical procedure during which your urologist ties off the vas deferens, the small tube that transports the sperm cells from the testicles into the body to behind the bladder where they are stored within the semen in the seminal vesicles. During ejaculation the semen (containing sperm) is deposited into the urethra to travel out through the tip of the penis.
During the vasectomy procedure, which can be performed under local or general anaesthesia, a small opening (the non- scalpel method) is made in the scrotal skin through which the vas deferens (about as thick as a match-stick) is brought out. A section of the vas is cut out and tied off with a suture and the open ends are fulgurated (sealed with heat) to obstruct the inside of the tube. The sperm cells therefore cannot travel into the body and join the semen. The spermatozoa remain in the epididymis and vas deferens until they die, and are reabsorbed by the body.
Vasectomy remains the most effective form of contraception and is much less invasive than female sterilisation. We are able to check whether a man is sterile by performing a semen analysis.
how long to the safe zone?
The semen stored inside the body will still contain sperm for an average of 30 ejaculations. Three months after your vasectomy procedure, you should take a semen sample to the laboratory.
3 months later...
This sample will check whether the semen is free of live and dead sperms. Until such time, you should continue to use contraception until you have received the “all clear” from your surgeon. Only then may you stop contraception.
What are the risks?
No procedure comes with a 100% guarantee and rare cases have been described where the two ends of the tubes have grown back together. This is why it is important to have a semen analysis done three months after the procedure. International guidelines require two clear semen analyses before we declare you sterile.
Other potential complications include bleeding and bruising, and rarely infection. If you develop swelling or pain after the procedure, please contact our rooms. Long term testicular discomfort or pain, persisting for more than one year after the surgery, is very rare.
Vasectomy should be seen as a permanent procedure as the reversal operation is a much more complicated and costly procedure with a lower success rate, especially if it is performed long after the vasectomy has been done. If you are unsure, consider storing sperm at a fertility clinic before the operation.