Straightforward vasectomy recovery with foreskin restoration

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This open-ended vasectomy was done using a mid-line incision no-scalpel. The testicular ends were not sealed, and the prostatic ends were sealed using electro-cautery. Sutures were also used. As well as the photo's, our contributor has sent in his personal story.

1st day after vasectomy

1st day after the operation, showing sticking plaster covering wound. There is slight bruising on the left testicle, but it's not particularly visible in this picture.

2nd day after vasectomy

2nd day after vasectomy. This photo shows slight bruising on the left testicle and left side of the penis.

The contributor has spent 1 year doing non-surgical foreskin restoration using t-tape, and he says that "It really does work, it just takes time and patience - I still have many more years left until I'm done."

On the subject of foreskin restoration, and the reason for it, the contributor says:- "I started foreskin restoration because I had painful tight erections due to too much skin removed from the circumcision forced on me at birth. The circumcision scar is also painful to touch. In addition you can see how the raphe at the tip of my "foreskin" is not centered, it is very twisted compared to the shaft and scrotum. It's twisted because in infants the penis is still growing and developing and the circumcision harmed that development. That also may be a contributing factor to how my left testicle is lower than the right."

3rd day after vasectomy

3rd day after the vasectomy. This photo shows that the bruising has slightly deepened, and there is slight would leakage from the central incision. The bruising was at it's worst today.

In this series of pictures, the left testicle is hanging significantly lower than the right. I asked the contributor about this. He rightly pointed out that it is normal for one testicle to hang slightly lower than the other. In his particular situation he says that:- "It has always been that way for me, although maybe it just looks like the difference is a lot, and not normal. The left testicle may be hanging lower because of the stitches of the midline incision, and I am still waiting for those stitches to be absorbed. I may also have some contributing factors though such as hydrocele (some fluid filled cysts on or around the testicle) that make it appear larger or heavier in addition to varicocele veins in the left testicle that add more weight or volume. The urologist did an exam on me and did not say anything about the latter two things though."

5th day after vasectomy

5th day after the vasectomy. This photo shows the bruising has reduced slightly.

7th day after vasectomy

7th day after vasectomy. The bruising on the penis has all but disappeared, and the bruising on the left testicle has reduced too.

11th day after vasectomy

11th day after vasectomy. Puncture wound still visible, and the bruising has disappeared.

Many thanks to our contributor for submitting these pictures and allowing us to use them. If you are having a vasectomy, please consider the idea of taking some pictures during your recovery for us to post, as we feel that it will help men know what is, and isn't normal. We aren't looking for just extreme bruising and swelling picture as above, but also pictures of straightforward vasectomy with normal recovery. As with the above pictures, complete anonymity is guaranteed, and for the purposes of taste and decency, photo's will be edited to be shown in a clinical context. If you are happy to participate, please visit the section index page for photographer's tips and the email address to send your pictures to.

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