Vasectomy photographs

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I need your help!! Over the years I've had many requests to show pictures of what is (and isn't) considered normal bruising and swelling after vasectomy - that's why I started this page. I've recently had some feedback on the page that says "It's great to see the worst case scenario, but what about "Normal" vasectomy"? As you will see, there are a few photo's of what isn't considered normal, but very few pictures of what is considered normal. So if you are about to have a vasectomy, please consider contributing to this page.

What I'm looking for are pictures of normal vasectomy. So you have had a vasectomy, and all you can see are a couple of marks and a slight bruise - that's what I'm looking for! Just a little bit of swelling? Maybe no bruising or swelling - just incisions? That's what I'm looking for too! You may well think that photo's you take may not spectacular enough, but those are precisely the sort of pictures I'm looking for. It's important to show the worst case, and it's equally important, or MORE important to show what happens in most cases.

Please have a look at the photographers tips below. All submissions are in total confidence, will be posted with complete anonymity and will only be shown in a clinical context. Please email the webmaster for more information, or to send in your pictures. Thank you!

The photo's we have to date are as follows:-

Many thanks to our contributors for submitting their 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 shown on some pages, but also pictures of straightforward vasectomy with normal recovery. 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 email the webmaster in confidence.

Photographers tips. The purpose of the page is to show scars, bruising and swelling in a clinical context, therefore we will need to crop any photo's prior to inclusion to show only what is necessary. Because we will probably need to crop pictures, we need the highest quality images in the first instance. The following tips may help.

• Set your camera to the highest definition and image quality settings.
• If your camera has a macro facility, use this to get as near to the incision, or site of bruising as you can in order to fill the frame with the subject matter. Less cropping of the original image means better quality.
• Try to take pictures with, and without flash. Sometimes the natural light shows off texture better, sometimes flash works best.
• Experiment. Try to take several photo's from different angles with, and without flash. If you send me the best ones I can then select the most appropriate picture that shows what is intended.

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