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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 be 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!

Photo's submitted from Dr. Karpman's patients

Bilateral vasectomy	The photo's on this page were submitted by Dr. Karpman, with the permission of one of his patients. It shows Dr Karpman's No-Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) Technique using two incisions immediately post procedure, and follows the healing over the next few days.
Bilateral vasectomy 2	As above, the photo's on this page were submitted by Dr. Karpman, with the permission of one of his patients. This series of pictures were taken between days 1 and 6 after the vasectomy. Although out of focus, these pictures do show the location of the incision very well, and some slight bruising.

Normal bruising and swelling post vasectomy

NSV procedure day 4	This set of pictures was added May 30, 2011 and shows swelling and minor bruising on day 4 following an NSV procedure.
Bilateral traditional vasectomy	This set of pictures was also added May 30, 2011 and shows swelling and minor bruising about 3 days after a traditional bilateral scalpel vasectomy.
Normal healing	This set of pictures was added on February 6, 2011 and shows normal healing with slight swelling and bruising. The pictures were taken about 2.5 days after the procedure.
Bruising after NSV vasectomy on day 5	This set of pictures was added January 30, 2011 and show bruising at day 5 followng an NSV.
Normal healing	This set of pictures was also added January 30, 2011 and shows normal healing with very little bruising and swelling. The pictures start before the shave to day 8.
Normal healing days 3 and 17	More new pictures added January 30, 2011. This set shows normal healing, again with very little bruising and swelling on days 3 and 17.
Day 2 normal vasectomy	This set of pictures was added May 16, 2010 and show normal healing at day 2.
Stitching at day 8 post vasectomy	This set of pictures was added December 14, 2009 and show normal stitching at day 8 post vasectomy. Originally added to the Ask The Doctor section of the site.
Bruising after vasectomy. Day 2 to 7 weeks	This set of pictures was added October 31, 2009 and shows the progression of bruising and slight swelling post vasectomy. The pictures start on day 2, and progress to week 7.
Bruising after vasectomy from 24 hours post op	This set of pictures was added October 31, 2009 and shows post vasectomy bruising at 24, and 48 hours.
Pictures of normal bruising after a vasectomy	This set of pictures was added October 10, 2009 and show normal bruising six days after a vasectomy, with sone great close ups of the healing of the incision.
Wound following NSV 2 days post procedure	This picture was added October 10, 2009 and shows a wound 2 days after the NSV procedure. originally submitted as a question to the Ask the Doctor section of the website.
Pictures of normal vasectomy recovery	This set of pictures was added August 16, 2009 and shows normal healing over the course of the first few days. The procedure was a no scalpel vasectomy, and the difference is that our contributor has only one testicle. He lost the other one in his teens as the result of testicular torsion.
Pictures of normal vasectomy recovery with minor infection	This set of pictures was added July 25, 2009 and shows normal healing on day 4, plus a minor infection on day 7.
Bruising after vasectomy	These pictures were sent in as part of a question submitted to the Ask the Doctor section of the website, and show bruising post vasectomy. They were added March 10, 2009 and updated on April 11.
Normal vasectomy healing day 5	This picture was added December 29, 2008 and shows normal healing on day 5 following vasectomy.
Normal vasectomy to day 8	This set of pictures was added December 29, 2008 and shows normal healing to day 8 following vasectomy. The pictures were sent in with a question to our Ask The Doctor section.
Normal vasectomy healing day 3	This picture was submitted to the Ask the Doctor section, and shows healing of a midline incision on day 3.
Normal healing following a no scalpel vasectomy	This set of pictures was added March 1, 2009 and shows normal healing to day 8 following a no scalpel vasectomy. The first three were taken during the initial couple of days, and the last two were taken 6 months later.
Midline vasectomy days 1 and 4	The photo's on this page were submitted by one of our site visitors of his vasectomy with one midline incision. Two photo's - day 1 and day 4.
Swelling 5 days after vasectomy	Two photo's taken on day 5 after vasectomy, and submitted via a question to the Ask The Doctor page.
Bruising after vasectomy	These pictures were sent in as part of a question submitted to the Ask the Doctor section of the website, and show bruising post vasectomy. They were added March 10, 2009 and updated on April 11.
Normal vasectomy recovery, and foreskin restoration	These photo's were taken between days 1 and 11 after an open-ended vasectomy with midline incision, and show normal post-op bruising. The contributor has been restoring his foreskin in part due to painful erections, and one of the pictures shows the restoration.

Unusual bruising and swelling post vasectomy

Pictures of extreme bruising and swelling after a vasectomy	This set of pictures was added late December 2007, and they show the bruising and swelling associated with a post vasectomy hematoma. The series of pictures starts at day 2, and continues through to day 17.
Pictures of extreme bruising and swelling after vasectomy with a hematoma complication	This set of pictures was added January 23, 2008 and like the above set, they show bruising and swelling after a vasectomy associated with hematoma. I have updated this page with 4 more pictures taken on day 6 and day 11 as the recovery progresses.
Pictures of hematoma and swelling after a vasovasostomy	These pictures were added January 29, 2008 and they show unusual bruising and swelling after a vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal). These pictures were sent in to our Ask the Doctor section to illustrate the problem one of our contributors had following his vasovasostomy.
Pictures of bruising on penis after vasectomy - day 3	The photograph on this page was submitted with a question to our Ask the Doctor section, and was taken on day 3 after the vasectomy.

Vasectomy scars after some years

Post vasectomy scars

This page has photographs contributed by two of our site visitors. The page shows what bilateral and midline incision scars look like at 10 and 7 years post vasectomy.

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.

Please try not to use camera phones to take pictures. Whilst the resolution on camera phones is good enough for general photography, most phones don't have the close up ability or the resolution necessary for medical imagery.
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 or swelling 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.

Page updated December 14, 2009

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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!

Photo's submitted from Dr. Karpman's patients

The photo's on this page were submitted by Dr. Karpman, with the permission of one of his patients. It shows Dr Karpman's No-Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) Technique using two incisions immediately post procedure, and follows the healing over the next few days.

As above, the photo's on this page were submitted by Dr. Karpman, with the permission of one of his patients. This series of pictures were taken between days 1 and 6 after the vasectomy. Although out of focus, these pictures do show the location of the incision very well, and some slight bruising.

Normal bruising and swelling post vasectomy

This set of pictures was added May 30, 2011 and shows swelling and minor bruising on day 4 following an NSV procedure.

This set of pictures was also added May 30, 2011 and shows swelling and minor bruising about 3 days after a traditional bilateral scalpel vasectomy.

This set of pictures was added on February 6, 2011 and shows normal healing with slight swelling and bruising. The pictures were taken about 2.5 days after the procedure.

This set of pictures was added January 30, 2011 and show bruising at day 5 followng an NSV.

This set of pictures was also added January 30, 2011 and shows normal healing with very little bruising and swelling. The pictures start before the shave to day 8.

More new pictures added January 30, 2011. This set shows normal healing, again with very little bruising and swelling on days 3 and 17.

This set of pictures was added May 16, 2010 and show normal healing at day 2.

This set of pictures was added December 14, 2009 and show normal stitching at day 8 post vasectomy. Originally added to the Ask The Doctor section of the site.

This set of pictures was added October 31, 2009 and shows the progression of bruising and slight swelling post vasectomy. The pictures start on day 2, and progress to week 7.

This set of pictures was added October 31, 2009 and shows post vasectomy bruising at 24, and 48 hours.

This set of pictures was added October 10, 2009 and show normal bruising six days after a vasectomy, with sone great close ups of the healing of the incision.

This picture was added October 10, 2009 and shows a wound 2 days after the NSV procedure. originally submitted as a question to the Ask the Doctor section of the website.

This set of pictures was added August 16, 2009 and shows normal healing over the course of the first few days. The procedure was a no scalpel vasectomy, and the difference is that our contributor has only one testicle. He lost the other one in his teens as the result of testicular torsion.

This set of pictures was added July 25, 2009 and shows normal healing on day 4, plus a minor infection on day 7.

These pictures were sent in as part of a question submitted to the Ask the Doctor section of the website, and show bruising post vasectomy. They were added March 10, 2009 and updated on April 11.

This picture was added December 29, 2008 and shows normal healing on day 5 following vasectomy.

This set of pictures was added December 29, 2008 and shows normal healing to day 8 following vasectomy. The pictures were sent in with a question to our Ask The Doctor section.

This picture was submitted to the Ask the Doctor section, and shows healing of a midline incision on day 3.

This set of pictures was added March 1, 2009 and shows normal healing to day 8 following a no scalpel vasectomy. The first three were taken during the initial couple of days, and the last two were taken 6 months later.

The photo's on this page were submitted by one of our site visitors of his vasectomy with one midline incision. Two photo's - day 1 and day 4.

Two photo's taken on day 5 after vasectomy, and submitted via a question to the Ask The Doctor page.

These pictures were sent in as part of a question submitted to the Ask the Doctor section of the website, and show bruising post vasectomy. They were added March 10, 2009 and updated on April 11.

These photo's were taken between days 1 and 11 after an open-ended vasectomy with midline incision, and show normal post-op bruising. The contributor has been restoring his foreskin in part due to painful erections, and one of the pictures shows the restoration.

Unusual bruising and swelling post vasectomy

This set of pictures was added late December 2007, and they show the bruising and swelling associated with a post vasectomy hematoma. The series of pictures starts at day 2, and continues through to day 17.

This set of pictures was added January 23, 2008 and like the above set, they show bruising and swelling after a vasectomy associated with hematoma. I have updated this page with 4 more pictures taken on day 6 and day 11 as the recovery progresses.

These pictures were added January 29, 2008 and they show unusual bruising and swelling after a vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal). These pictures were sent in to our Ask the Doctor section to illustrate the problem one of our contributors had following his vasovasostomy.

The photograph on this page was submitted with a question to our Ask the Doctor section, and was taken on day 3 after the vasectomy.

Vasectomy scars after some years

This page has photographs contributed by two of our site visitors. The page shows what bilateral and midline incision scars look like at 10 and 7 years post vasectomy.

Page updated December 14, 2009