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From Edie:- I have a friends with benefits situation, I am a 47 yr. woman and my BF is 35. We have been together 2 1/2 months and he INSISTS on using condoms even though he had a vasectomy at 23 and I have missed 2 periods since Sep 09. He said when he had [...]

From Susannah:- My husband is 36 and had a Vasectomy, via regular micro surgery, not laser surgery, 6 years ago while married to his ex-wife. He has four children and I do not think fertility has ever been a problem for him. I am 37 and have two children and I also have had no [...]

From Brian:- I am really angry about the way my stitches look post vasectomy. Is it normal for them to look like this? Although it is somewhere that can’t be seen, it still bothers me. Is this something that could have been prevented? The photo was taken 6 days post op. The attached photograph appears [...]

From Doug:- Hello. I think the website is an excellent source of information, but had 2 quick questions. I had my vas two days ago. The whole procedure was pretty easy and painless (despite being ‘tight’ from nervousness, which soon went away halfway through the first side). Anyway, I was surprised that neither the surgeon [...]

When men opt for vasectomies, it is possible to ask the doctor to cut a 6-8 inch instead of a small inch during the procedure? I’m worried if I get one and it is cut small, it would recanalize. Is it possible to ask them cut it wider? I do not recommend excising unnecessarily large [...]

From Jim:- My questions concerns the potential for complications for someone who had testicular torsion surgery some years prior to wanting a vasectomy. I am 30 years removed from torsion correction surgery (bilateral “tack”) I have two rather large scars on my scrotum and large tortuous vessels that end near both incision scars. I am [...]

From Jeff:- Thank you for taking the time to answer questions. I have the following question that I did not see in the archives and hoped you could help with: I’m wondering if getting a vasectomy using cauterization is significantly safer than one where the vas are just tied. By safer, I mean is there [...]

On Sept 25 I had a In office vasectomy. I am 35 years old and have two wonderful boys. My wife and I do not want to have any more kids. Three weeks after the vasectomy I had a doctors visit to see how things were going. He then informed me that the lab results [...]

I had my vasectomy two days ago and it seemed to go well. The pain was not and is not bad at all. However when I took the bandage off yesterday and took a look I discovered what appears to be a staple on my scrotum. I’ve heard of staples being used in surgery and [...]

From Gabrielle:- My boyfriend had a laser vasectomy in January of this year. Are laser vasectomies reversable? Are there any other ways to become pregnant without having a reversal? I know your article/responses explain procedures for reversal, but I was not sure whether they are in reference to the older style of vasectomy (clamping?) or [...]