Swelling after vasectomy
May 29th 2008adminPost vasectomy swelling and bruising
These two pictures were taken on day 5 of recovery. I seem to have quite a bit of swelling, bruising, and tenderness with my bilateral vasectomy, so I called the Dr., and he is having me come back in tomorrow just to double-check that everything is okay. I seem to have some abdominal pain also, so he wants to check that nothing went wrong. What do you think? Is this amount of bruising normal? The site of the incision (where the stitches are) is a little dark because he had to apply a small amount of silver nitrate to stop some surface bleeding after the procedure.
These pictures 5 days after a midline vasectomy demonstrate a more than average amount of bruising that is expected after a vasectomy. There is some swelling in the scrotum. There does not appear to be any active bleeding. The bruising seems to be improving as you can see the normal color changes that occur with resolution. Usually, the blood that is trapped within the skin is broken down into the basic components of hemoglobin which will cause the color to change from purple to green to yellow before finally fading. Consultation with your vasectomy surgeon is important in any situation where the healing process is out of the norm.
Chefp147 on 01 Jun 2008 at 6:46 am #
My scrotum is still swollen 8 days after my vasectomy. My scrotum is as big as a grapefruit!! Has anyone else experienced such extreme swelling?