- cross-posted to:
- science@mander.xyz
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- science@mander.xyz
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10395470
A gel injected into the scrotum could be the next male contraceptive::Biotech company Contraline has safely implanted a sperm-blocking hydrogel in 23 men. It’s designed to be a fully reversible vasectomy.
If inserting a stabby piece of plastic and copper into a uterus is fine, maybe pumping some gel into your balls is fine, too.
We treat women like it's their problem to solve while treating our family jewels like actual untouchable treasure. Save some squirt and get a vasectomy.
I mostly assumed, but I hear that attitude from men all the time. After I got my vasectomy most of my partner's husbands were like, "Oh no way I'd never do that. To my balls? Nah. My wife's got an IUD."
So, Vasalgel from a different company. I honestly don't understand why this isn't a product yet. Getting a vasectomy is so difficult as there's still a lot of prejudice and because it's seen a permanent. Urologists, maybe even the conservative ones would be willing to use it as it wouldn't interfere with the traditional views of "men have to make babies! it's a man's duty!" that much.
men are huge babies at the best of times, you will never convince more than a fraction of them to take a needle to the balls
Honestly the scrotal lidocaine injections for a vasectomy weren't bad. A very unnatural sensation but no worse than a needle in the arm.