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Disadvantages

- A vasectomy requires surgery. Some men are afraid of having an operation on their testicles.
- Some men fear that the operation will affect their ability to have intercourse or will interfere with erection.
- A vasectomy may involve some pain or discomfort and scrotal discoloring (usually not severe) for several days after the operation. Pain can usually be relieved with mild pain medications. An ice pack must be kept on the scrotum for at least 4 hours after surgery to reduce the chances of swelling, bleeding and discomfort. Scrotal support must be worn for 2 days after the operation (jockey shorts are adequate).
- The operation is not effective immediately. You will need to use condoms until the sperm clears from your tubes (15-20 ejaculations). To find if you are sterile, have your semen examined under a microscope after about 15 ejaculations.
- Regret after vasectomy is greater if the man's partner is under 25, he divorces or remarries, a child dies, or when vasectomy is done immediately after having a new baby.
- The operation to reverse a vasectomy does not always work. It is highly technical, expensive, and its results cannot be guaranteed.
- A vasectomy offers no protection against sexually transmitted infections including HIV (the AIDS virus).

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