A Gel Injected Into the Scrotum Could Be the Next Male Contraceptive
www.wired.com
Biotech company Contraline has safely implanted a sperm-blocking hydrogel in 23 men. It’s designed to be a fully reversible vasectomy.

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.

    • 6daemonbag
      6•6 months ago

      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.

  • Kuori [she/her]English
    6•6 months ago

    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

    • @[email protected]
      1•6 months ago

      Vasectomy is pretty widespread though and on the rise. If it’s really like a reversible vasectomy, as it is described in the article, I am pretty sure that a lot of men would do it.

  • happybadger [he/him]English
    5•6 months ago

    Honestly the scrotal lidocaine injections for a vasectomy weren’t bad. A very unnatural sensation but no worse than a needle in the arm.

    • @[email protected]
      1•6 months ago

      Getting hit in the balls is a lot more painful than a vasectomy in most case.

      I’d take the vasectomy “pain” over getting hit in the balls any day of the week

  • @onlinepersonaEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    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.

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