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A gel injected into the scrotum could be the next male contraceptive (www.wired.com)
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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.

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[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 months ago

Men already get cut open down there and then get their pipes cut and burned. A small injection that is reversible would actually be better. As long as it works very reliably (which it probably won't).

Hell, there have been cases where even the cutting healed by its own and suddenly they got someone pregnant.

Besides the risk for permanent pain in the area, a vasectomy is not 100% risk free unfortunately (or I would have done it years ago without hesitation).