For the man who is about to undergo this surgery, the vasectomy doctor is most important. You need to go through the experience in order to understand how vulnerable one feels when you have needle and scalpels within millimeters of your testes. This situation can make the best of us sweat. From this point of view it is quite important that the man feels comfortable with his vasectomy doctor and understands what the surgery involves.

What Does a Vasectomy Involve?

This is quite a simple procedure commonly done right in the office of your vasectomy doctor (not necessarily in the hospital) as an outpatient treatment. While the actual surgery can take only a few minutes, the whole process from beginning to the end takes about thirty minutes in all. Let us look at the steps of the surgery:

1. The vasectomy doctor gives you a local anesthesia (usually injected) and then waits a few minutes till the scrotal area becomes totally numb.

2. On confirming total loss of feeling, the vasectomy doctor makes a tiny incision on the side of the scrotal sac and pulls out a part of the vas deferens. You will not feel any pain, though sometimes you may experience a tugging feeling. A small part is cut from the vas deferens and then the ends are closed shut with the help of heat or stitches. The same process will be repeated with the other scrotal sac.

3. Lastly, the doctor will close the tiny incisions with a few tiny stitches which will melt away after seven to ten days.

4. You will need to test your semen for sperm for about eight to twelve weeks before you are declared sterile and you can safely have unprotected sex with your partner.

This is about all that a vasectomy involves. The detailed information as well as the pre- and post-surgical care will be given to you by your vasectomy doctor. Though this is a very simple method, many avoid it and go for female sterilization - which is much more painful and risky, as well as expensive - for lack of adequate information.

This is why it is important that you ask all of the questions you have in your mind regarding this procedure from your vasectomy doctor; in turn he will educate you about the requirements, procedures, and possible risks of the surgery. Only when you have the correct information will you be to make the best decision.