How vasectomy works
A vasectomy works by stopping your body releasing sperm in the semen when you come (ejaculate).
After a vasectomy, you can still ejaculate but your semen will not have any sperm in it.
On the day of your vasectomy
Vasectomy is done at a GP surgery, sexual health clinic or hospital.
A vasectomy usually takes around 15 to 20 minutes.
The doctor will: :
- use a local anaesthetic to numb your scrotum (the skin around your testicles)
- make a small cut in your scrotum
- seal, block or cut the tubes that carry sperm (sperm ducts)
- close the cut, usually with dissolvable stitches