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

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.

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    216·
    1 year ago

    More options are great I suppose, but as a gem-xer I don’t get the modern revolt against the condom. Modern condoms are pretty damn thin / good and are a form of male birth control with bonus of very good disease prevention, have next to no side effects, and minimize messes too.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      316·
      1 year ago

      All true, but they also feel awful, sometimes painfully tight, and are total erection killers. I use them, but I hate using them.

      • NOPper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        It’s the pause in the flow of things to go get one and put it on plus difficulty finding the right size. Used em my entire life until my wife had an IUD put in. After a few ears she had it removed and going back to condoms was not super fun for either of us.

        On the bright side for me, a vasectomy solved all these issues and was totally worth the minimal process to get it. This solution sounds like a dream honestly.

    • trebuchet@lemmy.mlEnglish
      152·
      1 year ago

      Modern?

      Has it increased in some way over time? I think men not wanting to wear condoms because of how they feel is a tale as old as the condom itself.

      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        I think for those that have grown up with porn in their palms it is different yes. Admittedly that’s my impression and that of my peer group. I’m not aware of data on the matter.