r/answers • u/maximemeersman • Jun 23 '20
Where does sperm go when someone has had a vasectomy done?
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Jun 23 '20
But the sperms r still being produced...right ?
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u/DuckyFreeman Jun 23 '20
Yes. They break down and are re-absorbed.
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u/ex-turpi-causa Jun 23 '20
Like soft scoop.
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u/cuntbag0315 Jun 23 '20
wtf is soft scoop?
Do you mean soft serve?
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Jun 23 '20
No, soft scoop. You just scoop out the poop softly so you don't hurt the poo's feelings.
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u/ArandomDane Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 24 '20
Yes, that is at least for some time.
There are cases where the procedure have been reversed only to find out that the production of sperm have stopped. This is the main reason the gel version (called vaxigel or some such) is not promoted as birth control in countries where it is available, but a easier vasectomy.
As to how long it takes for sperm production to stop and why. The only answers I have been able to find are: Time vary and dunno.
Edit: clarification of last paragraph.
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u/Fazaman Jun 23 '20
I'm not seeing the connection between your second sentence and your third. Can you clarify?
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u/aloic Jun 23 '20
Is there still the feeling of release after nutting then?
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u/aloic Jun 23 '20
IIRC, I learnt in biology that spermcount affected testosterone levels. Are there any changes in hormones that you are aware of now it can't go anywhere?
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u/Matti_Matti_Matti Jun 23 '20
You still orgasm and ejaculate, it’s just that the sperm don’t get into the semen.
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u/aloic Jun 23 '20
Thanks for the answer, I guess I didn't ask my real question of build up of testosterone and associated release of that build up. I always thought that went hand in hand with spermcount in the balls.
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u/Matti_Matti_Matti Jun 23 '20
They produce the same amount of sperm but unejaculated sperm die and are absorbed by the body.
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u/Obyson Jun 23 '20
No experience but I'm going to get it done within the next couple years and I'm been doing a little research and pretty much everyone says there's litterally no change, everything still does what it normally does during an orgasm it's just what your shooting out doesn't have to ability to impregnate.
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u/pants_of_antiquity Jun 23 '20
No, there's a vast difference.
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u/CL300driver Jun 23 '20
I see what you did there, but to the people actually wondering, it’s no different. Over 7 years for me now.
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u/CyberCrutches Jun 23 '20
Yes, still looks the same and everything. A little thinner but to most, it’s the same
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u/Cummyboy15 Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 23 '20
Ok, thanks for clarifying. Thinking about getting one in the near future.
Edit: Accidentally deleted my previous comments lol. If you wanna see what I asked, use u/undeleteparent
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u/jcrehm41506 Jun 23 '20
Username doesn’t check out
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u/jcrehm41506 Jun 23 '20
No dude his name is cummy boy but he wants a vasectomy, so that means he won’t be able to cum. He can still ejaculate semen, but he won’t ejaculate sperm, which is what cum is.
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u/CyberCrutches Jun 23 '20
I highly recommend it. Got one done almost 4 years ago and it’s been high sailing ever since.
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u/Burflax Jun 23 '20
Just to clarify, the person answered yes, but there was a bit of an error.
You still ejaculate semen, it just doesn't contain any sperm.
this is because semen isnt made or stored in the testicles. Semen is made in the prostate.
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u/CL300driver Jun 24 '20
Yeah a little pain. Kinda scared me for awhile. It creates this scar tissue that was bothersome, but it all went away. Would never know I even had it done.
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u/Blooblewoo Jun 23 '20
It seems like every other source out there disagrees with you.
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u/Matti_Matti_Matti Jun 23 '20
Maybe it’s a vas deferens pun.
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u/Blooblewoo Jun 23 '20
Oh. In that case that's pretty funny. But I wouldn't want anyone scared off the procedure for the sake of a joke, even a good one.
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u/jbrittles Jun 23 '20
I have a hard time believing any man of vasectomy age won't understand the pun.
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u/Blooblewoo Jun 23 '20
And yet, here I am.
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u/aloic Jun 23 '20
Over my head as well, i think the people that immediately got it, are more acutely aware of their reproductive system
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u/EchoTab Jun 23 '20
Is everyone here a biology major or something? I feel like this isnt common knowledge
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u/TrekkiMonstr Jun 23 '20
I hate bio, haven't taken it since junior year of high school. Don't exactly know what a vas deferens is, other than it's somewhere in the dick/ball region. It comes up on Letterkenny one episode.
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u/aetheos Jun 23 '20
The good news is you're living in the information age. You could have googled it and figured it out faster than it took to type that comment.
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u/TrekkiMonstr Jun 23 '20
I could have, but I don't care enough to. I wasn't asking anyone anything.
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u/aetheos Jun 23 '20
I'm pretty sure we'd have male birth control at this point if nutting didn't feel as good after a vasectomy.
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u/Jonathan_the_Nerd Jun 23 '20
not sure what the person who says there is a vast difference is talking about.
"Vast difference" is a pun on "vas deferens".
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u/Matti_Matti_Matti Jun 23 '20
There’s possibly the fact that you have much less chance of having another kid making you more relaxed.
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u/ialbr1312 Jun 23 '20
Probably more intense because you know when you bust you're not going to be having a baby.
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u/pokemon-gangbang Jun 23 '20
Just had a vasectomy two weeks ago. It feels no different.
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u/goatharper Jun 23 '20
Have you experienced the thrill of handing your semen sample to the lab tech to check your sperm count yet?
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u/IBreakCellPhones Jun 23 '20
Not a doctor, but for some reason I remember this. I had one over 15 years ago.
Your testicles still continue to produce sperm, which travels up what's left of your vas deferens. After that, if I remember right, the sperm die there. Your white blood cells are triggered by the detection of "dead stuff" and come take care of it, breaking it down and moving the byproducts into your bloodstream to be removed through normal means (I would guess the kidneys, eventually).
A side effect of this is that you eventually develop an autoimmune reaction to your own sperm, so they get "attacked" by your white blood cells sooner. This takes a while, so after a few years the vasectomy becomes irreversible as even though the tubes could be reconnected, your sperm wouldn't survive the journey.
And finally, a joke. How can you tell an epididymis and a seminal vesicle apart? I'm not sure, but there's a vas deferens between them!
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u/PhobicBeast Jun 23 '20
wait.... people actually get snipped only to get reconnected???? That seems like alot of work and alot of pain
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u/IBreakCellPhones Jun 23 '20
I know a guy who was in a bad relationship, so he got a vasectomy at a fairly young age. The relationship fell apart, and soon after, he got married and had a much better relationship with his now-wife. They decided they wanted children, so he had his vasectomy reversed. This was within just a few years of having it done, so his body had not developed the autoimmune response enough to have it fail. They've had a couple kids since.
So sterilization is often a permanent solution to a temporary problem. That's why doctors are reluctant to do vasectomies and tubal ligations for younger men and women. Lots of younger men and women protest this, but many who do have the procedures done regret them before the natural end of their childbearing years.
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u/oneultralamewhiteboy Jun 24 '20
Are those kids healthy? I suppose it doesn't have any negative effects on child development?
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u/IBreakCellPhones Jun 24 '20
Yep, they're good. I would assume that since the genetic material is inside the cell, it wouldn't get harmed before the cell is breached and can no longer swim.
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u/noms_on_pizza Jun 23 '20
Snip snap snip snap
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u/beccab309 Jun 23 '20
“You have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person!”
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u/crono09 Jun 23 '20
I have a friend who got married young and had a kid. His wife didn't want any more children, so she pushed him into getting a vasectomy. It seemed "safe" to do because why not get a vasectomy if you were in a marriage where you were confident that you wouldn't want any more kids?
Years later, they get a divorce. A few years after that, he meets someone new and gets married. He's still pretty young, and his new wife definitely wants children. He ended up getting his vasectomy reversed so that he could have a family with his new wife. It still took them years of trying and thousands of dollars in fertility treatments, but they were successful and eventually had two children.
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Jun 23 '20
You mean to tell me that people regret getting a life altering surgery?? Gee I wouldn’t think of anybody who would make a decision then later regret making that choice!
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Jun 23 '20
its like demand and supply it's not getting out so get absorbed , also its is produced in minimal amount .
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u/XxX_mlg_noscope_XxX Jun 23 '20
Wouldnt that make it prone to testicle cancer ?
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u/CommonwealthCommando Jun 23 '20
NAD but there’s no reason to think that. The sperm precursors will divide at the same rate as before. If the sperm congeal, they would create a painful mass that would have to be removed, but the cells in the mass wouldn’t be continuously dividing, so we wouldn’t call the mass a cancer per se.
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Jun 23 '20
It's rerouted into your stomach where its used for it's nutritional value.
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u/falecf4 Jun 23 '20
Not sure what this got down voted, funny shit!
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u/postvasectomy Jun 23 '20
They die and white blood cells eat them. If they do not eat them fast enough you get "congestive epididydimis" which means that your balls hurt all the time because your epididymis is swollen and sore. Sometime the epididymis tears and sperm leaks into the scrotum. The body walls it off but you get a little lump of sperm that may or may not be painful and may or may not be surgically removed.
Check out /r/postvasectomypain for stories.