2023-09-18 12:06:02
By Pauline Fréour
Published on 09/17/2023 at 10:46, Updated on 09/18/2023 at 12:06
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OUR HEALTH ADVICE – Men have few safe and effective options in this area. Thermal methods are beginning to be developed.
When a man wishes to take responsibility for contraception in his relationship, he has few safe and effective options beyond the condom, flexible but sometimes experienced as a constraint, or vasectomy, a safe surgery. but little, if not not, reversible. However, alternatives are emerging, certainly at nascent stages, but capable of appealing to certain determined audiences.
This is mainly the case for thermal male contraception, sometimes described somewhat trivially as “heated underwear”. The method was developed in the 1980s, but its potential takeoff was stopped short by the arrival of HIV. Now, in a societal context conducive to greater equality within couples, the method seems to be starting to develop.
The principle consists of bringing the testicles up close to the body (at the base of the penis) to warm them by approximately two degrees. This impacts male fertility by significantly reducing concentration…
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