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Pre-Op Shave

When I had my vasectomy, I had to do it myself. Will they shave my abdomen, or will I have to do it?

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i was sleeved on wednesday. they shaved my stomach while i was under, and they left my happy place alone. no external sutures, just steri-strips. not sure if they used any dermabond.

do not shave unless they ask you to do differently. More than likely they will shave the area a little bit with an electric razor that will not cut the hair right at the skin because that can cause ingrowns around the site and infection.

i was sleeved on wednesday. they shaved my stomach while i was under, and they left my happy place alone. no external sutures, just steri-strips. not sure if they used any dermabond.

I was disappointed they left my happy place alone. It's out of control really, haven't seen it in years - I would imagine it could have used a trim...jus' sayin'! B)

Psh, you women act like we don't manscape already, cmon! The only thing, completely shaving down there makes me feel like I'm 12 again, kind of weird. But a trimmer gets everything done up nicely, haha. I may take my electric razor and hit my stomach, but I already don't have much hair there anyway, ha.

  • 2 months later...

Sleeved April 30th 2013. I was not shaved, in fact my incision sites are glued and stapled. Everything looks great and I am ready to have these staples removed tuesday morning.

  • 2 weeks later...

I am really hairy, so before I went in I cut it all off with clippers, but didnt shave it completely. I thought they might shave the incision sites, but they didnt do anything. My mom works in surgery, and she insisted that they dont like it when people shave themselves, because they can get knicks that can get infected. Thats why I used clippers instead of a razor.

  • 2 weeks later...

Waxing would solve that problem.

:P

Uhmm.... My doc said shave from nipples to knees. He left out the part about skipping the nether regions. Wife sent me in to get a men's brazillian wax. Couldn't have been smoother down there but unfortunately it was unnecessary. That said I think every guy should get waxed down there once just to be able to relate to what the women do.

I'm 6 days post op. I didn't think anything about getting shaved until I saw this post. I look at my incisions at least 10 times a day...however it wasn't until today that I realized they shaved me. I guess that could explain the itching

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