Watch the eye-wincing moment surgeon performs vasectomy on HIMSELF as a ‘gift to his wife’

A PLASTIC surgeon decided to transportation retired a vasectomy connected himself and shared the horrifying infinitesimal successful a video that's present gone viral.

Dr Chen Weinong, a begetter of three, decided to get 'the snip' arsenic a "gift for his wife" to guarantee they don't person immoderate much children.

The doc from Taiwan told Sun Health that owed to his expertise and the value of the area, helium believed it was safest to transportation retired the surgery himself.

A vasectomy is a surgical process that prevents pregnancy by cutting oregon sealing the tubes that transportation sperm. 

It's a imperishable signifier of antheral commencement control. 

Vasectomies are communal successful the UK, with astir 11,000 performed each year.

But doing it yourself is antithetic and Dr Chen's video came with a strict "do not effort this astatine home" warning.

The process uses section anaesthetic to numb the genitals, truthful Dr Chen is afloat conscious successful the video.

In a clip published on Facebook and Instagram for "educational purposes", Dr Chen tin beryllium seen laying backmost successful a surgical seat portion helium uses a scalpel and surgical clamp to transportation retired the operation.

At 1 constituent helium leans backmost successful what seems similar a infinitesimal of symptom during the hour-long procedure.

But helium rapidly carries connected and finishes by stitching himself up with 'catgut' — a earthy surgical thread made from the purified collagen of carnal intestines. 

Writing connected societal media helium said: "'It was a unusual feeling to interaction and suture my ain urethra."

He besides told Sun Health: "The cognition was precise sterile, and I followed the steps.

"It went smoothly, and I was wholly mean the next day. I posted this conscionable to stock my idiosyncratic experience."

While Dr Chen performed the process connected himself, determination was a urologist contiguous connected the time to connection assistance.

His wife, Dr Zhang Fengshu, who besides has a surgical and plastic surgery license, was besides present.

A vasectomy usually takes about 15–30 minutes and is mostly considered a comparatively painless process owed to section anaesthetic.

Most men volition acquisition immoderate mild discomfort, swelling, and bruising successful the scrotum afterwards, which tin beryllium managed with over-the-counter symptom medication.

The astir achy portion tends to beryllium the anaesthetic injection itself. 

Dr Chen said portion helium did acquisition immoderate symptom and discomfort the nighttime pursuing the surgery, helium felt good by the next morning.

His video has present gained much than 4 cardinal views crossed assorted societal media.

This isn't the archetypal clip a doc has carried retired a vasectomy connected himself.

Back successful 2001 is was reported GP Jonathan Heatley, who had his ain health centre successful Horsham, West Sussex, performed a DIY procedure.