Researchers create a new male contraceptive that you apply like lotion

[Zuberi]

Researchers create a new male contraceptive that you apply like lotion
By George Dvorsky
Researchers create a new male contraceptive that you apply like lotion

It's been a half-century since the advent of a reliable birth control option for women, and we've developed virtually nothing similar for men. But now, owing to research done at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, an innovative new treatment holds promise as a reversible birth control option for men -– a combination of gels that get applied through the skin.
The secret is combining the male hormone testosterone with a new synthetic progestin called Nestorone, which reduces male sperm production dramatically, according to a research team led by Christine Wang. Very low sperm counts resulted for about 89% of men who used the new combination of hormones.

The question is will it be put on the market.

[haute macabre]

The fact that they are even considering male contraceptive is a miracle. Hopefully there won't be as many side effects for men, as there is for women.

[felixblue]

Pretty pointless when its women who get pregs though.. I can see many men ending up being cucked by this, as they already are when they get the snip and next thing they know she is up the duff..

[haute macabre]

I also had an idea. Why not have a shot that lasts every month or three months? People forget using contraceptives all the time, so I think it would be easier for them to be reminded for an appointment than a pill or lotion to take every day.

[felixblue]

I know several blokes who have had the snip (therefore are totally infertile) yet have found themselves having to accept fatherhood when their owner decides she is going to have a baby regardless..

Why do men do this?

Beats me.. But they do!

[haute macabre]

I know several blokes who have had the snip (therefore are totally infertile) yet have found themselves having to accept fatherhood when their owner decides she is going to have a baby regardless..

Why do men do this?

Beats me.. But they do!

I don't get that either. If I were a guy in that situation, I'd cut off all contacts immediately and hide in the mountains or take a long vacation.

[Zuberi]

I know several blokes who have had the snip (therefore are totally infertile) yet have found themselves having to accept fatherhood when their owner decides she is going to have a baby regardless..

An how the hell does that happen if those men are infertile?