Vasectomy for foreigners

@Keith Hogg

Hello Keith,

Welcome on board !

Please note that you participated on an old thread from 2017. I have taken the liberty to open this new thread from your post on the Ho Chi Minh City forum so that you may receive some up-to date info.

All the best

Bhavna

Hi, is there anything on having a vasectomy for foreigners? I'm think of ha it done here. but might wait until I arrive in Vietnam specifically Ho Chi Minh. thank youKeith    -@Keith Hogg

Hello Keith Hogg.  Allow me to second Bhavna's welcome to you. Good to have you with us.

May I ask why you would wait to arrive here to have the procedure performed? Price? Recovery time?

It would be wise to remember that post-operation you would still be able to father a child for up to 3 weeks afterwards.

Again, welcome to expat.com

@Aidan in HCMC I was considering for the price mainly. But  I'm going to have the procedure here.  before I   moved to Ho Chi Minh. And thank you for the welcome 🙏

@Aidan in HCMC I was considering for the price mainly. But  I'm going to have the procedure here.  before I   moved to Ho Chi Minh. And thank you for the welcome 🙏     -@Keith Hogg

Good stuff, and I believe a wise choice. Though a not-so-complicated procedure it is still, in fact, surgery. Heaven forbid that complications occur whilst so far from home.

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Hope to hear from you again soon.

    Hi, is there anything on having a vasectomy for foreigners? I'm think of ha it done here. but might wait until I arrive in Vietnam specifically Ho Chi Minh. thank you
Keith
   

    -@Keith Hogg

Get a Vietnamese girlfriend.

Then cheat on her.

You'll get the Full Monty version of the surgery, free of charge...

@OceanBeach92107,  I think Keith Hogg is exploring a softer approach

(😉 Cheryl 😉)

OK, seriously, back in the Dark Ages (1973) when I was in Nursing school, I made a nice chunk of change on one Saturday every month as a surgical assistant for local Urologists doing vasectomies in the offices of Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood.

Yes, it's technically a "surgical" procedure, but it's one of the simplest and safest; done under minimal local anesthesia.

No reason it can't be done in a doctor's office; Urologist recommended but not really required.

The biggest problem a foreigner might face: Vietnamese physicians are not very generous with sedatives or anti-anxiety drugs, and most men bring a lot of anxiety onto the treatment table.

No reason a patient can't walk out of the doctor's office 30 minutes after the 15 minute procedure is done.

I'm sure the price is 1/10 of the cost in a foreign country...maybe even cheaper.

Maybe during one of your border runs, go to Thailand for the procedure. I hear their facilities are top notch with a large medical tourism business.