after a lot of thought I have decided to go ahead with castration and to use an elasterator.

I have rejected chemical castration as not being permanent, burdizzo as being too painful and results being too slow, I want to be rid of my testacles now not in a couple of years time.

Can anybody say how long I should wait after applying the band that I should wait before cutting my testacles off. Should I wait until they are dead and hence have no feeling or should I wait until they drop off.

Can anybody reccommend an anti-biotic to use.

manow69 (imported) wrote: Thu May 31, 2007 1:05 pm after a lot of thought I have decided to go ahead with castration and to use an elasterator.

I have rejected chemical castration as not being permanent, burdizzo as being too painful and results being too slow, I want to be rid of my testacles now not in a couple of years time.

Can anybody say how long I should wait after applying the band that I should wait before cutting my testacles off. Should I wait until they are dead and hence have no feeling or should I wait until they drop off.

Can anybody reccommend an anti-biotic to use.

If you can get past the super intense pain for any length of time, wait about 10 days til they are thoroughly rotten. By that time of course, you will probably need to check in to the ER for any of several complications of this type of action. Course if you are gonna band and cut em, why not just do it in the Hospital parking lot and crawl in? When your done in ER and OR, you can get a nice vacation on MHU. Course you can always borrow my saws-all

manow69 (imported) wrote: Thu May 31, 2007 1:05 pm after a lot of thought I have decided to go ahead with castration and to use an elasterator.

I have rejected chemical castration as not being permanent, burdizzo as being too painful and results being too slow, I want to be rid of my testacles now not in a couple of years time.

Can anybody say how long I should wait after applying the band that I should wait before cutting my testacles off. Should I wait until they are dead and hence have no feeling or should I wait until they drop off.

Can anybody reccommend an anti-biotic to use.

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It might seem an ideal way when you feel there are no alternatives but I've never spoken to anyone who has done it this way. In the one article I've read, the protagonist enjoying time in hospital with visits from the friendly, neighborhood psychiatrists... Seeing the pics didn't exactly instill confidence in the method either... Not an ideal scenario.

I'm not saying no one has ever done it that way but I've never read about anyone on here doing it with bands safely and/or successfully.

It might seem like a good low-risk idea but....so did many other things in life - a trip on Concorde and Christmas in Phuket - and look what happened...

A couple of bean shaped things in a little sack don't look like much but, unfortunately, they're a bit more than a skin tag...

No kidding, they are extremely tough little buggers. They seem to always bounce back, or is that swing back into shape.

If you do try this make sure your tetnus booster is up. Use lots of bands you don't want necrosis seeping back in. WAIT until they fall off. Be prepared to wait months not days. Have great Health Insurance and be prepared to let the whole world know that you didn't follow Krister's advice.

Talk to your health care provider. Ask what you need to do to get results.

I you live in southern California, Near Philadelphia, or Trinidad Colorado. You have been told which Doctors to get with.

With persistance you will either get castrated or comitted.

Remember that with an elastrator, the parts ROT until they fall off. I've done it to enough sheep to know that it's far from pleasant.

If you need medical attention once you've started the process, which is very likely, you will probably spend time under psychiatric observation. You will probably show up in the local newspaper with your name, and possibly your photograph, made very public.

At least in the U.K. you will not have the extremely high emergency room bill to pay that you would have in the U.S., but it would probably still be far cheaper in the long run for you to look into the O.R.R. in Belgium.

While you seem absolutely convinced that you will need to go through with surgical castration, I think that most everyone here would recommend a "test drive" with chemical first. It's not that expensive, it's quick, and it's reversible should you change your mind.

While someone here on the Archive may have successfully used an elastrator, I can't recall anyone writing about it. Your chances of success are slim. Your chances of disaster are high.

JesusA (imported) wrote: Thu May 31, 2007 6:28 pm While someone here on the Archive may have successfully used an elastrator, I can't recall anyone writing about it. Your chances of success are slim. Your chances of disaster are high.

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It seems to me, the fact that there doesn't seem to be much evidence here of guys doing it with an elastrator (don't know about the bigger/stronger bands like eze or tri), that it's not as common as most believe. I think the *idea* of it can have sexy connotations but I'm thinking the reality is anything but. The few pics I've seen of guys who've used an elastrator had a surgical looking scar too, so I presume surgery was later involved.

I guess, if it was easy, everyone would be rushing to a band on...

I have seen pictures of elastrator castrations on BME.

None of them look like they healed properly.

Every one I have heard of ended up with hospital time to do repairs.

Pleassse don't do this, you'll regret it big time. Krister is right and even though Dr. Kimmel will cost you $2000. grand, all you've got to do is make an appointment and he'll remove your testicles with just a consultation. It's still the best and safest way to go. Hash

I'm considering banding myself. Here is a link with a lot of detailed information about doing it yourself:

http://www.bmeworld.com/tom3/elastrator.htm.

As I understand it, the greatest risks are infection because of the lingering dead tissue and bleeding because of the bands falling off. (Everyone seems to agree you should use more than one band.) At BME, they advise to cut your testicles off as soon as they are numb (12 hours) to avoid infection.

Personally, I don't know why one couldn't save enough of the scrotum after cutting to turn the scrotum up over the band(s) and perhaps tie the scrotum up or even sew it up (using lots of Benzocaine) over one of the lower bands into the dead tissue to prevent the bands falling off prematurely (which is the cause of bleeding). I would apply lots of Benzocaine in every orifice to prevent the serious type of infection called sepsis which comes on slowly and is probably the most frequent reason for going to the ER. Symptoms of sepsis can be found at www.Wikipedia.com.

Regarding others thinking you're crazy, I have talked to many people here where I live in San Antonio about castration and most agree that it is a personal choice that makes even more sense than abortion--especially in certain circumstances, i.e., being HIV+ and wanting to reduce the risk of infecting others.

It appears to me that we are quickly getting past the days when a man who desires castration is considered crazy. Thank God. (That's assuming he seems normal in most other ways which is sadly not the case with many here at Eunuch.com)

You'd be surprised. Many ordinary citizens are very much aware of how difficult it is for a man to get himself castrated safely. I'm amazed at the number of women I talk to about this who already know the score and think the system is much more crazy than the castration wannabe. Try finding an article on the Internet about some "crazy" castrating himself and you will likely find nothing these days. More and more people are getting sympathetic to us. I wouldn't pay too much attention to those who raise the spector of spending time at the local booby hatch--assuming you appear rational in most other ways.

Personally, I'm waiting for my first appointment with a shrink before I consider banding myself. But I have all the home equipment I need--including a Burdizzo--to make real the threat of doing it myself! Sadly, that is what I am told is needed to get the permission slip to have it done safely by a urolgoist.

Regarding medical insurance, if you have none, try your local welfare office.