Move over, condoms?there could be a new male birth-control option in town.?A contraceptive gel treatment may have the ability to suppress your sperm concentration, according to research published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Researchers had 99 healthy men apply a daily gel treatment to their bodies over the course of 6 months.?One-third of the guys applied a gel containing testosterone and a placebo, while the remaining two thirds applied a gel with testosterone and either 8 or 12 milligrams of Nestosterone, a synthetic hormone that?s been found to increase the contraceptive effectiveness of testosterone in men.?(Feeling weak? Tired? Less confident? Reclaim your mojo and?complete a total-body?Testosterone Transformation in just 12 weeks!)
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The results: Out of the guys who were using the testosterone-Nestosterone combination, 88 to 89 percent had a sperm concentration of less than 1 million sperm per milliliter. (Normal sperm concentration is more than 15 million sperm per milliliter.)
?The gels were applied in two separate locations,? says study coauthor Christina Wang, M.D., a professor of medicine at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute. ?The testosterone component was applied to the upper arms and shoulders, and the?Nesterone component on the lower abdomen.?
How does it work? When testosterone and Nestosterone hit your skin together, the mixture shuts off the hormones that control production of sperm in your testes, Dr. Wang explains.
Now researchers aim to combine testosterone and Nestosterone into one gel, and apply it to one location, in the hopes that it?s even more effective, says Dr. Wang.
In the meantime, your best bet for keeping those swimmers in line and staying STD-free is to keep rocking that rubber. Find the perfect one for you on our list of?The 4 Best-Feeling Condoms.
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Source: http://news.menshealth.com/the-birth-control-for-men/2012/07/24/
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