Title: Castration - BME Encyclopedia
Headings: Castration
Castration
Contents
The reasons for castration
Methods
Surgical Removal
Elastrator
Burdizzo
Injection of Caustic Substances
Heating
Castrators
Doctors
Cutters
Legal ramifications of using a cutter
Self-castration
The consequences of castration
See Also
External Links

Content: The second are those who desire castration to put an end to that side of themselves, and plan to remain celibate after their testicles have been removed. Traditionally, the medical community has believed that both groups of people are suffering from mental illness, but recently that idea has begun to change. One eunuch explains,
"I've been to see a local psychiatrist, by the way, just to settle my own curiosity about whether I'm tightly wrapped or not, and he thinks I'm just fine, except for this one strange but not uncommon fixation. This seems to be the case with most eunuchs I know, that they are all great guys and mostly very intelligent, successful, artistic, sports-minded and fun-loving but have this strange fixation. Each, by the way, has his own personal reasons for getting castrated (neutered, nutted, de-balled, and other terms we use with each other) and no two of these reasons are the same for any two eunuchs, except for the one about feeling out of control (being fanatical about having sex all the time without the ability to control one's sexual activities). They certainly solved that one. Both of the guys are 'calm' (without sex hormones and loving it)." Methods
Persons interested in using any of these methods should perform their own research as this section is intended to give a brief introduction to techniques that have been used. Surgical Removal
Under local anesthesia, a slit down the center or on each side is cut with a scalpel through the various layers of tissues. The spermatic cord is dissected, tied off, cut and tied in place.