THEY may not look particularly dashing or adventurous, but the trio pictured have been dubbed "The Three Vascateers" (not Musketeers).
Paul Diaz, John Lambrechts and Basilio Santangelo proved how close their 'bromance' was by undergoing joint vasectomies together "as a gift to their wives" after each having two children.
The dads, who reside in Los Angeles, normally watch sport together and now they can watch it as their crotches heal.
The wolf pack had their operations done on the same day at The Men's Clinic at UCLA - and timed the procedures for the annual March Madness college basketball tournament, in line with an annual spike in requests for the operation so the newly sterilised can recuperate on the couch while watching the sport.
Surprisingly, only one in 10 men go under the knife, according to figures released by the United Nations in 2015.
Lambrechts told Daily Mail UK, 'We talked about it for a while, and at the urging of our wives, we decided to take one for the team".
Despite a few days of tenderness, men get the better end of the stick compared to women who undergo tubal ligation, which requires general anaesthesia and often an overnight hospital stay once the procedure is complete.
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